1848 French Legislative Election
First with universal male suffrage23 and 24 April 1848 · Second Republic and Second Empire · 880 seats, 441 for a majority
Constituent Assembly elections were held in France on 23 and 24 April 1848 to elect the Constituent Assembly of the new Second Republic. Over nine million citizens were eligible to vote in the first French election since 1792 held under male universal suffrage.
Prime Minister before
Jacques-Charles Dupont
Moderate Republicans
Prime Minister (continued)
Jacques-Charles Dupont
Moderate Republicans
Largest force
Moderate Republicans
600 of 880 seats
Turnout
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The result
Moderate Republicans
Louis Eugène Cavaignac
600
seats
Party of Order
Nicolas Changarnier
200
seats
Montagnard
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
80
seats