1820 French legislative election
The 1820 general election organized the second legislature of the Second Restoration. The election was held on 4 and 13 November.
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All 434 seats of the Chamber of Deputies 218 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 96,525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 94,000 (97.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Process
Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote. All electors elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies.
Results
Party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Doctrinaires | Élie Decazes | 42,300 | 44.7% | 194 | |
Ultra-royalists | Jean-Baptiste de Villèle | 34,780 | 36.9% | 160 | |
Liberal Left | Benjamin Constant | 16,920 | 18.4% | 80 | |
Total | 94,000[1] | 100% | 434 |
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References
- "Roi et President". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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