1799 French legislative election

none First French Republic 1798 French Directory election 1798 9–16 April 1799 May 1815 French legislative election 1815 Parliamentary One-third of the seats in the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Elders Montagnards Jean de Bry, by Jean Louis Laneuville.jpg Jean Antoine Debry 240 Directoriaux François Barthélemy Francois Barthelemy.gif 150 Rightists Fabre de l'Aude, pair de France.jpg Jean-Pierre Fabre de l'Aude fr Jean-Pierre Fabre 80 Far-left no 30 President of the Council of Five Hundred Jean-Pierre Chazal Clichy Club Lucien Bonaparte Legislative elections were held in France between 9 and 16 April 1799 to elect one-third of the members of the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients, the lower and upper houses of the legislature. Background Following the Coup of 11 May 1798 (22 Floréal year VI in the Republican calendar), the small Jacobin minority led by Generals Jean-Antoine Marbot and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan harassed the Directory, with the occasional support of directorial deputies exasperated by the encroachments of the executive. The opposition to the Jacobins continued to grow with the deteriorating situation of the War of the Second Coalition. In Messidor they managed to form a small coalition government, forming a majority in the Council of the Five Hundred to refuse to allow the Directory to complete the court of cessation, even if the Council of Elders voted in their prerogativeSeptember 2024.Woronoff Denis La République bourgeoise de Thermidor à Brumaire 1794–1799 Éditions du Seuil 2004 978-2757846704 France 1191043797 207–208Suratteau Jean-René Dictionnaire Historique de la Révolution Française Soboul Albert Les Coups d'État du Directoire Presses Universitaires de France 2006 978-2130536055 Paris 443321751 300–306 After the loss of Italy, the Minister of War, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, was accused of what would be considered corruption todaySeptember 2024 and was brought before a commission of inquiry. It was on this occasion that Lucien Bonaparte asserted himself in the political scene as a leader of the opponents of the left, though not a devoted Jacobin. In this context, the Directory did not dare to organize an election under the same pressure it had felt in the 1798 election. If the council was seen as promoting the election of candidates of the government, the policy of appeasement and peace could continue. Results During the electoral processes, 27 departments experienced splits from the 25 in the 1798 election, and the assemblies were less troubled than the last election. Participation in the election however, fell to just 11.5% of the national vote, against 20% in 1798. For instance, in Alsace the turnout fell from 30% to just 15%. Of the 79 members supported by the government, 43 were beaten; this was also the case for the 39 of the 64 new official candidates for government. In addition, of the 44 candidates recommended by one or other directors, only 6 were elected. Unlike in the 1798 elections, the Council validated majority assemblies in the departments that had experienced a split – except in Deux-Nèthes, where the elections were cancelled because the required turnout was not met. This "non-election" also occurred in Bouches-du-Rhône, where many irregularities were noted by the local assemblies. The 1799 elections ended with a massive victory for the left-wing republican Montagnards. However, the Royalist parties, the Clichy Club (moderate constitutionalists) and Ultra-Royalists (absolute monarchists) won almost half of the seats within the council. The Extreme Left Group (Groupe de Extrême-Gauche) also won their first group of seats in the election. The 1799 elections were the last parliamentary elections in France until May 1815. File:Assemblée nationale 1799.svg Total Montagnards 240 Directoriaux 150 Rightists 80 Far-left 30 Election-Politiquehttps://www.election-politique.com/resultats.php?num=1415&k=FR&kr=&pol=p2 Elections législatives du 01 mai 1799 Election Politique Citoyen References Category:1799 events of the French Revolution Category:18th-century elections in France Category:French Directory Category:Legislative elections in France