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French legislative election, 1936

French legislative election, 1936
France
← 1932 26 April and 3 May 1936 1945 →

All 610 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
306 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Léon Blum Meurisse b 1927.jpg Daladier 1924.jpg Louis Marin in 1932.jpg
Leader Léon Blum Édouard Daladier Louis Marin
Party SFIO PRRRS FR and RIAS
Leader's seat Narbonne Rhône Meurthe-et-Moselle
Last election 132 seats 160 seats 59 seats
Seats won 149 110 100
Seat change Increase 17 Decrease 50 Increase 41
Popular vote 1,955,306 1,422,611 1,475,793
Percentage 19.86% 14.45% 15.2%
Swing Decrease 0.65% Decrease 4.73% Decrease 2.89%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Pierre-Étienne Flandin 1914.jpg Thorez.jpg
Leader Pierre-Étienne Flandin (AD) Maurice Thorez
Party AD-RI PCF
Leader's seat Yonne Seine
Last election 121 seats 10 seats
Seats won 82 72
Seat change Decrease 39 Increase 62
Popular vote 2,089,166 1,502,404
Percentage 21.33% 15.26%
Swing Decrease 1.89% Increase 6.94%

Government before election

Albert Sarraut II
PRRRS (Republican coalition)

Elected Government

Léon Blum I
SFIO (Popular Front)


Albert Sarraut II
PRRRS (Republican coalition)

Léon Blum I
SFIO (Popular Front)

French legislative elections to elect the 16th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 26 April and 3 May 1936. This was the last legislature of the Third Republic and the last election before World War II. The number of candidates set a record, with 4,807 people vying for 618 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In the Seine Department alone, there were 1,402 candidates.

The Popular Front, composed of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), the Radical-Socialists, the French Section of the Communist International (SFIC), and miscellaneous leftists, won power from the broad Republican coalitions that had governed since the 6 February 1934 crisis. Léon Blum became President of the Council. Broad Republican coalitions had governed since the 6 February 1934 crisis: Government Gaston Doumergue II (Union Nationale, 272 days), Government Flandin I (204 days), Government Bouisson (3 days) and Government Laval IV (229 days).

For the first time, the Radical-Socialists were eclipsed on the left by the SFIO, while still keeping a considerable role in French politics.



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