1902 French legislative election

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| <- 1898 | 27 April and 11 May 1902 | 1906 ->

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All 589 seats the Chamber of Deputies
295 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau | Jules Méline | Jacques Piou (lost election)
Alliance  | Left Bloc

Parties

* Left Republicans
* Radical-Socialists
* Independent Radicals
* Socialists

| Progressives | Conservatives

Parties

* Liberal Action
* Nationalists
* Reactionaries

Seats won  | 338 | 127  | 124

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| Prime Minister before election

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
ARD

| Elected Prime Minister

Émile Combes
Radicals

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Legislative elections were held in France on 27 April and 11 May 1902. The result was a victory for the Bloc des gauches alliance between Socialists, Radicals, and the left wing of the Republicans, over the anti-Dreyfusard right wing of the Republicans, the progressistes. The Bloc des gauches had been brought together to support the "Republican Defense Cabinet" (gouvernement de défense républicaine) formed by Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau following the assault on the newly elected president, Émile Loubet, on the Longchamp Racecourse on 4 June 1899, during the Dreyfus affair.

However, Waldeck-Rousseau's own supporters (the ARD) took few seats in the election compared to the Radicals and Socialists. After the election, President Loubet invited the Radical Émile Combes to form a government, which lasted until January 1905, when the Socialists withdrew from the Bloc des gauches.[1]

## Results[edit]

Party| Votes| %| Seats

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| Progressive Republicans| 2,501,429| 29.73| 127
| Left Republicans| 62
| Independent Radicals| 1,413,931| 16.81| 129
| Nationalists| 1,194,900| 14.20| 89
| Reactionaries| 1,188,180| 14.12
| Socialists| 531,087| 6.31| 43
| Revolutionary Socialists| 344,445| 4.09
| Radical-Socialists| 853,140| 10.14| 104
| Popular Liberal Action| 385,615| 4.58| 35
Total| 8,412,727| 100.00| 589
Registered voters/turnout| 11,058,702| –|
Source: France-Politique, Rois et Presidents

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, pp. 278-282

* L'année Politique 1902, by André Daniel, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1903

## External links[edit]

* Map of Deputies elected in 1902 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french)

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