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French legislative elections to elect the 16th legislature of the

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were held on 26 April and 3 May 1936. This was the last legislature of the Third Republic and the last election before

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. 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. The

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, 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

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. Léon Blum became president of the council. Broad Republican coalitions had governed since the

: 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

*The SFIC, predecessor of the

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, doubled 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.,

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, 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

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, 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

Popular Vote

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2", Alliance ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2", Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Abbr. ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % , - , style="background-color:red" rowspan="4", , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4",

, rowspan="4", 5,628,321 , rowspan="4", 57.17 , style="background-color:#E75480", , style="text-align:left;" , French Section of the Workers' International (''Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière'') , style="text-align:right;" , SFIO , style="text-align:right;" , 1,955,306 , style="text-align:right;" , 19.86 , - , style="background-color:#FF0000", , style="text-align:left;" ,

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Un ...

(''Parti communiste français'') , style="text-align:right;" , PCF , style="text-align:right;" , 1,502,404 , style="text-align:right;" , 15.26 , - , style="background-color:#FFBF00", , style="text-align:left;" , Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (''Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste'') , style="text-align:right;" , PRRRS , style="text-align:right;" , 1,422,611 , style="text-align:right;" , 14.45 , - , style="background-color:#DA7B8B", , style="text-align:left;" ,

Miscellaneous Left Miscellaneous left (', ''DVG'') in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of any party or a member of party that has no elected seats. They include either small left-wing parties or dissidents expelled from their parties for ru ...

(''Divers gauche'') , style="text-align:right;" , DVG , style="text-align:right;" , 748,600 , style="text-align:right;" , 7.60 , - , style="background-color:blue" rowspan="3", , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3", Right and Centre , rowspan="3", 4,202,298 , rowspan="3", 42.68 , - , style="background-color:#0080FF", , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Alliance (''Alliance démocratique''), Independent Radicals (''Radicaux indépendents''),

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(''Démocrates populaires'') , style="text-align:right;" , AD-RI-PDP , style="text-align:right;" , 2,536,294 , style="text-align:right;" , 25.76 , - , style="background-color:#0000C8", , style="text-align:left;" ,

Republican Federation The Republican Federation (french: Fédération républicaine, FR) was the largest conservative party during the French Third Republic, gathering together the progressive Orléanists rallied to the Republic. Founded in November 1903, the party ...

(''Fédération républicaine''), Independents, Conservatives , style="text-align:right;" , FR , style="text-align:right;" , 1,666,004 , style="text-align:right;" , 16.92 , - , style="background-color:gray", , colspan=5 style="text-align:left;" , Other parties , style="text-align:right;" , Div , style="text-align:right;" , 16,047 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.16 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=7 , Total , style="text-align:right;" , 9,846,666 , style="text-align:right;" , 100 , - , colspan=9 style="text-align:left;" , Abstention: 17.75%

Parliamentary Groups

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References

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