1852 French legislative election

Summary

Legislative elections were held in France on 29 February and 14 March 1852, electing the first legislature of the French Second Empire.

1852 French legislative election

← 1849 29 February and 14 March 1852 1857 →
Registered9,836,043
Turnout61.30%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Adolphe Billault
Party Bonapartists Opposition
Seats won 253 10

Prime Minister before election

Léon Faucher
Party of Order

Subsequent Prime Minister

François-Xavier de Casabianca
Bonapartists

Emperor Napoleon III's Bonapartists won a huge majority consisting of 258 of the 261 seats (five Royalists allied with the Bonapartists). The Party of Order that had won a majority in the 1849 election was banned following their opposition to the 1851 coup by President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.

Results edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats
Bonapartists253
Monarchists7
Republicans3
Total263
Total votes6,029,564
Registered voters/turnout9,836,04361.30
Source: Rois et Presidents

References edit

  • Roi et President