French legislative election, 1889

French legislative election, 1889
French Third Republic
22 September and 6 October 1889

All 576 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jules Ferry Georges Boulanger
Party Union of the Lefts League of Patriots
Leader's seat Vosges Nord
Seats won 354 210
Seat change Increase 71 Increase 9
Popular vote 4,177,464 2,914,985
Percentage 52.37 36.54%
Swing Increase 19.89 Decrease 6.41

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

Charles Floquet
Union of the Lefts

Elected Prime Minister

Pierre Tirard
Independent

The 1889 general election was held on 22 September and 6 October 1889, during the Boulanger affair. It resulted in a victory for the Republicans, and a thorough defeat for the Boulangists.

Results

Parliamentary Groups

Affiliation Party Seats
Left
  Radical-Socialists and Socialists 12
Centre-Left
  Radicals 100
  Republicans 216
  Moderate Republicans 38
Right
  Monarchists 86
  Boulangists 72
  Bonapartists 52
Total 576

Sources

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