1876 French legislative election

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1876 French legislative election

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All 533 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
267 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.90%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jules Dufaure Léon Gambetta Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
Party Republican Left Republican Union Bonapartists
Seats won 193 98 76

Results by district

Prime Minister before election

Louis Buffet
Monarchist

Elected Prime Minister

Jules Dufaure
Republican Left

Legislative elections were held in France to on 20 February and 5 March 1876 to elect the members of the

French Constitutional Laws of 1875
.

The result was a victory for the Republicans. President

Seize Mai crisis and further elections.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Republican Left193
Opportunist Republicans
17
Independents15
Total533
Total votes7,388,234
Registered voters/turnout9,733,73475.90
Source: Rois et Presidents

See also

References

  1. ^ R. Gildea (2008). Children of the Revolution. pp. 252–253.

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