French legislative election, 1849
French legislative election, 1849
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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 |
|
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
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p673 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7