1924 French legislative election

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.

1924 French legislative election

 1919
11 May 1924 (first round)
25 May 1924 (second round)
1928 

All 574 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Registered11,070,360
Turnout83.03%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Auguste Isaac Léon Blum Édouard Herriot
Party URD SFIO PRSPRS
Seats won 204 104 162
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 37 Increase 39
Popular vote 3,190,831 1,814,000 1,612,581
Percentage 35.35% 20.10% 17.86%

Prime Minister before election

Raymond Poincaré
Democratic Alliance

Elected Prime Minister

Édouard Herriot
Radical-Socialist Party

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic and Republican Union3,190,83135.35204
French Section of the Workers' International1,814,00020.10104
Radical Socialist PartyRepublican-Socialist Party1,612,58117.86162
Independent RadicalsDemocratic Republican Alliance1,058,29311.7253
French Communist Party885,9939.8226
Conservatives and independents375,8064.1625
Other parties89,3330.990
Total9,026,837100.00574
Valid votes9,026,83798.21
Invalid/blank votes164,9721.79
Total votes9,191,809100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,070,36083.03
Source: Mackie & Rose,[2] Nohlen & Stöver,[3] France Politique

References

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  1. Sharp, Walter R. (1924). "The French Elections". American Political Science Review. 18 (3): 533–540. doi:10.2307/1944175. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp128–130
  3. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p692 ISBN 9783832956097