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France 1945 legislative election

Final results from ParlGov, read : French Communist Party won 148 of 522 seats with 26.1% of the vote; 79.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
French Communist Party14826.15,005,336
Popular Republican Movement14124.94,780,338
Socialist Party13423.84,561,411
Republican Party of Liberty6213.32,545,845
Radical Partywith Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance3511.12,131,763
Independents2
Votes by party
  • French Communist Party 5,005,336
  • Popular Republican Movement 4,780,338
  • Socialist Party 4,561,411
  • Republican Party of Liberty 2,545,845
  • Radical Party 2,131,763
  • Independents

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

For France ParlGov gives the first round's votes and the seats after the second round.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

79.8% of the 24,622,862 registered voters cast a ballot (19,657,603 ballots). 19,189,799 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • French Communist Party26.1% of votes28.4% of seats
  • Popular Republican Movement24.9% of votes27.0% of seats
  • Socialist Party23.8% of votes25.7% of seats
  • Republican Party of Liberty13.3% of votes11.9% of seats
  • Radical Party11.1% of votes6.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.2 by seats; French Communist Party led Popular Republican Movement by 1.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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