1849 French legislative election

13 and 14 May 1849

All 705 seats in the National Assembly
353 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Odilon Barrot Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
Party Party of Order Montagnard Republican
Seats won 450 180 75
Popular vote 3,310,000 1,955,000 834,000
Percentage 50.20% 29.65% 12.65%

Prime Minister before election

Odilon Barrot
Party of Order

Elected Prime Minister

Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul
Party of Order

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 Party of Order won an overall majority of 450 seats. The Party of Order was a bourgeois, traditionalist, and conservative party opposed to the Presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent 1851 coup.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Party of Order3,310,00050.20450
Democratic Socialists1,955,00029.65180
Constitutionalist Republicans834,00012.6575
Independents and others495,0007.510
Total6,594,000100.00705
Valid votes6,594,00097.47
Invalid/blank votes171,0002.53
Total votes6,765,000100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,936,00068.09
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Rois et 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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