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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1906 French legislative election
| country = French Third Republic
| type = legislative
| country = French Third Republic
| previous_election = 1902 French legislative election
| type = legislative
| previous_year = 1902
| previous_election = 1902 French legislative election
| next_election = 1910 French legislative election
| previous_year = 1902
| next_year = 1910
| next_election = 1910 French legislative election
| election_date = 6 and 20 May 1906
| next_year = 1910
| seats_for_election = All 585 seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies (France)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| election_date = 6–20 May 1906
| majority_seats = 293
| seats_for_election = All [[Constituency (France)|585 seats]] to the [[Chamber of Deputies (France)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| image_size = 130x130px
| majority_seats = 293

| registered = 11,341,062
| image1 =Sarrien.jpg
| turnout = 8,812,493 (77.70%)
| image1 = [[File:Sarrien.jpg|170x170px]]
| leader1 = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| alliance1 = [[Bloc des gauches|Left Bloc]]{{collapsible list
| leader1 = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| party1 = [[Bloc des gauches]]<br />
{{collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| title = ''Parties''
| title = ''Parties''
| '''[[Radical Party (France)|PRRRS (Radicals)]]'''
| [[Radical Party (France)|PRRRS]]
| [[Democratic Republican Alliance]]
| [[Democratic Republican Alliance|ARD]]
| [[Independent Radicals]]
| [[Independent Radicals]]
| [[Independent Socialists (France)|Independent Socialists]]
| [[Independent Socialists (France)|Independent Socialists]]
}}
}}
| color1 = FF4040
| color1 = C96765
| seats1 = '''357'''
| leaders_seat1 = [[Charente-Maritime]]
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 19
| seats1 = '''357'''
| popular_vote1 = '''4,115,530'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 19
| popular_vote1 = '''4,320,611'''
| percentage1 = '''46.70%'''

| percentage1 = '''49.03%'''
| image2 = Jacques Piou (Agence Meurisse, 1913) (cropped and adjusted).jpg
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 8.37%
| leader2 = [[Jacques Piou]]
| image2 = [[File:Auguste Isaac.jpg|170x170px]]
| alliance2 = [[Conservatism|Conservatives]] {{collapsible list
| leader2 = [[Auguste Isaac]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]]
| party2 = [[Republican Federation]]
| color2 = 005ACA
| seats2 = 78
| seat_change2 = ''new party''
| popular_vote2 = 1,864,557
| percentage2 = 21.16%
| swing2 = ''new party''
| image3 = [[File:Jacques Piou (Agence Meurisse, 1913) (cropped and adjusted).jpg|170x170px]]
| leader3 = [[Jacques Piou]]
| party3 = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing coalition]]<br />
{{collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| title = ''Parties''
| title = ''Parties''
| '''[[Popular Liberal Action|Liberal Action]]'''
| [[Popular Liberal Action|Liberal Action]]
| [[French nationalism|Nationalists]]
| [[:fr:Parti nationaliste (Troisième République)|Nationalists]]
| [[Reactionary|Reactionaries]]
}}
}}
| color2 = 1F497D
| leaders_seat3 = [[Lozère]]
| seats2 = 108
| color3 = 1F497D
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 16
| seats3 = 96
| popular_vote2 = 2,571,765
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 28
| percentage2 = 29.18%
| popular_vote3 = 1,750,104

| percentage3 = 19.86%
| image3 = Auguste Isaac.jpg
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 1.14%
| leader3 = [[Auguste Isaac]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]
| alliance3 = [[Republican Federation|Progressives]]<ref group=lower-alpha name=Note01/>
| before_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| color3 = 8080C0
| before_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
| seats3 = 66
| after_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 61
| after_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
| popular_vote3 = 1,238,048
| percentage3 = 14.05%

| title = [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| before_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
| after_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| after_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
}}
}}
The '''1906 general election''' was held on 6 and 20 May 1906.


The elections produced an increased majority for the governing coalition between the [[PRRRS|Radicals]] ('''PRRRS''') and the [[Democratic Alliance (France)|left Republicans]] ('''ARD'''), which had held power under the premierships of [[Maurice Rouvier]] and [[Ferdinand Sarrien]] since January 1905.
Legislative elections were held in France on 6 and 20 May 1906. The elections produced an increased majority for the governing coalition between the [[PRRRS|Radicals]] (PRRRS) and the [[Democratic Alliance (France)|left Republicans]] (ARD), which had held power under the premierships of [[Maurice Rouvier]] and [[Ferdinand Sarrien]] since January 1905.


