The 1924 legislative election was held on 11 and 25 May 1924. It resulted in a victory for the left-wing ''

Cartel des Gauches The Cartel of the Left (french: Cartel des gauches, ) was the name of the governmental alliance between the Radical-Socialist Party, the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), and other smaller left-republican parties that ...

'', an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of

Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot (; 5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister (1924–1925; 1926; 1932) and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the f ...

Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé (; 5 December 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French mathematician and statesman. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925. His entry into politic ...

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French Section of the Workers' International The French Section of the Workers' International (french: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the modern-day Socialist Party. The SFIO was foun ...

(''Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière'') , align= SFIO , align=1,814,000 , align=20.10 , - , style="background-color:#FFBF00", , align=left, Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (''Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste'') and

Republican-Socialist Party The Republican-Socialist Party (french: Parti républicain-socialiste, PRS) was a French socialist political party during the French Third Republic founded in 1911 and dissolved in 1934. Founded by non-Marxist socialists who refused to join ...

(''Parti républicain-socialiste'') , align=PRRRS , align=1,612,581 , align=17.86 , - , style="background-color:#0000C8", , colspan=5 align=left,

Republican Federation The Republican Federation (french: Fédération républicaine, FR) was the largest conservative party during the French Third Republic, gathering together the progressive Orléanists rallied to the Republic. Founded in November 1903, the par ...

(''Fédération républicaine'') , align=FR , align=3,190,831 , align=35.35 , - , style="background-color:#0080FF", , colspan=5 align=left, Democratic, Republican, and Social Party (''Parti républicain démocratique et social'') and

Independent Radicals The Independent Radicals (french: Radicaux indépendants) were a centrist or conservative-liberal political current during the French Third Republic. It was slightly to the right of the more famous Radical-Socialist Party, and shared much of it ...

(''Radicaux indépendents'')The Independent Radicals participated in the Cartel des Gauches but their votes are counted with the PRDS, which did not join the Cartel , align=PRDS , align=1,058,293 , align=11.72 , - , style="background-color:#FF0000", , colspan=5 align=left,

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European ...

(''Parti communiste français'') , align=PCF , align=885,993 , align=9.82 , - , style="background-color:#00008B", , colspan=5 align=left, Independents (''Indépendents'') , align=Ind , align=375,806 , align=4.16 , - , style="background-color:gray", , colspan=5 align=left, Other parties , align=Div , align=89,333 , align=0.99 , - , align=left colspan=7, Total , align= , align=100 , - , colspan=9 align=left, Abstention: 19.55%

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...

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