1902 French legislative election

none French Third Republic parliamentary 1898 French legislative election 1898 27 April and 11 May 1902 1906 French legislative election 1906 All 589 seats the Chamber of Deputies 295 130x130px File:P. Waldeck-Rousseau.jpg Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau Left Bloc font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; Parties Democratic Republican Alliance Radical-Socialists Independent Radicals Socialists no 338 C96765 file:Jules Méline 1898.jpg Jules Méline no Progressives Republicans 127 8080C0 file:Jacques Piou (Agence Meurisse, 1913) (cropped and adjusted).jpg Jacques Piou (lost election) 22427C Conservatives font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; Parties Liberal Action Nationalists Reactionaries 124 Prime Minister Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau ARD Émile Combes Radicals Legislative elections were held in France on 27 April and 11 May 1902. The result was a victory for the Bloc des gauches alliance between Socialists, Radicals, and the Democratic Republican Alliance, over the anti-Dreyfusard right wing of the Republicans, the progressistes. The Bloc des gauches had been brought together to support the "Republican Defense Cabinet" (gouvernement de défense républicaine) formed by Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau following the assault on the newly elected president, Émile Loubet, on the Longchamp Racecourse on 4 June 1899, during the Dreyfus affair. However, Waldeck-Rousseau's own supporters (the ARD) took few seats in the election compared to the Radicals and Socialists. After the election, President Loubet invited the Radical Émile Combes to form a government, which lasted until January 1905, when the Socialists withdrew from the Bloc des gauches.Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, pp. 278-282 Results Progressive Republicans 2501429 2 127 #8080C0 Democratic Republican Alliance 62 #EAB200 Independent Radicals 1413931 129 French nationalists Nationalists fr Parti nationaliste (Troisième République) 1194900 89 2 black Reactionaries 1188180 #1F497D Socialists 531087 43 2 #DE0000 Revolutionary Socialists 344445 #960019 Radical-Socialists 853140 104 Popular Liberal Action 385615 35 11058702 France-Politique,France-Politique Rois et Presidents File:French_Chamber_of_Deputies_1902.svg References L'année Politique 1902, by André Daniel, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1903 External links Map of Deputies elected in 1902 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french) Category:Legislative elections in France Legislative