1881 French legislative election

The 1881 general election was held on 21 August and 4 September 1881. This election marked the collapse of the right compared to the 1877 election.

1881 French legislative election
21 August and 4 September 1881
All 557 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
279 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.5
  First party Second party
 
Leader Léon Gambetta Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Party Republicans
 Bonapartists
Leader's seat Seine Corse (lost)
Seats won 411 46
Seat change 98 58
Popular vote 5,414,808 610,422
Percentage 75.4% 8.5%
Swing 15.4% 11.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Louis Blanc Albert de Broglie
Party Socialists and Radicals Monarchists
Leader's seat Seine Not presented
(Senator for Eure)
Seats won 46 42
Seat change New 13
Popular vote 603,241 552,971
Percentage 8.4% 7.7%
Swing New 2.9%
Prime Minister before election

Jules Ferry
Republican Left

 Elected Prime Minister

Léon Gambetta
Republican Union

It was a great success for the followers of Léon Gambetta, whom President Jules Grévy appointed premier two months after the election. His government only lasted 73 days, however, before falling over the issue of electoral reform.[1] This led to three short-lived minority governments, until Jules Ferry was able to form a second government in February 1883 with the support of Gambetta's Republican Union.

70.55% of eligible voters participated.

Results
 Summary of the 21 August and 4 September election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Republican Union 2,678,678 37.3 170
Republican Left 2,226,247 31.0 157
Centre-left 509,882 7.1 44
Republican majority 5,414,808 75.4 411
Bonapartists 610,422 8.5 44
Legitimists and Clericals 552,971 7.7 38
Orleanists 8
Conservative opposition 1,163,393 16.1 88
Far left 48
Radical left 603,241 8.4 47
Socialists 1
Total 7,181,443 100 545

Source: Roi et President

  1. Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 254-255
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gollark: I like to hope I would be better than to demand obedience/worship/belief on pain of eternal torture.
gollark: Just looking up the ten commandments quickly, fully two fifths of these are just bizarre narcissistic stuff about God.
gollark: Yes, quran also bad.
gollark: Probably some things considered conspiracy theories have been and are true, but it's also easy to make up wild theories about conspiracies and collusion, and people find it fun to do so, so tons of them are wrong.
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