1910 French legislative election

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1910 French legislative election

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All 587 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
294 seats needed for a majority
Registered11,426,736
Turnout77.41%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Émile Combes Jean Jaurès
Party
PRV
SFIO
Seats won 148 75
Seat change Increase 16 Increase 21
Popular vote 1,727,064 1,110,561
Percentage 20.45% 13.15%
Swing Decrease 8.08pp Increase 2.96pp

Prime Minister before election

Aristide Briand
Independent Socialist

Elected Prime Minister

Aristide Briand
Independent Socialist

Legislative elections were held in France on 24 April and 8 May 1910. The elections resulted in a clear victory for the forces of

Left Republicans, allowing the incumbent premier Aristide Briand to form his second government
.

Briand, himself an

in 1911.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Radical Socialists1,727,06420.45148
Conservatives1,602,20918.9786
Republican Union1,472,44217.43116
French Section of the Workers' International1,110,56113.1575
Republican Left1,018,70412.0670
Independent Radicals966,40711.4460
Independent Socialists345,2024.0925
Popular Liberal Action153,2311.815
Others49,9530.592
Total8,445,773100.00587
Valid votes8,445,77395.49
Invalid/blank votes399,2054.51
Total votes8,844,978100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,426,73677.41
Source: Mackie & Rose,[1] France Politique

Sources

References

  1. ^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp128–130