1849 French legislative election
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All 705 seats of the National Assembly 353 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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| | 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
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