French legislative election, 1816

French legislative election, 1816

← 1815 25 September and 4 October 1816 1820 →
All 252 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Majority party Minority party   Leader Pierre Paul Royer-Collard Jean-Baptiste de Villèle Party Doctrinaires Ultras Leader's seat Pas-de-Calais Haute-Garonne Seats won 136 92 Seat change 86 258
Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

The 1816 French general election organized the first legislature of the Second Restoration. The election was held on 25 September and 4 October.

Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote.

All electors elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies.