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1893 French legislative election
All 566 seats in the Chamber of Deputies; 284 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Charles Dupuy; Democratic Union	Elected Prime Minister ; Jean Casimir-Perier; Democratic Union

Legislative elections were held in France on 20 August and 3 September 1893. The Republicans were victorious and gained an increased majority, and President Sadi Carnot invited Jean Casimir-Perier to form a government. However, there was increasing tension between the Radicals and the Moderates in the ruling coalition, which had manifested itself in the passage of a protectionist tariff law with right-wing support in January 1892.

After the elections, following the bombing of the Chamber of Deputies by the anarchist Auguste Vaillant on 9 December 1893, Casimir-Perier rushed through the lois scélérates with the support of the Right.

Casimir-Perier was elected to the presidency on 24 June 1894, following the assassination of President Carnot by the Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio. In January 1895, however, he resigned, and was replaced by Félix Faure, again with the support of the Right.

Casimir-Perier's government was followed by a series of moderate governments with right-wing support under Charles Dupuy, Alexandre Ribot and Jules Méline – with the short-lived exception of the government of Radical Léon Bourgeois (November 1895 – April 1896).^[1]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Moderate Republicans	3,187,670	44.60	279
	Radicals	1,443,915	20.20	143
	Conservatives	1,178,007	16.48	76
	Socialists	598,206	8.37	31
	Republicans	458,416	6.41	27
	Radical-Socialists	171,810	2.40	10
	Others	108,596	1.52	0
Total		7,146,620	100.00	566

Valid votes		7,146,620	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		178,734	2.44
Total votes		7,325,354	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,443,378	70.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver^[2]

References

^ Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, pp. 270–272
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp690–703 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7