1936 French legislative election
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Registered | 11,795,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 9,847,266 (83.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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French legislative elections to elect the 16th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 26 April and 3 May 1936. This was the last legislature of the Third Republic and the last election before World War II. The number of candidates set a record, with 4,807 people vying for 618 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In the Seine Department alone, there were 1,402 candidates.[1]
The Popular Front, composed of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), the Radical-Socialists, the French Section of the Communist International (SFIC), and miscellaneous leftists, won power from the broad Republican coalitions that had governed since the 6 February 1934 crisis. Léon Blum became president of the council. Broad Republican coalitions had governed since the 6 February 1934 crisis: Government Gaston Doumergue II (Union Nationale, 272 days), Government Flandin I (204 days), Government Bouisson (3 days) and Government Laval IV (229 days).
For the first time, the Radical-Socialists were eclipsed on the left by the SFIO, while still keeping a considerable role in French politics.
Regional results[edit]
- The SFIC, predecessor of the Communist Party, more than tripled its score from 11 SFIC and 9 Union Ouvrière deputies in 1932 to 72 in 1936. The party made gains in industrialized suburbs and working-class areas of major cities. They also progressed in rural central and southwestern France (e.g., Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne)
- The Radicals lost votes to the SFIO and SFIC, but also to the right.
- The SFIO declined slightly. In working-class suburbs, the party declined, but it gained votes in Brittany, to the dismay of the right.
- Only 174 seats were elected in the first round, 424 were decided in a run-off. The right fared better in the second round.
Results[edit]
Popular Vote[edit]
Alliance | Votes | % | Party | Abbr. | Votes | % | ||
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Popular Front | 5,628,321 | 57.17 | French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière) | SFIO | 1,955,306 | 19.86 | ||
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) | PCF | 1,502,404 | 15.26 | |||||
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste) | PRRRS | 1,422,611 | 14.45 | |||||
Miscellaneous Left (Divers gauche) | DVG | 748,600 | 7.60 | |||||
Right and Centre | 4,202,298 | 42.68 | ||||||
Democratic Alliance (Alliance démocratique), Independent Radicals (Radicaux indépendents), Popular Democrats (Démocrates populaires) | AD-RI-PDP | 2,536,294 | 25.76 | |||||
Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine), Independents, Conservatives | FR | 1,666,004 | 16.92 | |||||
Other parties | Div | 16,047 | 0.16 | |||||
Total | 9,846,666 | 100 | ||||||
Abstention: 17.75% |
Parliamentary Groups[edit]
Affiliation | Party | Seats | |
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Left | |||
French Communist Party (PCF) | 72 | ||
Party of Proletarian Unity (PUP) | 6 | ||
French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) | 149 | ||
Socialist Republican Union (USR) | 29 | ||
Centre-Left | |||
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) | 110 | ||
Radical-Socialist Party Camille Pelletan (PRS-CP) | 3 | ||
Frontist Party | 2 | ||
Party of the Young Republic (PJR) | 4 | ||
Independent Left | 11 | ||
Centre-Right | |||
Democratic and Independent Radical Left | 39 | ||
Alliance of Left Republicans and Independent Radicals | 43 | ||
Independents of Popular Action | 16 | ||
Popular Democrats | 13 | ||
Right | |||
Independent Republicans of Social Action and Agrarian Group | 40 | ||
Republican Federation and Independents of the National and Republican Union | 60 | ||
Republican Independents | 13 | ||
Total | 610 |
References[edit]
- ^ "French elections a task for voters", The New York Times. 20 April 1936. Page 7.
- ^ Results on France-politique.fr
- ^ Parliamentary Groups on France-politique.fr
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