Sarrien resigned on 20 October for reasons of health. [[Georges Clemenceau]], also a Radical, replaced him, and remained premier until July 1909, after which he went on to become one of the longest-serving French Prime Ministers. The [[Bloc des gauches]] formally dissolved with Clemenceau's coming to power.
Sarrien resigned on 20 October for reasons of health. [[Georges Clemenceau]], also a Radical, replaced him, and remained premier until July 1909, after which he went on to become one of the longest-serving French Prime Ministers. The [[Bloc des gauches]] formally dissolved with Clemenceau's coming to power.


==Electoral System==
==Electoral system==
By the [[law of 13 February 1889]] {{small|['''[[:fr:Loi du 13 février 1889 rétablissant le scrutin uninominal pour l'élection des députés|fr]]''']}}, French legislative elections would take place utilising a [[first past the post]] system to elect one deputy in each constituency to the [[Chamber of Deputies (France)]], with some [[arrondissements]] being divided into multiple constituencies, though most containing only one.<ref>[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Loi_du_13_f%C3%A9vrier_1889 Law of 13 February, 1889]</ref>
By the {{ill|law of 13 February 1889|fr|Loi du 13 février 1889 rétablissant le scrutin uninominal pour l'élection des députés}}, French legislative elections would take place utilising a [[first past the post]] system to elect one deputy in each constituency to the [[Chamber of Deputies (France)|Chamber of Deputies]], with some [[arrondissements]] being divided into multiple constituencies, though most containing only one.<ref>[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Loi_du_13_f%C3%A9vrier_1889 Law of 13 February, 1889]</ref>


==Results==
==Results==
{{Election results

|party1=[[Miscellaneous right|Conservatives]] (incl. [[Popular Liberal Action|ALP]])|votes1=2571765|vspan1=2|seats1=78|color1=#1F497D
===Popular Vote===
|party2=[[:fr:Parti nationaliste (Troisième République)|Nationalist Party]]|seats2=30|color2=black

|party3=[[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]|votes3=2514508|seats3=132
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
|party4=[[Republican Federation|Progressives]]|votes4=1238048|seats4=66|color4=#8080C0
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
|party5=[[French Section of the Workers' International]]|votes5=877221|seats5=54
|-
|party6=[[Democratic Republican Alliance]]|votes6=703912|seats6=90|color6=#EAB200
| colspan="6" | [[File:Chambre des Députés 1906.svg|center|375px]]
|party7=[[Independent Radicals]]|votes7=692029|seats7=115
|-
|party8=[[Independent Socialists (France)|Independent Socialists]]|votes8=205081|seats8=20|color8=#ff7d8e
!colspan=3|Party
|party9=Others|votes9=9924|seats9=0
!Votes<ref>{{Cite web|author1=[[Laurent de Boissieu]] |title=Chambre des députés 1906 |url=https://www.france-politique.fr/assemblee-nationale-1906.htm |website=france-politique.fr}}.</ref><ref name="royetpresident">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724225752/http://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1906.php Roi et President]</ref>
|electorate=11341062
!%
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130215034439/http://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1906.php Rois et Presidents], [https://www.france-politique.fr/elections-legislatives-1906.htm France-Politique]
!Seats<ref name="royetpresident" />
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#FFC6D5;border-bottom-style:hidden;" |
|bgcolor={{party color|Radical Party (France)}}| 
|[[Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party]]
|2,514,508
|28.53
|132
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent Radicals}}| 
|[[Independent Radicals]]
|692,029
|7.85
|115
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}}| 
|[[Democratic Republican Alliance]]
|908,993
|10.31
|90
|-
|bgcolor="pink"| 
|[[Independent Socialists (France)|Independent Socialists]]
|205,081
|2.33
|20
|- style="background-color:#FFC6D5;"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| '''Bloc des Gauches'''{{efn|The [[Bloc des gauches]] had been formed as a coalition of the French [[Left-wing politics|parliamentary left]] to contend the [[1902 French legislative election]]. The [[French Socialist Party (1902)|Socialist Party]] (and later the [[French Section of the Workers International]]) left the alliance in 1904, but the coalition continued to function until the ascension of [[Georges Clemenceau]] in October 1906.}}
|'''4,320,611'''
|'''49.03'''
|'''357'''{{efn|The [[Independent Socialists (France)|Independent Socialists]] are not always included, so this number may also be cited as 337.}}
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#B9DAFF;border-bottom-style:hidden;" |
|bgcolor={{party color|Popular Liberal Action}}| 
|[[Popular Liberal Action]]
|1,238,048
|14.05
|66
|-
|bgcolor="#A34100"| 
|Nationalists {{small|['''[[:fr:Parti nationaliste (Troisième République)|fr]]''']}}
|512,056
|5.81
|30
|- style="background-color:#B9DAFF;"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| '''Right-wing coalition'''
|'''1,750,104'''
|'''19.86'''
|'''96'''
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Republican Federation}}| 
|colspan=2|[[Republican Federation]]
|1,864,557
|21.16
|78
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|French Section of the Workers' International}}| 
|colspan=2|[[French Section of the Workers International]]
|877,221
|9.95
|54
|-
!colspan=6|
|-
|colspan=3| '''Total'''
|'''8,812,493'''
|'''100'''
|'''585'''
|-
!colspan=6|
|-
|colspan=3| Turnout
|8,812,493
|77.70
!rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=3| Abstentions
|2,528,569
|22.30
|-
|colspan=3| Registered voters
|11,341,062
!
|}

