1848 French Constituent Assembly election
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Constituent Assembly elections were held in France on 23 and 24 April 1848 to elect the Constituent Assembly of the new Second Republic. Over nine million citizens were eligible to vote in the first French election since 1792 held under male universal suffrage.[1]
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All 880 seats in the National Assembly 441 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Moderate Republicans | 600 | |||
Party of Order | 200 | |||
Montagnard | 80 | |||
Total | 880 | |||
Total votes | 7,835,327 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,395,035 | 83.40 | ||
Source: Rois et Presidents |
References
edit- ^ Sylvie Aprile (2000). La IIe République et le Second Empire. Pygmalion. pp. 79–80.