1792 French National Convention election

1792 French National Convention election

2 and 6 September 1792
All 749 seats to the National Convention
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lazare Carnot Maximilien Robespierre Jacques Pierre Brissot Party Marais Montagnard Girondist Leader's seat Pas-de-Calais Seine Eure-et-Loir Seats won 389 200 160 Popular vote 1,747,200 907,200 705,600 Percentage 51.9% 26.7% 21.4%
Composition of the National Convention
President of the Assembly before election Pierre-Joseph Cambon Jacobin Subsequent President of the Convention Philippe Rühl Montagnard

The French National Convention election elected the National Convention.

The election was held in September and were the first to be held under universal suffrage. An absolute majority of the deputies elected belonged to the Marais party, a political faction of vague but largely moderate policies. The Montagnards or Jacobins received 200 seats and the republican, though more moderate Girondin faction 160 seats. The election preceded the fall of the Gironde as a political faction, mainly because of the political and social unrest following the war started by the Girondist-dominated government in the spring of 1792.

Turnout was only 10%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor="Template:The Plain/meta/color"|	Maraisards	1,747,200	51.9%	389
bgcolor="Template:The Mountain/meta/color"|	Montagnards	907,200	26.7%	200
bgcolor="Template:Girondist/meta/color"|	Girondins	705,600	21.4%	160
Total		ca. 3,360,000	100%	749

References

• Election-Politique