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France 1914 legislative election

What was the result of the 1914 legislative election in France?

Republican Union won 150 of 586 seats with 18.8% of the vote. 77.2% 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 : Republican Union won 150 of 586 seats with 18.8% of the vote; 77.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Republican Union 150 18.8%
  • Radical Party 137 18.1%
  • Socialist Party 103 16.8%
  • Independent Radicals 96 16.6%
  • Republican Federation 73 15.4%
  • Left Republican 0 9.7%
  • Republican-Socialist Party 27 3.9%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
294 of 586 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 18.8%

    Share of the vote won by Republican Union

    Republican Union won 150 of 586 seats. A majority needs 294.

  2. 77.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Republican Union15018.81,588,075
Radical Party13718.11,530,188
Socialist Party10316.81,413,044
Independent Radicals9616.61,399,830
Republican Federation7315.41,297,722
Left Republican09.7819,184
Republican-Socialist Party273.9326,927
Votes by party
  • Republican Union 1,588,075
  • Radical Party 1,530,188
  • Socialist Party 1,413,044
  • Independent Radicals 1,399,830
  • Republican Federation 1,297,722
  • Left Republican 819,184
  • Republican-Socialist Party 326,927

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?

77.2% of the 11,185,078 registered voters cast a ballot (8,636,567 ballots). 8,431,056 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Republican Union18.8% of votes25.6% of seats
  • Radical Party18.1% of votes23.4% of seats
  • Socialist Party16.8% of votes17.6% of seats
  • Independent Radicals16.6% of votes16.4% of seats
  • Republican Federation15.4% of votes12.5% of seats
  • Republican-Socialist Party3.9% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Left Republican9.7% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.3 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Republican Union led Radical Party by 0.7 points of the vote.

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