1924 French legislative election
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All 581 seats to the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 11,187,745 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 9,026,837 (80.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Composition of the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1924 legislative election was held on 11 and 25 May 1924.[1]
It resulted in a victory for the left-wing Cartel des Gauches, an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand.
Results[]
Popular Vote[]
Alliance | Votes | % | Party | Abbr. | Votes | % | ||
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Cartel des Gauches | 3,426,581 | 38.07 | French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière) | SFIO | 1,814,000 | 20.10 | ||
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste) and Republican-Socialist Party (Parti républicain-socialiste) | PRRRS | 1,612,581 | 17.86 | |||||
Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine) | FR | 3,190,831 | 35.35 | |||||
Democratic, Republican, and Social Party (Parti républicain démocratique et social) and Independent Radicals (Radicaux indépendents)[2] | PRDS | 1,058,293 | 11.72 | |||||
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) | PCF | 885,993 | 9.82 | |||||
Independents (Indépendents) | Ind | 375,806 | 4.16 | |||||
Other parties | Div | 89,333 | 0.99 | |||||
Total | 100 | |||||||
Abstention: 19.55% |
- ^ Sharp, Walter R. (1924). "The French Elections". American Political Science Review. 18 (3): 533–540. doi:10.2307/1944175. ISSN 0003-0554.
- ^ The Independent Radicals participated in the Cartel des Gauches but their votes are counted with the PRDS, which did not join the Cartel
Parliamentary Groups[]
Affiliation | Party | Seats | |
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Far-Left | |||
French Communist Party (PCF) | 26 | ||
Left | French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) | 104 | |
Centre-Left | Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and French Socialist Party (PSF) | 44 | |
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) | 139 | ||
Centre | Radical Left (from Independent Radicals) | 40 | |
Centre-Right | |||
Democratic, Republican and Social Party (PRDS) | 93 | ||
Right | |||
Popular Democrats | 14 | ||
Democratic and Republican Union (from Republican Federation) | 102 | ||
Non-inscrits (small parties and independents) | |||
29 | |||
Total | 581 |
References and notes[]
Categories:
- Legislative elections in France
- 1924 elections in France
- French election stubs