1819 French legislative election

none Bourbon Restoration Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg Parliamentary 11 September 1819 1818 French legislative election 1818 1820 French legislative election 1820 49 seats in the Chamber of Deputies Liberal Party 37 Ministerials no 5 Ultra-royalist 3 Doctrinaires 1 Partial legislative elections were held in France on 11 September 1819, during the Second Restoration, to choose delegates to the French Chamber of Deputies. It was the third of three elections (the others coming in 1817 and 1818) under a new law that called for legislative elections to be held annually in one-fifth of the nation's departments.Thomas D. Beck, French Legislators, 1800-1834: A Study in Quantitative History (University of California Press, 1974), pp. 63-71. For the third straight election, the Liberals made a strong showing, winning 37 seats.Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 20 September 1819, p. 2. Accessed 17 April 2014. fr The election of Henri Grégoire caused a scandal, as he was a famous member of the convention, which forced the government of Decazes to cancel this election. Nevertheless, the liberal group represented nearly one-third of the Lower House after this partial election, whereas the Ultras were reduced to 30 MPs. Results Liberal Party 37 Ministerials 5 Ultra-royalists 5 Doctrinaires 1 Affiliation unclear 1 Journal des débatshttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4228582/f2.item.r=1819.langFR.zoom Journal des débats politiques et littéraires 20 September 1819 2 France References Category:Legislative elections in France France Legislative France Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results