France November 1946 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : French Communist Party won 166 of 544 seats with 28.6% of the vote; 78.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.8 points on 1946.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Communist Party | 166 | +20 | 28.6 | +2.5 | 5,489,288 |
| Popular Republican Movement | 158 | −2 | 26.3 | −1.8 | 5,058,307 |
| Socialist Party | 90 | −25 | 17.9 | −3.2 | 3,431,954 |
| Republican Party of Liberty | 70 | +8 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 2,465,526 |
| Rally of Republican Leftswith Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance and Radical Party | 55 | +16 | 12.4 | +0.9 | 2,381,385 |
| Gaullist Party | 5 | 1.6 | 312,635 |
± is the change against the France June 1946 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- French Communist Party 5,489,288
- Popular Republican Movement 5,058,307
- Socialist Party 3,431,954
- Republican Party of Liberty 2,465,526
- Rally of Republican Lefts 2,381,385
- Gaullist Party 312,635
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
78.1% of the 25,052,523 registered voters cast a ballot (19,565,743 ballots), down 3.8 points on 1946. 19,203,071 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- French Communist Party28.6% of votes30.5% of seats
- Popular Republican Movement26.3% of votes29.0% of seats
- Socialist Party17.9% of votes16.5% of seats
- Republican Party of Liberty12.8% of votes12.9% of seats
- Rally of Republican Lefts12.4% of votes10.1% of seats
- Gaullist Party1.6% of votes0.9% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 4.3 by seats; French Communist Party led Popular Republican Movement by 2.3 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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