French legislative election, 1849

13 and 14 May 1849

First party Second party Third party   Leader Odilon Barrot Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Party Party of Order Democratic Socialist Moderate Republican Seats won 450 180 75 Popular vote 3,310,000 1,955,000 834,000 Percentage 50.2% 29.6% 12.6%

Prime Minister before election Odilon Barrot Party of Order Subsequent Prime Minister Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul Party of Order

Parliamentary elections were held in France on 13 and 14 May 1849. Voters elected the first National Assembly of the Second Republic. The conservative Parti de l'Ordre won an overall majority of 450 seats.The Parti de l'Ordre was a bourgeois, traditionalist, and conservative party opposed to the Presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent 1851 coup.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Monarchists	3,310,000	50.2%	450
	Democratic Socialists	1,955,000	29.6%	180
	Constitutionalist Republicans	834,000	12.6%	75
	Independents and others	495,000	7.5%	0
	Invalid/blank votes	171,000	–	–
Total		6,765,000	100%	705
Registered voters/turnout		9,936,000	68.1%	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Kings and Presidents