1928 French legislative election

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1928 French legislative election
← 1924 22 and 29 April 1928 1932 →
All 604 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Registered11,557,764
Turnout9,469,861 (81.9%)
  Majority party Minority party
  Raymond Poincaré 1914.jpg Daladier 1924.jpg
Leader Raymond Poincaré Édouard Daladier
Party AD PRV
Leader's seat Meuse Vaucluse
Seats won 180 125
Seat change Increase 87 Decrease 14
Popular vote 2,196,243 1,682,543
Percentage 23.19% 17.77%
Swing Increase 11.47% Decrease 0.09%
  Third party Fourth party
  Louis Marin.jpg Léon Blum 1927.jpg
Leader Louis Marin Léon Blum
Party FR SFIO
Leader's seat Meurthe-et-Moselle Aude
Seats won 102 100
Seat change Decrease 14 Decrease 4
Popular vote 2,082,041 1,708,972
Percentage 21.99% 18.05
Swing Decrease 13.36% Decrease 2.05
France Chambre des deputes 1928.png
Composition of the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before election

Raymond Poincaré
Democratic Alliance

Elected Prime Minister

Raymond Poincaré
Democratic Alliance

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Campaign posters in the streets of Paris, 1928.

Legislative elections in France to elect the 14th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 22 and 29 April 1928. These elections saw the restoration of the two-round system that had been abolished in 1919.[1]

The result was a victory for the centre-right government of Raymond Poincaré, which had been in power since July 1926. A succession of centre-right governments followed until 1932.

Results[]

Popular Vote[]

Voting Bloc Party Votes % Vote
National Bloc (France)   Conservatives 78,203 0.83%
  Independents 136,966 1.45%
  Republican Federation 2,082,041 21.99%
  Democratic Republican Alliance and Independent Radicals 2,196,243 23.19%
Cartel des Gauches   Miscellaneous Left 24,122 0.25%
  Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party 1,682,543 17.77%
  Republican-Socialist Party 432,045 4.56%
  French Section of the Workers International 1,708,972 18.05%
  Independent Socialists 58,279 0.62%
Isolated (see Third Period)   French Communist Party 1,066,099 11.26%
  Others 4,348 0.05%
Popular vote
ARD-RI
 
 23.19%
FR
 
 21.99%
SFIO
 
 18.05%
PRRRS
 
 17.77%
PCF
 
 11.26%
PRS
 
 4.56%
Ind
 
 1.45%
Others
 
 1.74%

[2]

Parliamentary Groups[]

Affiliation Party Seats
Far-Left
  French Communist Party (PCF) 11
Left
  French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 100
Centre-Left
  French Socialist Party (PSF) 12
  Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) 18
  Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) 125
Centre
  Social and Unionist Left 18
  Independents of the Left 15
  Radical Left 54
Centre-Right
  Republicans of the Left 64
  Democratic and Social Action 29
  Popular Democrats 19
Right
  Democratic and Republican Union 102
Non-inscrits
37
Total 604

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Sharp, Walter R. (1928). "The New French Electoral Law and the Elections of 1928". American Political Science Review. 22 (3): 684–698. doi:10.2307/1945623. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. ^ Popular vote on France-politique.fr
  3. ^ Parliamentary Groups on France-politique.fr

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