1849 French legislative election

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 Party of Order won an overall majority of 450 seats. The Party of Order was a bourgeois, traditionalist, and conservative party opposed to the presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent 1851 coup.

1849 French legislative election

← 1848 13 and 14 May 1849 1852 →

All 705 seats in the National Assembly
353 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Odilon Barrot Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
Party Party of Order Montagnard Republican
Seats won 450 180 75
Popular vote 3,310,000 1,955,000 834,000
Percentage 50.20% 29.65% 12.65%

Results by department (monarchists in blue, democratic socialists in red)

Prime Minister before election

Odilon Barrot
Party of Order

Elected Prime Minister

Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul
Party of Order

Results

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Vote counts and registered voters listed below are approximate.

 
PartyVotes%Seats
Party of Order3,310,00050.20450
Democratic Socialists1,955,00029.65180
Constitutionalist Republicans834,00012.6575
Independents and others495,0007.510
Total6,594,000100.00705
Valid votes6,594,00097.47
Invalid/blank votes171,0002.53
Total votes6,765,000100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,936,00068.09
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Rois et Presidents

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 673 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7