August 1815 French legislative election

August 1815 French legislative election

18–24 August 1815
All 400 seats of the Chamber of Deputies 201 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye Pierre Paul Royer-Collard Party Ultra-royalist Doctrinaires Leader's seat Maine-et-Loire Pas-de-Calais Seats won 350 50 Popular vote 35,200 5,200 Percentage 87.5% 12.5%
Prime Minister before election Joseph Fouché Independent Elected Prime Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Independent

French legislative elections were held from 8 May to 24 August for the first legislature of the Bourbon Restoration.

Electoral colleges elected a number of candidates equal to the number of deputies. Electoral colleges of the departments chose half of the deputies from these candidates and the other half were chosen freely.

The name of this chamber was the Chambre introuvable.

Results

Party		Leader	Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor="Template:Legitimist/meta/color"|	Ultra-royalists	François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye	35,200	87.5%	350
bgcolor="Template:Doctrinaires/meta/color"|	Doctrinaires	Pierre Paul Royer-Collard	5,200	12.5%	50
Total			40,000	100%	400