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France June 1946 legislative election

What was the result of the June 1946 legislative election in France?

Popular Republican Movement won 160 of 522 seats with 28.1% of the vote. 81.9% 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 : 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.

  • Popular Republican Movement 160 +19 seats 28.1% +3.2 points
  • French Communist Party 146 −2 seats 26.1% 0.0 points
  • Socialist Party 115 −19 seats 21.1% −2.7 points
  • Republican Party of Liberty 62 0 seats 12.8% −0.5 points
  • Rally of Republican Lefts 39 11.5%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the France 1945 legislative election, party by party.

262 of 522 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.1%

    Share of the vote won by Popular Republican Movement

    Popular Republican Movement won 160 of 522 seats. A majority needs 262.

  2. +19 seats

    Seats gained by Popular Republican Movement

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1945. Socialist Party lost 19 seats.

  3. 81.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.0 points on 1945.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Popular Republican Movement160+1928.1+3.25,589,059
French Communist Party146−226.10.05,199,111
Socialist Party115−1921.1−2.74,187,818
Republican Party of Liberty62012.8−0.52,539,845
Rally of Republican Leftswith Radical Party and Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance3911.52,295,119

± 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.

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.

How many people voted?

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 do the votes compare with the 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
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

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.

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