Parliamentary elections were held in France on 13 and 14 May 1849.[1] Voters elected the first National Assembly of the Second Republic. The conservative Party of Order won an overall majority of 450 seats. The Party of Order was a bourgeois, traditionalist, and conservative party opposed to the presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent 1851 coup.
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All 705 seats in the National Assembly 353 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by department (monarchists in blue, democratic socialists in red) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Party of Order | 3,310,000 | 50.20 | 450 | |
| Democratic Socialists | 1,955,000 | 29.65 | 180 | |
| Constitutionalist Republicans | 834,000 | 12.65 | 75 | |
| Independents and others | 495,000 | 7.51 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,594,000 | 100.00 | 705 | |
| Valid votes | 6,594,000 | 97.47 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 171,000 | 2.53 | ||
| Total votes | 6,765,000 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,936,000 | 68.09 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Rois et Presidents | ||||
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