French legislative election, 1889

French legislative election, 1889

22 September and 6 October 1889
All 576 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jules Ferry Georges Boulanger Party Union of the Lefts League of Patriots Leader's seat Vosges Nord Seats won 354 210 Seat change 71 9 Popular vote 4,177,464 2,914,985 Percentage 52.37 36.54% Swing 19.89 6.41
Composition of the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before election Charles Floquet Union of the Lefts Elected Prime Minister Pierre Tirard Independent

The 1889 general election was held on 22 September and 6 October 1889, during the Boulanger affair. It resulted in a victory for the Republicans, and a thorough defeat for the Boulangists.

Results

Parliamentary Groups

Affiliation	Party		Seats
Left
		Radical-Socialists and Socialists	12
Centre-Left
		Radicals	100
		Republicans	216
		Moderate Republicans	38
Right
		Monarchists	86
		Boulangists	72
		Bonapartists	52
Total			576

Sources

• Roi et President