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If someone could find better sources then that would be great, the ones that I have not only contradict eachother but also themselvies, so I had to make a best guess out of the pieces provided. I used page's references, as well as the sources appropriately provided under "Sources", and the French wiki.
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Independent Socialists added to the Lefts Bloc in the infobox judging by fr.wiki's article on the government of Ferdinand Sarrien, which shows Aristide Briand (an Independent Socialist) as a minister.
 
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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 = 8,607,412 (75.9%)
| image1 = [[File:Sarrien.jpg|160x160px]]
| 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|160x160px]]
| 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 =
| 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%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 1.14%
| title = [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| before_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
| after_election = [[Georges Clemenceau]]
| after_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
}}
The '''1906 general election''' was held on 6 and 20 May 1906.


| image3 = Auguste Isaac.jpg
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.
| leader3 = [[Auguste Isaac]]
| alliance3 = [[Republican Federation|Progressives]]<ref group=lower-alpha name=Note01/>
| color3 = 8080C0
| seats3 = 66
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 61
| popular_vote3 = 1,238,048
| percentage3 = 14.05%


| title = [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]
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 [[List of French Prime Ministers by longevity|one of the longest-serving French Prime Ministers]].
| before_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| before_party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]
| after_election = [[Ferdinand Sarrien]]
| after_party = [[Radical Party (France)|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 [[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.
==Results==


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.
===Popular Vote<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>===


==Electoral system==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
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>
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="6" | [[File:Chambre des Députés 1906.svg|center|375px]]
|-
!colspan=3|Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#FFC6D5;border-bottom-style:hidden;" |
|bgcolor={{Radical Party (France)/meta/color}}| 
|[[Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party]]
|2,514,508
|28.53
|132
|-
|bgcolor={{Independent Radicals/meta/color}}| 
|[[Independent Radicals]]
|692,029
|7.85
|115
|-
|bgcolor={{Democratic Alliance (France)/meta/color}}| 
|[[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'''
|'''4,320,611'''
|'''49.03'''
|'''357'''<ref>Governments during the [[French Third Republic]] were very unstable, and this number would fluctuate wildly over the course of the government's tenure.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#B9DAFF;border-bottom-style:hidden;" |
|bgcolor={{Popular Liberal Action/meta/color}}| 
|[[Popular Liberal Action]]
|1,238,048
|14.05
|66
|-
|bgcolor="#A34100"| 
|Nationalists {{small|['''[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_nationaliste_(Troisi%C3%A8me_R%C3%A9publique) 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'''
|-
!rowspan=2 style="border-bottom-style:hidden;"|
|bgcolor={{Republican Federation/meta/color}}| 
|[[Republican Federation]]
|1,864,557
|21.16
|78
|-
|bgcolor={{French Section of the Workers' International/meta/color}}| 
|[[French Section of the Workers International]]
|877,221
|9.95
|54
|-
!colspan=6|
|-
|colspan=3| '''Total'''
|'''8,812,493'''
|'''100'''
|'''585'''
|}


==Results==
{{Bar box
{{Election results
|title=Popular vote
|party1=[[Miscellaneous right|Conservatives]] (incl. [[Popular Liberal Action|ALP]])|votes1=2571765|vspan1=2|seats1=78|color1=#1F497D
|titlebar=#ddd
|party2=[[:fr:Parti nationaliste (Troisième République)|Nationalist Party]]|seats2=30|color2=black
|width=600px
|party3=[[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]|votes3=2514508|seats3=132
|barwidth=350px
|party4=[[Republican Federation|Progressives]]|votes4=1238048|seats4=66|color4=#8080C0
|bars=
|party5=[[French Section of the Workers' International]]|votes5=877221|seats5=54
{{bar percent|PRRRS|{{Radical Party (France)/meta/color}}|28.53}}
|party6=[[Democratic Republican Alliance]]|votes6=703912|seats6=90|color6=#EAB200
{{bar percent|FR|{{Republican Federation/meta/color}}|21.16}}
|party7=[[Independent Radicals]]|votes7=692029|seats7=115
{{Bar percent|ALP|{{Popular Liberal Action/meta/color}}|14.05}}
|party8=[[Independent Socialists (France)|Independent Socialists]]|votes8=205081|seats8=20|color8=#ff7d8e
{{bar percent|ARD|{{Democratic Alliance (France)/meta/color}}|10.31}}
|party9=Others|votes9=9924|seats9=0
{{bar percent|SFIO|{{French Section of the Workers' International/meta/color}}|9.95}}
|electorate=11341062
{{bar percent|RI|{{Independent Radicals/meta/color}}|7.85}}
|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]
{{bar percent|Nationalistes|#A34100|5.81}}
}}
{{bar percent|SI|pink|2.33}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha|refs=
<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==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724225752/http://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1906.php Roi et President]


{{French elections}}
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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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