1848 French Constituent Assembly election

1848 French Constituent Assembly election

23 and 24 April 1848
All 880 seats in the National Assembly 441 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Louis Eugène Cavaignac Nicolas Changarnier Alexandre Ledru-Rollin Party Moderate Republicans Party of Order Montagnard Seats won 600 200 80
Prime Minister before election Jacques-Charles Dupont Moderate Republicans Elected Prime Minister Jacques-Charles Dupont Moderate Republicans

Constituent Assembly elections were held in France on 23 and 24 April 1848 to elect the Constituent Assembly of the new Second Republic. Over nine million citizens were eligible to vote in the first French election since 1792 held under male universal suffrage.

Results

Due to the lack of party organisation, seat counts by faction are not definitive, with several authors drawing up different counts. One of the counts is listed below.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Moderate Republicans			600
	Party of Order			200
	Montagnard			80
Total				880
Total votes		7,835,327	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,395,035	83.40
Source: Rois et Presidents