August 1815 French legislative election

French legislative elections were held on 18 and 24 August for the first legislature of the Bourbon Restoration.

1815 French legislative election

18–24 August 1815

All 400 seats of the Chamber of Deputies
201 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout

40,400 / 56.1%

	First party	Second party

Leader	François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye	Pierre Paul Royer-Collard
Party	Ultra Royalists	Doctrinaires
Leader's seat	Maine-et-Loire	Pas-de-Calais
Seats won	350	50
Popular vote	35,200	5,200
Percentage	87.5%	12.5%

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

Joseph Fouché
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Independent

Electoral colleges elected a number of candidates equal to the number of deputies. Electoral colleges of the departments chose half of the deputies from these candidates and the other half were chosen freely.

The name of this chamber was the Chambre introuvable.

Results

Party		Leader	Votes	%	Seats
	Ultra-royalists	François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye	35,200	87.5%	350
	Doctrinaires	Pierre Paul Royer-Collard	5,200	12.5%	50
	Liberals[lower-alpha 1]	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette	N/A	N/A	0
Total			40,400[1]	100%	400

The "Liberal Party" wasn't organised officially until the 1816 election. Any elections before this would consistent "Liberal Politicians", and not the party.

References

"Roi et President". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

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