1852 French legislative election

none October 2021 Second French Empire Parliamentary 1849 French legislative election 1849 1857 French legislative election 1857 29 February 1852 (first round)14 March 1852 (second round) 9,836,043 61.30% 130x130px Billault, Adolphe - 1.jpg Adolphe Billault Bonapartists (political party) 253 3x4.svg – Monarchists 7 #9966CC 3x4.svg 3 #FF4040 Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870) – Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Léon Faucher François-Xavier de Casabianca Party of Order Bonapartists (political party) Legislative elections were held in France on 29 February and 14 March 1852, electing the first legislature of the French Second Empire. Emperor Napoleon III's Bonapartists won a huge majority consisting of 258 of the 261 seats (five Royalists allied with the Bonapartists). The Party of Order that had won a majority in the 1849 election was banned following their opposition to the 1851 coup by President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Electoral system The 263 members of the Corps législatif were elected for six-year terms in single-member constituencies via the two-round system. Results File:French Empire Assembly 1852.svg Bonapartists 253 Monarchists 7 #9966CC Republicans 3 #FF4040 6029564 9836043 Rois et Presidentshttp://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1852.php Elections législatives 1852 Rois et Presidents https://web.archive.org/web/20160322174959/http://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1852.php 22 March 2016 References Category:Legislative elections in France Legislative