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1910 French legislative election

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1910 French legislative election

← 1906 24 April and 8 May 1910 1914 →

All 595 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Registered11,058,702
Turnout8,550,923 (77.3%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Émile Combes Raymond Poincaré Jean Jaurès
Party PRV ARD SFIO
Leader's seat Charente-Maritime Meuse Tarn
Seats won 262 113 107
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 39 Increase 53
Popular vote 2,966,800 1,257,714 1,110,561
Percentage 32.73% 14.74% 13.20%
Swing Increase 11.19% Increase 2.09% Increase 3.25%

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

Aristide Briand
Republican-Socialist Party

Elected Prime Minister

Aristide Briand
Republican-Socialist Party

The 1910 general election was held on 24 April and 8 May 1910.

The elections resulted in a victory for the governing coalition of Radicals and Left Republicans, allowing the incumbent premier Aristide Briand to form a second government.

Results

Popular Vote [1]

Party Votes % Votes
  Revolutionary Socialists 2,903 0.03%
  French Section of the Workers International 1,110,561 13.15%
  Republican Socialists and Socialist Independents 345,202 3.71%
  Radical-Socialist, Radical and Republican Party 1,727,064 20.45%
  Radical Independents 966,407 11.44%
  Republicans of the Left 1,018,704 12.06%
  Republican Federation 1,472,442 17.43%
  Popular Liberal Action 153 231 1.8%
  Conservatives and Nationalists 1,602,209 19.0%
  • Left-wing Opposition : 13.18%
  • Centre-left Majority : 57.55%
  • Right-wing Opposition : 28.76%
Popular vote
PRRRS
38.83%
ARD
14.74%
SFIO
12.80%
FR
9.23%
Conservatives
9.13%
ALP
8.65%
SI
3.71%
Nationalists
1.75%
Others
1.16%

Parliamentary Groups [2]

Affiliation Party Seats
Left (Opposition)
  French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 75
Centre-Left (Majority)
  Independent Socialists 24
  Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) 262
  Republicans of the Left 85
Right (Opposition)
  Republican Federation 59
  Conservatives and Right 60
  Popular Liberal Action 30
Total 595

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