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1824 French legislative election

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1824 French legislative election

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All 430 seats of the Chamber of Deputies
216 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jean-Baptiste de Villèle Pierre Royer-Collard
Party Ultra-royalist Doctrinaires
Leader's seat Haute-Garonne Pas-de-Calais
Seats won 413 17
Popular vote 90,240 3,760
Percentage 96.0% 4.0%

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle
Ultra-royalist

Elected Prime Minister

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle
Ultra-royalist

The 1824 general election organized the third legislature of the Second Restoration. The election was held on 25 February and 6 March.

Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote. The election was an overwhelming victory for Villèle and the ultras, as only 17 MPs of the opposition were re-elected (including Royer-Collard, Cécile Stanilas de Girardin, Benjamin Constant and Maximilien Sébastien Foy).

Results

Party Leader Votes % Seats
bgcolor="Template:Legitimist/meta/color"|  Ultra-royalists Jean-Baptiste de Villèle 90,240 96.0% 413
bgcolor="Template:Doctrinaires/meta/color"|  Doctrinaires Pierre Royer-Collard 3,760 4.0% 17
Total 94,000[1] 100% 430

References