French National Convention election, 1792

French National Convention election, 1792

2 and 6 September 1792
All 749 seats to the National Convention
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lazare Carnot Maximilien Robespierre Jacques Pierre Brissot Party Marais Montagnard Girondin Leader's seat Pas-de-Calais Seine Eure-et-Loir Seats won 389 200 160 Popular vote 1,747,200 907,200 705,600 Percentage 51.9% 26.7% 21.4%
Composition of the National Convention
President of the Assembly before election Pierre-Joseph Cambon Jacobin Subsequent President of the Convention Philippe Rühl Montagnard

The French National Convention election elected the National Convention.

The election was held in September and were the first to be held under universal suffrage. An absolute majority of the deputies elected belonged to the Marais party, a political faction of vague but largely moderate policies. The Montagnards or Jacobins received 200 seats and the republican, though more moderate Girondin faction 160 seats. The election preceded the fall of the Gironde as a political faction, mainly because of the political and social unrest following the war started by the Girondist-dominated government in the spring of 1792.

Turnout was only 10%.

Results

References

• Election-Politique