French legislative election, 1924
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The 1924 legislative election was held on 11 and 25 May 1924.
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top colspan="2"|Alliance
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top colspan="2"|Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Abbr.
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
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|style="background-color:#E75480" rowspan="2"|
|align=left rowspan="2"|Cartel des Gauches
|rowspan="2"| 3,426,581
|rowspan="2"| 38.07
|style="background-color:#E75480"|
|align=left| French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière)
|align=right| SFIO
|align=right|1,814,000
|align=right|20.10
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|style="background-color:#FFBF00"|
|align=left| Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste) and Republican-Socialist Party
(Parti républicain-socialiste)
|align=right|PRRRS
|align=right|1,612,581
|align=right|17.86
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|style="background-color:#0000C8"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Republican Federation
(Fédération républicaine)
|align=right|FR
|align=right|3,190,831
|align=right|35.35
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|style="background-color:#0080FF"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Democratic, Republican, and Social Party (Parti républicain démocratique et social) and Independent Radicals
(Radicaux indépendents)
|align=right|PRDS
|align=right|1,058,293
|align=right|11.72
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|style="background-color:#FF0000"|
|colspan=5 align=left| French Communist Party
(Parti communiste français)
|align=right|PCF
|align=right|885,993
|align=right|9.82
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|style="background-color:#00008B"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Independents
(Indépendents)
|align=right|Ind
|align=right|375,806
|align=right|4.16
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|style="background-color:gray"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Other parties
|align=right|Div
|align=right|89,333
|align=right|0.99
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|align=left colspan=7|Total
|align=right|
|align=right|100
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|colspan=9 align=left|Abstention: 19.55%
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Popular Vote
Summary of the popular vote in the 11 and 25 May 1924 Chamber of Deputies election results|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top colspan="2"|Alliance
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top colspan="2"|Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Abbr.
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
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|style="background-color:#E75480" rowspan="2"|
|align=left rowspan="2"|Cartel des Gauches
Cartel des Gauches
The Cartel des gauches was the name of the governmental alliance between the Radical-Socialist Party and the socialist French Section of the Workers' International after World War I , which lasted until the end of the Popular Front . The Cartel des gauches twice won general elections, in 1924 and...
|rowspan="2"| 3,426,581
|rowspan="2"| 38.07
|style="background-color:#E75480"|
|align=left| French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière)
|align=right| SFIO
|align=right|1,814,000
|align=right|20.10
|-
|style="background-color:#FFBF00"|
|align=left| Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste) and Republican-Socialist Party
Republican-Socialist Party
The Republican-Socialist Party was a French socialist political party during the French Third Republic, founded in 1911 and dissolved in 1934. It was founded by socialists who refused to join the SFIO founded in 1905. The PRS was a non-Marxist "reformist socialist" party located between the SFIO...
(Parti républicain-socialiste)
|align=right|PRRRS
|align=right|1,612,581
|align=right|17.86
|-
|style="background-color:#0000C8"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Republican Federation
Republican Federation
The Republican Federation was the largest conservative party during the French Third Republic, gathering together the liberal Orleanists rallied to the Republic. Founded in November 1903, it rivalized with the more secular and centrist Alliance démocratique...
(Fédération républicaine)
|align=right|FR
|align=right|3,190,831
|align=right|35.35
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|style="background-color:#0080FF"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Democratic, Republican, and Social Party (Parti républicain démocratique et social) and Independent Radicals
Independent Radicals
The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...
(Radicaux indépendents)
|align=right|PRDS
|align=right|1,058,293
|align=right|11.72
|-
|style="background-color:#FF0000"|
|colspan=5 align=left| French Communist Party
French Communist Party
The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French...
(Parti communiste français)
|align=right|PCF
|align=right|885,993
|align=right|9.82
|-
|style="background-color:#00008B"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Independents
Republican Independents
The Independents and later Republican Independents was a French parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies of France during the French Third Republic between 1928 and 1940. The IR was composed of the most conservative members of the legislature, to the right of the Republican Federation...
(Indépendents)
|align=right|Ind
|align=right|375,806
|align=right|4.16
|-
|style="background-color:gray"|
|colspan=5 align=left| Other parties
|align=right|Div
|align=right|89,333
|align=right|0.99
|-
|align=left colspan=7|Total
|align=right|
|align=right|100
|-
|colspan=9 align=left|Abstention: 19.55%
|}
Parliamentary Groups
Affiliation | Party | Seats | |
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Far-Left | |||
French Communist Party French Communist Party The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French... (PCF) |
26 | ||
Left Left-wing politics In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society... |
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French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) | 104 | ||
Republican-Socialist Party Republican-Socialist Party The Republican-Socialist Party was a French socialist political party during the French Third Republic, founded in 1911 and dissolved in 1934. It was founded by socialists who refused to join the SFIO founded in 1905. The PRS was a non-Marxist "reformist socialist" party located between the SFIO... (PRS) and French Socialist Party French Socialist Party (1919) The French Socialist Party , the second political party to exist under this name, was a political party in France founded in 1919 during the Third Republic which emerged from the right-wing of the French Section of the Workers' International... (PSF) |
44 | ||
Centre-Left | |||
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) | 139 | ||
Radical Left Radical Left (France) The Radical Left was a French parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies of France during the French Third Republic. The Radical Left was formed by members of the Independent Radicals.... |
40 | ||
Centre-Right | |||
Democratic Republican Left Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
29 | ||
Republicans of the Left Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
64 | ||
Right | |||
Democrats Popular Democratic Party (France) The Popular Democratic Party was a non-confessional Christian democratic party in France during the Third Republic. Founded in 1924, it represented the trend of advanced French social Catholicism, while remaining a party embodying the ideology of centrism.... |
14 | ||
Democratic and Republican Union Democratic and Republican Union The Democratic and Republican Union was the parliamentary group of the conservative Republican Federation in the Chamber of Deputies of France during the French Third Republic .... |
102 | ||
Non-inscrits Non-Inscrits Non-Inscrits are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the recognized political groups.... |
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29 | |||
Total | 581 |