1848 French Constituent Assembly election
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All 880 seats of the National Assembly 441 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 9,395,035 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 7,835,327 (83.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Composition of the Constituent Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1848 general election held on 23 and 24 April 1848 elected the Constituent Assembly of the new Republic. Over 9 million French citizens were eligible to vote in the first French election since 1792 held under male universal suffrage.[1]
Results[]
Party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Republicans | Louis Eugène Cavaignac | 5,328,022 | 68.2% | 600 | |
Conservatives | Nicolas Changarnier | 1,802,125 | 22.7% | 200 | |
Socialists | Alexandre Ledru-Rollin | 705,180 | 9.1% | 80 | |
Total | 7,835,327[2] | 100% | 880 |
References[]
- ^ Sylvie Aprile (2000). La IIe République et le Second Empire. Pygmalion. pp. 79–80.
- ^ "Roi et President". Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
Categories:
- Legislative elections in France
- 1848 elections in France
- French Second Republic