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August 1815 French legislative election

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1815 French legislative election

← May 1815 18–24 August 1815 1816 →

All seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

Joseph Fouché

Elected Prime Minister

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Legislative elections were held in France on 18 and 24 August 1815 for the first Chamber of Deputies of the Bourbon Restoration.

Electoral system

Electoral colleges elected a number of candidates equal to the number of deputies. Electoral colleges of the departments chose half of the deputies from these candidates and the other half were chosen freely.

Results

The Ultra-royalists won 350 seats. The parliament later became known as the Chambre introuvable.

References

  1. René Rémond (1966) The Right Wing in France: From 1815 to de Gaulle University of Pennsylvania Press, p39
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