1827 French legislative election

1827 French legislative election
All 430 seats in the Chamber of Deputies; 216 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Jean-Baptiste de Villèle;	Elected Prime Minister ; The Viscount of Martignac;

Legislative elections were held in France on 17 and 24 November 1827. The Ultra-royalists loyal to Charles X of France lost the elections.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral system

Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote.^{[citation needed]}

Results



Party		Seats
	Left-wing opposition	199
	Supporters of de Villèle ("Ministerials")	195
	Right-wing opposition	31
	Independents	5
Total		430

Source: Kent^[1]

With suffrage confined to a small, wealthy electorate, Joseph de Villèle had expected the election to eke out a majority for his Ministerials before unpopular reforms. Instead, he was surprised by a left-wing coalition of liberals and republicans. Charles dismissed Villèle and appointed Jean Baptiste Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac, who struggled to maintain a compromise government with the liberal wing while enduring radicalism from both sides. Some of the conservatives chosen by the wealthy electors were supporters of François-René de Chateaubriand or François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye and refused to cooperate in the formation of a coalition.

Aftermath

As Martignac's governance remained unstable into 1829, Charles attempted to construct a new ministry using ultraroyalist Jules de Polignac as foreign affairs minister and La Bourdonnaye, an extreme ultraroyalist who had refused cooperation with Martignac, as domestic affairs minister. This new list, announced in August, had no president as La Bourdonnaye had blocked this as well as other appointments.^[2] In November 1829, Polignac gained sole control over the ministry as president. The liberal plurality informed the king they had no confidence in Polignac with the Address of the 221.

Finding no sympathy for his views in the elected Assembly, Charles dissolved it and called fresh elections.

References

^ Kent, Sherman (1975). The Election of 1827 in France. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-674-24321-7. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
^ Pinkney, David H. (1972). French Revolution of 1830. Princeton University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-691-19851-4.

[1] Kent, Sherman (1975). The Election of 1827 in France. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-674-24321-7. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

[2] Pinkney, David H. (1972). French Revolution of 1830. Princeton University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-691-19851-4.

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