1936 French legislative election

1936 French legislative election

← 1932 26 April and 3 May 1936 1945 →
All 610 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 306 seats were needed for a majority
Registered	11,795,000
Turnout	9,847,266 (83.5%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Léon Blum Édouard Daladier Louis Marin Party SFIO PRV FR and Leader's seat Narbonne Orange Meurthe-et-Moselle Last election 132 seats 160 seats 59 seats Seats won 149 110 100 Seat change 17 50 41 Popular vote 1,955,306 1,422,611 1,475,793 Percentage 19.86% 14.45% 15.2% Swing 0.65% 4.73% 2.89%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Pierre-Étienne Flandin (AD) Maurice Thorez Party AD-RI PCF Leader's seat Yonne Seine Last election 121 seats 10 seats Seats won 82 72 Seat change 39 62 Popular vote 2,089,166 1,502,404 Percentage 21.33% 15.26% Swing 1.89% 6.94%
Government before election Albert Sarraut II PRRRS (Republican coalition) Elected Government Léon Blum I SFIO (Popular Front)

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French legislative elections to elect the 16th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 26 April and 3 May 1936. This was the last legislature of the Third Republic and the last election before World War II. The number of candidates set a record, with 4,807 people vying for 618 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In the Seine Department alone, there were 1,402 candidates.^[1]

The Popular Front, composed of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), the Radical-Socialists, the French Section of the Communist International (SFIC), and miscellaneous leftists, won power from the broad Republican coalitions that had governed since the 6 February 1934 crisis. Léon Blum became president of the council. Broad Republican coalitions had governed since the 6 February 1934 crisis: Government Gaston Doumergue II (Union Nationale, 272 days), Government Flandin I (204 days), Government Bouisson (3 days) and Government Laval IV (229 days).

For the first time, the Radical-Socialists were eclipsed on the left by the SFIO, while still keeping a considerable role in French politics.

Regional results[]

• The SFIC, predecessor of the Communist Party, doubled its score from 11 SFIC and 9 Union Ouvrière deputies in 1932 to 72 in 1936. The party made gains in industrialized suburbs and working-class areas of major cities. They also progressed in rural central and southwestern France (e.g., Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne)
• The Radicals lost votes to the SFIO and SFIC, but also to the right.
• The SFIO declined slightly. In working-class suburbs, the party declined, but it gained votes in Brittany, to the dismay of the right.
• Only 174 seats were elected in the first round, 424 were decided in a run-off. The right fared better in the second round.

Results[]

Popular Vote[]

Parliamentary Groups[]

% vote for the Front Populaire in 1936

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References[]

External links[]

• Map of Deputies elected in 1936 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french)