1849 French legislative election

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1849 French legislative election

← 1848 13 and 14 May 1849 1852 →

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%

Results by department (monarchists in blue, democratic socialists in red)

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

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

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