1956 French Legislative Election
2 January 1956 · Liberation and the Fourth Republic · 544 seats
Legislative elections were held in France on 2 January 1956 to elect the third National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. The elections were held using party-list proportional representation.
Prime Minister before
Edgar Faure
PRV
Prime Minister after
Guy Mollet
SFIO
Largest force
French Communist Party
147 of 544 seats
Turnout
82.0%
The result
French Communist Party
25.9% of votes
147
seats
PCF
Maurice Thorez · 25.9% of votes · +50 seats
147
seats
Moderates
15.3% of votes
95
seats
CNIP
15.3% of votes · +8 seats
95
seats
French Section of the Workers' International
15.3% of votes
88
seats
SFIO
Guy Mollet · 15.3% of votes · -6 seats
88
seats
Republican Front (Radical Party–UDSR)
11.2% of votes
73
seats
Radical–UDSR
Pierre Mendès France (Radical) · 11.2% of votes
73
seats
Popular Republican Movement
11.1% of votes
71
seats
MRP
Pierre-Henri Teitgen · 11.1% of votes · -11 seats
71
seats
Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans
11.7% of votes
51
seats