1849 French legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in France on 13 and 14 May 1849.[1] Voters elected the first National Assembly of the Second Republic. The conservative Parti de l'Ordre won an overall majority of 450 seats. The Parti de l'Ordre was a bourgeois, traditionalist, and conservative party opposed to the Presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent 1851 coup.

1849 French legislative election

13 and 14 May 1849

All 705 seats of the National Assembly
353 seats were needed for a majority
Registered9,936,000
Turnout6,765,000 (68.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Odilon Barrot Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
Party Conservative Montagnard Republican
Leader's seat Manche Seine Lot
Seats won 450 180 75
Popular vote 3,310,000 1,955,000 834,000
Percentage 50.2% 29.6% 12.6%

Composition of the National Assembly

Prime Minister before election

Odilon Barrot
Party of Order

Elected Prime Minister

Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul
Party of Order

Results

Party Votes % Seats
  Conservative Republicans 3,310,000 50.2% 450
  Democratic Socialists 1,955,000 29.6% 180
  Constitutionalist Republicans 834,000 12.6% 75
  Independents and others 495,000 7.5% 0
  Invalid/blank votes 171,000
Total 6,765,000 100% 705
Registered voters/turnout 9,936,000 68.1%
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Kings and Presidents

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 673 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7


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