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1914 French legislative election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | French Third Republic |
| type | legislative |
| previous_election | 1910 French legislative election |
| previous_year | 1910 |
| next_election | 1919 French legislative election |
| next_year | 1919 |
| election_date | 26 April and 10 May 1914 |
| seats_for_election | All 592 seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
| majority_seats | 297 |
| image1 | Jos. Caillaux LCCN2014706163.tif |
| leader1 | Joseph Caillaux |
| party1 | Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party |
| seats1 | **140** |
| seat_change1 | 8 |
| popular_vote1 | 1,530,188 |
| percentage1 | 18.15% |
| swing1 | 2.30pp |
| image2 | Jean Jaurès (1).jpg |
| leader2 | Jean Jaurès |
| party2 | French Section of the Workers' International |
| seats2 | 103 |
| seat_change2 | 28 |
| popular_vote2 | 1,413,044 |
| percentage2 | 16.76% |
| swing2 | 3.61pp |
| image3 | Alexandre Ribot 1913.jpg |
| leader3 | Alexandre Ribot |
| party3 | Republican Federation |
| seats3 | 96 |
| seat_change3 | 20 |
| popular_vote3 | **1,588,075** |
| percentage3 | **18.84%** |
| swing3 | 1.41pp |
| image4 | Georges Clemenceau par Nadar.jpg |
| leader4 | Georges Clemenceau |
| party4 | Independent Radicals |
| seats4 | 96 |
| seat_change4 | 36 |
| popular_vote4 | 1,399,830 |
| percentage4 | 16.60% |
| swing4 | 5.16pp |
| image5 | Jacques Piou (Agence Meurisse, 1913) (cropped and adjusted).jpg |
| leader5 | Jacques Piou |
| party5 | Popular Liberal Action |
| seats5 | 73 |
| seat_change5 | 68 |
| popular_vote5 | 1,297,722 |
| percentage5 | 15.39 |
| swing5 | 13.58pp |
| title | Prime Minister |
| before_election | Gaston Doumergue |
| before_party | Independent Radicals |
| after_election | René Viviani |
| after_party | Republican-Socialist Party |
Legislative elections were held in France on 26 April and 10 May 1914, three months before the outbreak of World War I. The Radical Socialist Party emerged as the largest party, though, with the outbreak of the First World War, many in the Chamber, ranging from Catholics to socialists, united to form the Union sacrée.
The elections saw 192 new members elected.
Alexandre Ribot, a member of the Democratic Republican Alliance, negotiated a government on 9 June 1914, but its perceived overly-centrist leanings lead much of the left-wing of the Radical Party to rebel against it, bringing it down on the day it was presented to the chamber. Ribot was quickly succeeded by René Viviani of the Republican-Socialist Party, who formed a centre-left government on 13 June, only four days later.
Results
References
Sources
- https://www.france-politique.fr/elections-legislatives-1914.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170908042752/http://www.roi-president.com/legislative-1914/
References
- [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k570884f/f1.item.zoom Le Matin] 12 May 1914
- Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, pp128–130
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p691 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
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