French legislative election, 1849

French legislative election, 1849
13 and 14 May 1849
All 705 seats of the National Assembly
353 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alexis de Tocqueville 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


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 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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
  Monarchists 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, p673 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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