1852 French legislative election
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29 February 1852 (first round)
14 March 1852 (second round) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 9,836,043 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 61.30% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative elections were held in France on 29 February and 14 March 1852, electing the first legislature of the French Second Empire.
Emperor Napoleon III's Bonapartists won a huge majority consisting of 258 of the 261 seats (five Royalists allied with the Bonapartists). The Party of Order that had won a majority in the 1849 election was banned following their opposition to the 1851 coup by President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
Electoral system
[edit]The 263 members of the Corps législatif were elected for six-year terms in single-member constituencies via the two-round system.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Bonapartists | 253 | |||
| Monarchists | 7 | |||
| Republicans | 3 | |||
| Total | 263 | |||
| Total votes | 6,029,564 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,836,043 | 61.30 | ||
| Source: Rois et Presidents[1] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Elections législatives 1852". Rois et Presidents. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016.
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