French legislative election, 1816

French legislative election, 1816
Bourbon Restoration
25 September and 4 October 1816

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pierre Paul Royer-Collard Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis Lucien Bonaparte
Party Doctrinaires Ultra-royalist Miscellaneous left
Seats won 136 92 20

  Fourth party
 
Leader Benjamin Constant
Party Liberal Left (France)
Seats won 10

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 taxes 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
  Doctrinaires 136
  Ultra-royalists 92
  Miscellaneous left (Republicans and Bonapartists 20
  Liberal Left 10

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