The 1910 general election was held on 24 April and 8 May 1910.
The elections resulted in a huge victory for the governing coalition of
Radicals and
Left Republicans (in large part due to the effective merger of the Radicals and
Independent Radicals
The Independent Radicals (french: Radicaux indépendants) were a centrist or conservative-liberal political current during the French Third Republic. It was slightly to the right of the more famous Radical-Socialist Party, and shared much of i ...
), allowing the incumbent premier
Aristide Briand
Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (; 28 March 18627 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues and reconcilia ...
to form a second government.
Aristide Briand
Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (; 28 March 18627 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues and reconcilia ...
, himself an
Independent Socialist, would unite his small, loosely-aligned, pro-government faction of
socialists
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
into the
Republican-Socialist Party
The Republican-Socialist Party (french: Parti républicain-socialiste, PRS) was a French socialist political party during the French Third Republic founded in 1911 and dissolved in 1934.
Founded by non-Marxist socialists who refused to join the ...
in 1911.
Results
Popular Vote
Sources
*
L'Humanité25 April 1910'': Popular Vote''''Le Matin'' 27 April 1910: ''Popular Vote''''Le Matin'' 10 May 1910: S''eats''*https://www.france-politique.fr/elections-legislatives-1910.htm
References
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Ci ...
1910 elections in France
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