Legislative elections were held in France on 11 May and 25 May 1924.[1] They resulted in a victory for the left-wing Cartel des Gauches, an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand.
11 May 1924 (first round)
25 May 1924 (second round) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 574 seats in the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 11,070,360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 83.03% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic and Republican Union | 3,190,831 | 35.35 | 204 | |
| French Section of the Workers' International | 1,814,000 | 20.10 | 104 | |
| Radical Socialist Party–Republican-Socialist Party | 1,612,581 | 17.86 | 162 | |
| Independent Radicals–Democratic Republican Alliance | 1,058,293 | 11.72 | 53 | |
| French Communist Party | 885,993 | 9.82 | 26 | |
| Conservatives and independents | 375,806 | 4.16 | 25 | |
| Other parties | 89,333 | 0.99 | 0 | |
| Total | 9,026,837 | 100.00 | 574 | |
| Valid votes | 9,026,837 | 98.21 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 164,972 | 1.79 | ||
| Total votes | 9,191,809 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,070,360 | 83.03 | ||
| Source: Mackie & Rose,[2] Nohlen & Stöver,[3] France Politique | ||||
References
edit- ↑ Sharp, Walter R. (1924). "The French Elections". American Political Science Review. 18 (3): 533–540. doi:10.2307/1944175. ISSN 0003-0554.
- ↑ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp128–130
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p692 ISBN 9783832956097