The 1876 legislative election to the

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, the lower chamber of the

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of the

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under the

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, was held on 20 February and 5 March 1876. The result was a victory for the Republicans. President Patrice MacMahon subsequently invited

Jules Simon Jules François Simon (; 31 December 1814 – 8 June 1896) was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans in the Third French Republic. Biography Simon was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-dra ...

, who declared himself "resolutely republican and resolutely conservative", to form a government, but dismissed him on 16 May 1877, precipitating the ''

Seize Mai The 16 May 1877 crisis (french: link=no, Crise du seize mai) was a constitutional crisis in the French Third Republic concerning the distribution of power between the president and the legislature. When the royalist president Patrice MacMaho ...

'' crisis and further elections.Gildea, R., ''Children of the Revolution'', London, 2008, p. 252-253

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, - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Parties and coalitions ! Votes ! % ! Seats , - , rowspan="4" style="background-color:#FFC6D5;border-bottom-style:hidden;", , style="background-color:#E6AF00;", , style="text-align:left;", Republican Left , 2,674,540 , 36.2 , 193 , - , style="background-color:#C0504D;" , , style="text-align:left;", Republican Union , 1,359,435 , 18.4 , 98 , - , style="background-color:#FFC0C0;", , style="text-align:left;",

Centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

, 664,941 , 9.0 , 48 , - , style="background-color:#DE0000;", , style="text-align:left;", Radical left , , , 27 , - , - style="background-color:#FFC6D5;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Government coalition , 5,445,128 , 73.7 , 393 , - , rowspan="5" style="background-color:#B9DAFF;border-bottom-style:hidden;" , , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

Bonapartists Bonapartism (french: Bonapartisme) is the political ideology supervening from Napoleon Bonaparte and his followers and successors. The term was used to refer to people who hoped to restore the House of Bonaparte and its style of government. In thi ...

, 1,056,517 , 14.3 , 76 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Orléanists , 554,117 , 7.5 , 40 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

Legitimists The Legitimists (french: Légitimistes) are royalists who adhere to the rights of dynastic succession to the French crown of the descendants of the eldest branch of the Bourbon dynasty, which was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution. They re ...

, 332,470 , 4.5 , 24 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Constitutional monarchists , , , 22 , - , style="background-color:#FF8A00;", , style="text-align:left;", Clericals , , , 15 , - style="background-color:#B9DAFF;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Conservative opposition , 1,943,105 , 23.3 , 140 , - , style="background-color:#DDDDDD;", , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Independents , , , 15 , - , colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total , 7,388,234 , 100 , 533 , - , style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" colspan="12", Source
Roi et President

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Map of Deputies elected in 1876 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french)
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1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...

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