1816 French legislative election

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1816 French legislative election

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258 of the 309 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
155 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis
François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye
Party Doctrinaires Ultra-royalist
Seats won 136 92

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson
Party
Bonapartists
Liberals
Seats won 20 10

Prime Minister before election

The Duke of Richelieu

Independent

Elected Prime Minister

The Duke of Richelieu

Independent

Legislative elections were held in

Second Restoration. Voters elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies. Only citizens paying taxes
were eligible to vote.

Results

Bonapartists
20
Liberals10
Total258
Source: Election Politique

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