1898 French legislative election
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The 1898 general election was held on 8 and 22 May 1898.
The government of Jules Méline, who had been premier since April 1896, had relied on the support of Conservatives, contrary to the convention of republican concentration, according to which no government should rely on the support of monarchists and Bonapartists in the Chamber of Deputies if it could not rely on a republican majority.
The election was dominated by the Dreyfus Affair, and saw several notable supporters of Dreyfus (Joseph Reinach, Jean Jaurès, Jules Guesde) lose their seats. Twenty-two professed anti-Semites were also elected, including Édouard Drumont. Overall, however, the election saw the defeat of Méline and his supporters: the Radicals were victorious, allowing Henri Brisson to form a republican government.[1]
Results
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
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Progressives | 3,518,057 | 43.4 | 232 | ||||||||
Monarchists | 607,960 | 7.5 | 53 | ||||||||
Ralliés | 583,641 | 7.2 | 39 | ||||||||
Revisionists and Nationalists | 137,804 | 1.7 | 14 | ||||||||
Anti-Dreyfusards | 3,518,057 | 43.4 | 338 | ||||||||
Radical-Socialists | 1,029,477 | 12.7 | 97 | ||||||||
Radicals | 1,442,890 | 17.8 | 86 | ||||||||
Socialists | 786,294 | 9.7 | 43 | ||||||||
Socialist Republicans | 12 | ||||||||||
Dreyfusards | 3,258,661 | 40.2 | 235 | ||||||||
Independents | 5 | ||||||||||
Total | 8,106,123 | 100 | 585 | ||||||||
Source: Roi et President |
References
- ^ Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 275
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