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Revision as of 21:03, 3 March 2016

French legislative election, 1877

← 1876 14–28 October 1877 1881 →

All 521 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Léon Gambetta Eugène Rouher
Party Republican Union (France) Bonapartist
Leader's seat Paris Puy-de-Dôme
Seats won 313 104
Seat change Increase 215 Increase 28
Percentage 61.42% 19.96%
Swing Increase 43.03 Increase 5.70

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

Duc de Broglie
Independent (Orléanist)

Elected Prime Minister

Gaëtan de Rochebouët
Independent (Legitimist)

The 1877 general election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Third Republic was held on 14 and 28 October 1877, during the Seize Mai crisis.

President Patrice de MacMahon dissolved the Chamber of Deputies elected in 1876, in the hope of a conservative and royalist victory. Although the monarchists lost the election, they increased their seat total over 1876; the Republicans lost 80 seats, but retained a majority.

This election proved a serious setback for those hoping for a restoration of the monarchy, such as MacMahon. In the Senate elections of January 1879, the monarchists also lost control of the Senate. MacMahon resigned, and the Republican Jules Grévy was elected president by the National Assembly.

Along with the 1997 election, it is a rare case of an election in which the sitting President's party lost a general election which he had called.

Results

Parliamentary Groups

Affiliation Party Seats
Republicans
bgcolor="Template:Republican Union (France)/meta/color"|  Republican Union 313
Right
  Bonapartists 104
  Legitimists 44
  Orleanists 11
Others
49
Total 521
  1. Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 253-254

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