{{Bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=350px
|bars=
{{bar percent|PRRRS|{{party color|Radical Party (France)}}|28.53}}
{{bar percent|FR|{{party color|Republican Federation}}|21.16}}
{{Bar percent|ALP|{{party color|Popular Liberal Action}}|14.05}}
{{bar percent|ARD|{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}}|10.31}}
{{bar percent|SFIO|{{party color|French Section of the Workers' International}}|9.95}}
{{bar percent|RI|{{party color|Independent Radicals}}|7.85}}
{{bar percent|Nationalistes|#A34100|5.81}}
{{bar percent|SI|pink|2.33}}
}}
}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha|refs=
{{notelist}}
<ref name=Note01>By 1906, the Progressive Republicans and conservative Moderate Republicans had reconciled into a single political party, called the [[Republican Federation]], though candidates elected from the party sat in the Chamber of Deputies as Progressive Republicans until 1914.</ref>
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:52, 10 February 2024

1906 French legislative election
← 1902 6 and 20 May 1906 1910 →
All 585 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
293 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Ferdinand Sarrien Jacques Piou Auguste Isaac
Alliance Left Bloc
Parties
 Conservatives
Parties
 Progressives[a]
Seats won 357 108 66
Seat change Increase 19 Decrease 16 Decrease 61
Popular vote 4,115,530 2,571,765 1,238,048
Prozentualer Anteil 46.70% 29.18% 14.05%
Prime Minister before election

Ferdinand Sarrien
Radical-Socialist Party

Elected Prime Minister

Ferdinand Sarrien
Radical-Socialist Party

Legislative elections were held in France on 6 and 20 May 1906. The elections produced an increased majority for the governing coalition between the Radicals (PRRRS) and the left Republicans (ARD), which had held power under the premierships of Maurice Rouvier and Ferdinand Sarrien since January 1905.

Sarrien resigned on 20 October for reasons of health. Georges Clemenceau, also a Radical, replaced him, and remained premier until July 1909, after which he went on to become one of the longest-serving French Prime Ministers. The Bloc des gauches formally dissolved with Clemenceau's coming to power.

Electoral system

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By the law of 13 February 1889 [fr], French legislative elections would take place utilising a first past the post system to elect one deputy in each constituency to the Chamber of Deputies, with some arrondissements being divided into multiple constituencies, though most containing only one.[1]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Conservatives (incl. ALP)2,571,76529.1878
Nationalist Party30
Radical-Socialist Party2,514,50828.53132
Progressives1,238,04814.0566
French Section of the Workers' International877,2219.9554
Democratic Republican Alliance703,9127.9990
Independent Radicals692,0297.85115
Independent Socialists205,0812.3320
Others9,9240.110
Total8,812,488100.00585
Registered voters/turnout11,341,062-
Source: Rois et Presidents, France-Politique

Notes

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  1. ^ By 1906, the Progressive Republicans and conservative Moderate Republicans had reconciled into a single political party, called the Republican Federation, though candidates elected from the party sat in the Chamber of Deputies as Progressive Republicans until 1914.

References

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  1. ^ Law of 13 February, 1889


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