1792 French National Convention election
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Legislative elections were held in France at the end of August and in September 1792 to elect deputies to the
From 26 August the candidates were elected by an electoral college; royalist and
The electoral colleges voted from 2 to 19 September and lasted three weeks. To be an elector a citizen had to be over 21, resident one year in his department and not a domestic servant. An elector could stand as a candidate in any constituency. To be a delegate or a deputy an elector had to be over 25. If at the first ballot no candidate received an absolute majority of votes cast, there was to be a second ballot at which only the top two candidates of the first could compete.[6]
Campaign
According to Malcolm Crook "Evidence of orchestrated attempts to intimidate rivals is not hard to find.[7][8]
Results
Around 3,360,000 voters participated in the elections.[9] An absolute majority of the male deputies elected belonged to the Marais party, a political faction of vague but largely moderate policies. Although it is often stated that the Marais won around 389 seats, the leftist Montagnards led by Maximilien Robespierre won around 200 seats and the more moderate Girondin faction led by Jacques Pierre Brissot around 160 seats, there was no clear delineation of political affiliation and seat totals cannot be considered to be hard facts.[10] Around 136 of the elected legislators joined the Jacobin club.[10]
Aftermath
The Convention met for the first time on 21 September.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-45191-8. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Crook, 95
- ^ Assemblée électorale de Paris 2 septembre, p. XVI
- ^ L. Madelin, Chapter XXI, p. 252
- OCLC 764234804.
- ISBN 978-0-566-05696-3.
- ISBN 978-0-521-45191-8. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4724-0699-6. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ISBN 978-2-7578-3937-9. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84765-936-1.