French legislative election, 1816
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The 1816 French general election organized the first legislature
of the Second Restoration. The election
was held on 25 September and 4 October.
Only citizens paying tax
es were eligible to vote.
All electors elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies.
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
of the Second Restoration. The election
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
was held on 25 September and 4 October.
Only citizens paying tax
Tax
To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
es were eligible to vote.
All electors elected three-fifths of all deputies in the first round. In the second round, the most heavily taxed voted again to elect the remaining two-fifths of deputies.
Results
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate royalists | 136 | |
| Ultra-royalists | 92 | |
| Republicans and Bonapartists | 20 | |
| Liberal left | 10 | |