French Presidential elections under the Third Republic

French Presidential elections under the Third Republic involved the election of the President of France by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The President was thus elected by indirect universal suffrage.

Since the Third Republic was a parliamentary system, the President had much fewer powers than under the current Fifth Republic, where the president is elected under universal suffrage. Besides, following the May 16, 1877 crisis, the President was prevented, by custom, from using his right to dissolve parliament. Thus, no president used it after the MacMahon dissolution of 1877.

1873 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1 Percentage
  Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta Legitimists 390[1] 99.74
  Jules Grévy Left Republican 1[1] 0.16

1879 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Jules Grévy Left Republican 84.03%
  Antoine Chanzy Military 14.78%
  Léon Gambetta Left Republican 0.70%
  Paul de Ladmirault Military 0.14%
  Henri d'Orleans, duke of Aumale Orleanist 0.14%
  Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet Military 0.14%

1885 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Jules Grévy Left Republican 79.34%
  Henri Brisson Centrist 11.81%
  Charles de Freycinet Left Republican 2.43%
  Others 6.42%

1887 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Marie François Sadi Carnot Left Republican 72.56%
  Félix Gustave Saussier Military 24.85%
  Others 2.59%

1894 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Jean Casimir-Perier Moderate Republican 53.00%
  Henri Brisson Radical 22.91%
  Charles Dupuy Right 11.40%
  Victor Février Military 6.23%
  François Arago Republican 3.17%
  Others 2.59%

1895 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1 Round 2
  Félix Faure Opportunist Republicans 31.00% 53.75%
  Henri Brisson Centrist 42.95% 45.13%
  Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau Liberal 23.38%
  Others 2.67% 1.13%

1899 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Émile Loubet Left 58.62%
  Jules Méline Left 33.86%
  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac Centrist 2.79%
  Others 3.28%

1906 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Armand Fallières Democratic Republican Alliance 52.89%
  Paul Doumer Radical Party 43.70%
  Others 3.30%

1913 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1 Round 2
  Raymond Poincaré Republican Democratic Party 49.48% 56.23%
  Jules Pams Radical Party 37.72% 34.46%
  Édouard Vaillant Socialist (SFIO) 7.27% 8.03%
  Others 5.54% 1.28%

January 1920 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Paul Deschanel Republican Democratic Party 82.66%
  Charles Jonnart Republican Democratic Party 7.21%
  Georges Clemenceau Radical Party 5.97%
  Others 1.51%

September 1920 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Alexandre Millerand National Republican League 88.92%
  Gustave Delory Socialist (SFIO) 8.78%
  Others 2.80%

1924 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Gaston Doumergue Radical Party 59.88%
  Paul Painlevé Republican-Socialist Party 35.93%
  Zéphyrin Camélinat Communist Party 2.44%
  Others 0.87%

1931 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1 Round 2
  Paul Doumer Radical Party 49.06% 56.44%
  Pierre Marraud Left 37.40%
  Paul Painlevé Republican-Socialist Party 1.46%
  Aristide Briand Socialist (SFIO) 44.51% 1.34%
  Marcel Cachin Communist 1.11% 1.23%
  Jean Hennessy Republican Federation 1.66%
  Others 3.22% 1.01%

1932 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Albert François Lebrun Democratic Alliance 81.47%
  Paul Faure Socialist (SFIO) 14.67%
  Paul Painlevé Republican-Socialist Party 1.54%
  Marcel Cachin Communist 1.03%
  Others 1.29%

1939 Presidential election

Candidate Party Round 1
  Albert Lebrun Democratic Alliance 55.60%
  Albert Bedouce Socialist (SFIO) 16.59%
  Marcel Cachin Communist 8.13%
  Édouard Herriot Radical Party 5.82%
  Justin Godart Democratic Left 5.49%
  Fernand Bouisson Republican-Socialist Party 1.76%
  François Piétri Republican Federation 1.76%
  Others 4.84%

See also

Presidential elections in the II Republic

Presidential elections in the IV Republic

Presidential elections in the V Republic

References

  1. 1 2 "Assemblée Nationale - Séance de nuit". La Presse (in French). 26 May 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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