French legislative election, 1877

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French legislative election, 1877
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  1876 14-28 October 1877 1881  

All 521 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
261 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 81.3

  First party Second party Third party
  Jules Armand Dufaure.jpg Georges-Eugene Haussmann - BNF Gallica.jpg Anonymous photograph of Albert, (4th) Duke of Broglie.jpg
Leader Jules Dufaure Georges-Eugène Haussmann Albert de Broglie
Party Republicans
Bonapartist Monarchists
Leader's seatNot presented
(Senator unremovable)
Corse Not presented
(Senator for Eure)
Seats won313 104 55
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 80Increase2.svg 28Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote4,860,481 1,617,464 857,256
Percentage60.0% 20.0% 10.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 13.6%Increase2.svg 5.7%Decrease2.svg 1.4%

Prime Minister before election

Gaëtan de Rochebouët
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Jules Dufaure
Republican Left

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President Patrice de MacMahon dissolved the Chamber of Deputies elected in 1876, in the hope of a conservative and royalist victory. Although the monarchists lost the election, they increased their seat total over 1876; the Republicans lost 80 seats, but retained a majority.

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Results

e    d  Summary of the 14-28 October election results
Chambre des Deputes 1877.svg
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Republican Union + Republican Left 4,860,481 60.0 313
Bonapartists 1,617,464 20.0 104
Legitimists 687,422 8.5 44
Orléanists 169,834 2.1 11
Others 760,208 9.4 49
Total 8,087,323 100 521

Source: Roi et President

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References

  1. Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 253-254