The 1876 legislative election to the

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, the lower chamber of the National Assembly of the French Third Republic under the French Constitutional Laws of 1875, was held on 20 February and 5 March 1876. The result was a victory for the Republicans. President

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

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

Results

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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 , 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 , 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 , 332,470 , 4.5 , 24 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, , , 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 i ...

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