French legislative election, 1924

French legislative election, 1924
France
11 and 25 May 1924

All 581 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
291 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Édouard Herriot Raymond Poincaré (PRDS)
Party PRRRS PRDS-RI
Leader's seat Rhône Meuse (department) (Senator)
Last election 86 seats 200 seats
Seats won 139 121
Seat change Increase 53 Decrease 79
Popular vote 1,058,293
Percentage 11.72%
Swing Decrease 5.38%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Auguste Isaac Léon Blum
Party FR SFIO
Leader's seat Rhône Narbonne
Last election 183 seats 68 seats*
Seats won 104 104
Seat change Decrease 79 Increase 36
Popular vote 3,190,831 1,814,000
Percentage 35.35% 20.10%
Swing Increase 13.02% Decrease 1.12%

* Of the 68 elected in 1919, only 53 were still SFIO members; the other 15 had joined the new French Communist Party following the Tours Congress in 1920.

Government before election

Raymond Poincaré III
AD (National Bloc)

Elected Government

Édouard Herriot I
PRRRS (Cartel des Gauches)


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The 1924 legislative election was held on 11 and 25 May 1924.

It resulted in a victory for the left-wing Cartel des Gauches, an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand.

Results

Popular Vote

Summary of the popular vote in the 11 and 25 May 1924 Chamber of Deputies election results

 
Alliance Votes % Party Abbr. Votes %
  Cartel des Gauches 3,426,581 38.07 French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière) SFIO 1,814,000 20.10
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste) and Republican-Socialist Party (Parti républicain-socialiste) PRRRS 1,612,581 17.86
Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine) FR 3,190,831 35.35
Democratic, Republican, and Social Party (Parti républicain démocratique et social) and Independent Radicals (Radicaux indépendents)[1] PRDS 1,058,293 11.72
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) PCF 885,993 9.82
Independents (Indépendents) Ind 375,806 4.16
Other parties Div 89,333 0.99
Total 100
Abstention: 19.55%
  1. The Independent Radicals participated in the Cartel des Gauches but their votes are counted with the PRDS, which did not join the Cartel
Popular vote
FR
 
35.35%
SFIO
 
20.10%
PRRRS
 
17.86%
PRDS
 
11.72%
PCF
 
9.82%
Ind
 
4.16%
Others
 
0.99%

Parliamentary Groups

Affiliation Party Seats
Far-Left
  French Communist Party (PCF) 26
Left
  French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 104
  Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and French Socialist Party (PSF) 44
Centre-Left
  Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) 139
  Radical Left 40
Centre-Right
  Democratic Republican Left 29
  Republicans of the Left 64
Right
  Democrats 14
  Democratic and Republican Union 102
Non-inscrits
29
Total 581

References and notes


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