1881 French legislative election

21 August and 4 September 1881

All 545 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
273 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Léon Gambetta	Jules Ferry
Party	Republican Union	Republican Left
Seats won	204	168

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Georges-Eugène Haussmann	Louis Blanc
Party	Bonapartists	Far-left
Seats won	46	46

Prime Minister before election

Jules Ferry
Republican Left

Elected Prime Minister

Léon Gambetta
Republican Union

Legislative elections were held in France on 21 August and 4 September 1881. The elections marked the collapse of the right compared to the 1877 elections.

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. 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.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican Union			204
	Republican Left			168
	Bonapartists			46
	Far-left			46
	Monarchists			42
	Centre-left			39
Total				545

Total votes		7,929,503	–
Registered voters/turnout		10,278,979	77.14
Source: Rois et Presidents

References

R. Gildea (2008). Children of the Revolution. pp. 254–255.

External links

Map of Deputies elected in 1881 according to their group in the House, including overseas

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