1876 French legislative election explained

Country:French Third Republic
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1871 French legislative election
Previous Year:1871
Election Date:20 February and 5 March 1876
Next Election:1877 French legislative election
Next Year:1877
Seats For Election:All 533 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Majority Seats:267
Turnout:75.90%
Image1:Jules Armand Dufaure.jpg
Leader1:Jules Dufaure
Party1:Republican Left
Party1 Name:no
Color1:E6AF00
Seats1:193
Leader2:Léon Gambetta
Party2:Republican Union
Seats2:98
Image3:Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.jpg
Leader3:Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
Party3:Bonapartists (political party)
Seats3:76
Prime Minister
Before Election:Louis Buffet
Before Party:Monarchist
After Election:Jules Dufaure
After Party:Republican Left
After Party Link:no

Legislative elections were held in France to on 20 February and 5 March 1876 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber of the National Assembly. They were the first elections under the French Constitutional Laws of 1875.

The result was a victory for the Republicans. President Patrice MacMahon subsequently invited Jules Simon, who declared himself "resolutely republican and resolutely conservative", to form a government, but dismissed him on 16 May 1877, precipitating the Seize Mai crisis and further elections.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: R. Gildea. Children of the Revolution. 2008. 252–253.