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Legislative elections were held in France on 8 February 1871 to elect the first legislature of the French Third Republic, the unicameral National Assembly. The elections were held during a situation of crisis in the country, as following the Franco-Prussian War, 43 departments were occupied by Prussian forces. As a result, all public meetings were outlawed and Paris was the only city where an election campaign took place.
The electoral law allowed candidates to run in more than one
, -
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Parties and coalitions
! Votes
! %
! Seats
, -
, rowspan="2" style="background-color:#B9DAFF;border-bottom-style:hidden;" ,
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Orléanists
,
, 33.5
, 214
, -
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Legitimists
,
, 28.5
, 182
, - style="background-color:#B9DAFF;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Monarchist majority
,
, 62.0
, 396
, -
, rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FFC6D5;border-bottom-style:hidden;" ,
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Republican Left
,
, 17.5
, 112
, -
, style="background-color:#FFC0C0;",
, style="text-align:left;", Centre-Left
,
, 11.4
, 72
, -
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Republican Union
,
, 6.0
, 38
, - style="background-color:#FFC6D5;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Republican opposition
,
, 34.9
, 222
, -
, style="background-color:;",
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Bonapartists
,
, 3.1
, 20
, -
, colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;",
, - style="font-weight:bold;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total
, unknown
, 100
, 638
, -
, style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" colspan="12",
Source: Quid 2006
seat
A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but also headquarters in a wider sense.
Types of seat
The following are examples of different kinds of seat:
* Armchair (furniture), ...
at a time. As a result, several candidates were elected in more than one seat, with Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( , ; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic.
Thiers was a key figure in the July Rev ...
elected in 86 constituencies. A series of by-elections were subsequently held on 2 July to elect representatives for the 114 vacant seats.
This election saw the victory of monarchists ( Legitimists and Orleanists), favourable to peace with the German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
, with a large majority.
Results
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" , - , colspan="6" ,
, -
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Parties and coalitions
! Votes
! %
! Seats
, -
, rowspan="2" style="background-color:#B9DAFF;border-bottom-style:hidden;" ,
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Orléanists
,
, 33.5
, 214
, -
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Legitimists
,
, 28.5
, 182
, - style="background-color:#B9DAFF;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Monarchist majority
,
, 62.0
, 396
, -
, rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FFC6D5;border-bottom-style:hidden;" ,
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Republican Left
,
, 17.5
, 112
, -
, style="background-color:#FFC0C0;",
, style="text-align:left;", Centre-Left
,
, 11.4
, 72
, -
, style="background-color:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Republican Union
,
, 6.0
, 38
, - style="background-color:#FFC6D5;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Republican opposition
,
, 34.9
, 222
, -
, style="background-color:;",
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Bonapartists
,
, 3.1
, 20
, -
, colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;",
, - style="font-weight:bold;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total
, unknown
, 100
, 638
, -
, style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" colspan="12",
Source: Quid 2006
See also
*1871 French legislative election in Algeria
Elections to the National Assembly of France were held in Algeria in February 1871. Two members were elected from each of the three départements, Algiers, Constantine and Oran. However, two winning candidates (who both stood in Algiers and one ...
References
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