1876 French legislative election

The 1876 general election to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber of the National Assembly of the French Third Republic under the French Constitutional Laws of 1875, was held on 20 February and 5 March 1876.

20 February and 5 March 1876

All 533 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
267 seats needed for a majority

Registered

9,472,613

Turnout

7,370,426 (77.8%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jules Dufaure	Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte	Louis Buffet
Party	Republicans Parties Republican Left Republican Union Centre-right Centre-left	Bonapartist	Monarchists Parties Orléanists Legitimists
Leader's seat	Charente-Inférieure	Corse	Vosges (lost)
Seats won	393	76	64
Seat change	171	56	332
Popular vote	5,445,128	1,056,517	886,589
Percentage	73.7%	14.3%	12.0%
Swing	38.8%	11.2%	50%

Prime Minister before election

Louis Buffet
Monarchist

Elected Prime Minister

Jules Dufaure
Republican Left

The result was a victory for the Republicans. President Patrice MacMahon subsequently invited Jules Simon, who declared himself "resolutely republican and resolutely conservative", to form a government, but dismissed him on 16 May 1877, precipitating the Seize Mai crisis and further elections.[1]

75.90% of eligible voters voted.

Results

Summary of the 20 February and 5 March election results
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	Seats

	Republican Left	2,674,540	36.2	193
	Republican Union	1,359,435	18.4	98
	Centre-right	746,212	10.1	54
	Centre-left	664,941	9.0	48
Republican majority		5,445,128	73.7	393
	Bonapartists	1,056,517	14.3	76
	Orléanists	554,117	7.5	40
	Legitimists	332,470	4.5	24
Conservative opposition		1,943,105	23.3	140

Total		7,388,234	100	533
Source: Roi et President

Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 252-253

External links

Map of Deputies elected in 1876 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french)

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