The 1816 French general election organized the first

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of the

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. The

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was held on 25 September and 4 October. Only citizens paying

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es were eligible to vote. All electors elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies.

Results

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