1928 French legislative election

Legislative elections in France to elect the 14th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 22 and 29 April 1928. These elections saw the restoration of the two-round system that had been abolished in 1919.

1928 French legislative election

22 and 29 April 1928
All 604 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Registered	11,557,764
Turnout	9,469,861 (81.9%)
Leader Raymond Poincaré Édouard Daladier Party AD PRRRS Leader's seat Meuse Vaucluse Seats won 180 125 Seat change 87 14 Popular vote 2,196,243 1,682,543 Percentage 23.19% 17.77% Swing 11.47% 0.09%   Leader Louis Marin Léon Blum Party FR SFIO Leader's seat Meurthe-et-Moselle Aude Seats won 102 100 Seat change 14 4 Popular vote 2,082,041 1,708,972 Percentage 21.99% 18.05 Swing 13.36% 2.05
Composition of the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before election Raymond Poincaré Democratic Alliance Elected Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré Democratic Alliance

Campaign posters in the streets of Paris, 1928.

The result was a victory for the centre-right government of Raymond Poincaré, which had been in power since July 1926. A succession of centre-right governments followed until 1932.

Results

Popular Vote

Voting Bloc	Party		Votes	% Vote
National Bloc (France)		Conservatives	78,203	0.83%
		Independents	136,966	1.45%
		Republican Federation	2,082,041	21.99%
		Democratic Republican Alliance and Independent Radicals	2,196,243	23.19%
Cartel des Gauches		Miscellaneous Left	24,122	0.25%
		Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party	1,682,543	17.77%
		Republican-Socialist Party	432,045	4.56%
		French Section of the Workers International	1,708,972	18.05%
		Independent Socialists	58,279	0.62%
Isolated (see Third Period)		French Communist Party	1,066,099	11.26%
		Others	4,348	0.05%

Popular vote ARD-RI   23.19% FR   21.99% SFIO   18.05% PRRRS   17.77% PCF   11.26% PRS   4.56% Ind   1.45% Others   1.74%

[1]

Parliamentary Groups

Affiliation	Party		Seats
Far-Left
		French Communist Party (PCF)	11
Left
		French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)	100
Centre-Left
		French Socialist Party (PSF)	12
		Republican-Socialist Party (PRS)	18
		Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS)	125
Centre
		Social and Unionist Left	18
		Independents of the Left	15
		Radical Left	54
Centre-Right
		Republicans of the Left	64
		Democratic and Social Action	29
		Popular Democrats	19
Right
		Democratic and Republican Union	102
Non-inscrits
			37
Total			604

[2]

References

1. Popular vote on France-politique.fr
2. Parliamentary Groups on France-politique.fr

External links

• Map of Deputies elected in 1928 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in French)