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France 1906 legislative election

What was the result of the 1906 legislative election in France?

Radical Party won 239 of 575 seats with 28.5% of the vote. 79.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • France
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Radical Party won 239 of 575 seats with 28.5% of the vote; 79.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Republican Federation 107 29.2%
  • Radical Party 239 28.5%
  • Progressive Republicans 67 14.1%
  • Socialist Party 53 9.9%
  • Left Republican 52 8.0%
  • Independent Radicals 39 7.8%
  • Independent Socialists 18 2.3%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
  • Radical Party239
  • Republican Federation107
  • Progressive Republicans67
  • Socialist Party53
  • Left Republican52
  • Independent Radicals39
  • Independent Socialists18
288 of 575 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.5%

    Share of the vote won by Radical Party

    Radical Party won 239 of 575 seats. A majority needs 288.

  2. 79.8%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Republican Federation10729.22,572,000
Radical Party23928.52,515,000
Progressive Republicans6714.11,239,000
Socialist Party539.9877,000
Left Republican528.0704,000
Independent Radicals397.8692,000
Independent Socialists182.3205,000
Votes by party
  • Republican Federation 2,572,000
  • Radical Party 2,515,000
  • Progressive Republicans 1,239,000
  • Socialist Party 877,000
  • Left Republican 704,000
  • Independent Radicals 692,000
  • Independent Socialists 205,000

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.

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

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

79.8% of the 11,340,527 registered voters cast a ballot (9,050,858 ballots). 8,814,000 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Radical Party28.5% of votes41.6% of seats
  • Republican Federation29.2% of votes18.6% of seats
  • Progressive Republicans14.1% of votes11.7% of seats
  • Socialist Party9.9% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Left Republican8.0% of votes9.0% of seats
  • Independent Radicals7.8% of votes6.8% of seats
  • Independent Socialists2.3% of votes3.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Republican Federation led Radical Party by 0.7 points of the vote.

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