1898 French legislative election
8 and 22 May 1898
All 585 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
293 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jules Méline Henri Brisson
Party Progressives Independent Radicals
Seats won 254 104
Prime Minister before election

Jules Méline
Democratic Union

 Elected Prime Minister

Henri Brisson
Radical Left

Legislative elections were held in France on 8 and 22 May 1898. The government of Jules Méline, who had been prime minister since April 1896, had relied on the support of Conservatives, contrary to the convention of republican concentration, according to which no government should rely on the support of monarchists and Bonapartists in the Chamber of Deputies if it could not rely on a republican majority.

The elections were dominated by the Dreyfus Affair, and saw several notable supporters of Dreyfus (Joseph Reinach, Jean Jaurès, Jules Guesde) lose their seats. Twenty-two professed anti-Semites were also elected, including Édouard Drumont. Overall, however, the election saw the defeat of Méline and his supporters: the Radicals were victorious, allowing Henri Brisson to form a republican government.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Progressives3,262,725254
Independent Radicals1,293,507104
Monarchists887,75944
Socialists791,14857
Radical Socialist629,57274
Nationalists250,1016
Rallies32
Miscellaneous right10
Revisionists4
Total585
Total votes8,106,123–
Registered voters/turnout10,779,12375.20
Source: Roi et Presidents

References

  1. ↑ Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p275
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