1820 French legislative election
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All 434 seats of the Chamber of Deputies 218 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 96,525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 94,000 (97.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Composition of the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1820 general election organized the second legislature of the Second Restoration. The election was held on 4 and 13 November.
Process
Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote. All electors elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies.
Results
Party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | |
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bgcolor="Template:Doctrinaires/meta/color"| | Doctrinaires | Élie Decazes | 42,300 | 44.7% | 194 |
bgcolor="Template:Legitimist/meta/color"| | Ultra-royalists | Jean-Baptiste de Villèle | 34,780 | 36.9% | 160 |
Liberal Left | Benjamin Constant | 16,920 | 18.4% | 80 | |
Total | 94,000[1] | 100% | 434 |
References
- ^ "Roi et President". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2008-01-06.