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France 1924 legislative election

What was the result of the 1924 legislative election in France?

Republican Union won 204 of 574 seats with 35.4% of the vote. 83.0% 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 204 of 574 seats with 35.4% of the vote; 83.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Republican Union 204 35.4%
  • Socialist Party 104 20.1%
  • Radical Party 162 17.9%
  • Left Republican 53 11.7%
  • French Communist Party 26 9.8%
  • Republican Federation 25 4.2%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
288 of 574 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.4%

    Share of the vote won by Republican Union

    Republican Union won 204 of 574 seats. A majority needs 288.

  2. 83.0%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Republican Union20435.43,190,831
Socialist Party10420.11,814,000
Radical Partywith Republican-Socialist Party16217.91,612,581
Left Republicanwith Independent Radicals5311.71,058,293
French Communist Party269.8885,993
Republican Federation254.2375,806
Votes by party
  • Republican Union 3,190,831
  • Socialist Party 1,814,000
  • Radical Party 1,612,581
  • Left Republican 1,058,293
  • French Communist Party 885,993
  • Republican Federation 375,806

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

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

How many people voted?

83.0% of the 11,070,360 registered voters cast a ballot (9,191,809 ballots). 9,026,837 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Republican Union35.4% of votes35.5% of seats
  • Radical Party17.9% of votes28.2% of seats
  • Socialist Party20.1% of votes18.1% of seats
  • Left Republican11.7% of votes9.2% of seats
  • French Communist Party9.8% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Republican Federation4.2% of votes4.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Republican Union led Socialist Party by 15.2 points of the vote.

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