France June 1946 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Popular Republican Movement won 160 of 522 seats with 28.1% of the vote; 81.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.0 points on 1945.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Republican Movement | 160 | +19 | 28.1 | +3.2 | 5,589,059 |
| French Communist Party | 146 | −2 | 26.1 | 0.0 | 5,199,111 |
| Socialist Party | 115 | −19 | 21.1 | −2.7 | 4,187,818 |
| Republican Party of Liberty | 62 | 0 | 12.8 | −0.5 | 2,539,845 |
| Rally of Republican Leftswith Radical Party and Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance | 39 | 11.5 | 2,295,119 |
± is the change against the France 1945 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Popular Republican Movement 5,589,059
- French Communist Party 5,199,111
- Socialist Party 4,187,818
- Republican Party of Liberty 2,539,845
- Rally of Republican Lefts 2,295,119
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
81.9% of the 24,696,949 registered voters cast a ballot (20,215,200 ballots), up 2.0 points on 1945. 19,880,741 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Popular Republican Movement28.1% of votes30.7% of seats
- French Communist Party26.1% of votes28.0% of seats
- Socialist Party21.1% of votes22.0% of seats
- Republican Party of Liberty12.8% of votes11.9% of seats
- Rally of Republican Lefts11.5% of votes7.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.2 by seats; Popular Republican Movement led French Communist Party by 2.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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