1924 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 11 May and 25 May 1924.[1] They resulted in a victory for the left-wing Cartel des Gauches, an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand.

1924 French legislative election

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25 May 1924 (second round)
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All 574 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Registered11,070,360
Turnout83.03%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Auguste Isaac Léon Blum Édouard Herriot
Party URD SFIO PRSPRS
Seats won 204 104 162
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 37 Increase 39
Popular vote 3,190,831 1,814,000 1,612,581
Percentage 35.35% 20.10% 17.86%

Prime Minister before election

Raymond Poincaré
Democratic Alliance

Elected Prime Minister

Édouard Herriot
Radical-Socialist Party

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic and Republican Union3,190,83135.35204
French Section of the Workers' International1,814,00020.10104
Radical Socialist PartyRepublican-Socialist Party1,612,58117.86162
Independent RadicalsRepublican Left1,058,29311.7253
French Communist Party885,9939.8226
Conservatives and independents375,8064.1625
Other parties89,3330.990
Total9,026,837100.00574
Valid votes9,026,83798.21
Invalid/blank votes164,9721.79
Total votes9,191,809100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,070,36083.03
Source: Mackie & Rose,[2] Nohlen & Stöver,[3] France Politique

References

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  1. ^ Sharp, Walter R. (1924). "The French Elections". American Political Science Review. 18 (3): 533–540. doi:10.2307/1944175. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. ^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp128–130
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p692 ISBN 9783832956097