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1831 French legislative election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | July Monarchy |
| election_date | 5 July 1831 |
| type | Parliamentary |
| previous_year | 1830 |
| next_year | 1834 |
| image1 | Perier, Casimir.jpg |
| leader1 | Casimir Périer |
| party1 | Liberals |
| party1_name | no |
| colour1 | 73B2FF |
| seats1 | 282 |
| image2 | Pierre-Antoine Berryer - lithographie de Maurin.jpg |
| leader2 | Pierre-Antoine Berryer |
| party2 | Legitimists |
| seats2 | 104 |
| image3 | J. Lafitte, Ministre des Finances 1831 (BM 1919,0415.717) (cropped).jpg |
| leader3 | Jacques Laffitte |
| party3 | Republicans and leftists |
| party3_name | no |
| colour3 | |
| seats3 | 73 |
| title | Prime Minister |
| before_election | Casimir Périer |
| after_election | Casimir Périer |
Legislative elections were held in France on 5 July 1831.
Electoral system
Following the July Revolution which brought King Louis-Philippe to power, new election laws were passed on 19 April 1831. Members were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 459 single-member constituencies.
Although suffrage remained limited, the electorate was nearly doubled. Voters now needed to be at least twenty-five years old and to pay 200 francs in income taxes, down from 300 francs before the revolution. Professionals and public servants could vote if they paid at least 100 francs in taxes. The "double voting" system that allowed the wealthiest voters to vote twice was abolished. Candidates had to be at least thirty years old and pay at least 500 francs in taxes.
Results
Note that these groupings are not formal party affiliations. Instead, they reflect groupings made by later historians based on the political opinions of the deputies. Historians do not always agree on how to draw these lines: Thomas Beck gives a similar number for the pro-government representatives (273), but assigns far more of the opposition to the left (170), leaving only seven legitimists.
References
References
- Pinkney, David. (1972). "The French Revolution of 1830". Princeton University Press.
- Larché, M. Jacques. "Sénat Rapport N. 301". French National Assembly.
- Frémy, Dominique. (2000). "Quid". R. Laffont.
- Beck, Thomas. (1974). "French legislators, 1800-1834: A Study in Quantitative History". University of California Press.
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