1849 French legislative election

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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%

Prime Minister before election

Odilon Barrot
Party of Order

Elected Prime Minister

Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul

Party of Order

Parliamentary elections were held in

1851 coup
.

Results

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

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