French legislative election, 1936
- French legislative election, 1936
French legislative elections to elect the 16th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on April 26 and May 3,1936. This was the last legislature of the Third Republic and the last election before the Second World War.
The Popular Front, composed of the SFIO, the Radical-Socialists, the communist SFIC, and miscellaneous leftists, won power. Leon Blum became President of the Council.
For the first time, the Radical-Socialists were eclipsed on the left by the SFIO, while still keeping a considerable role in French politics.
Regional Results
*The SFIC, predecessor of the French Communist Party doubled its score from 11 SFIC and 9 Union Ouvrière deputies in 1932 to 72 in 1936. The party made gains in industrialized suburbs and working-class areas of major cities. They also progressed in rural central and southwestern France (e.g. Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne)
*The Radicals lost votes to the SFIO and SFIC, but also to the right.
*The SFIO declined slightly. In working-class suburbs, the party declined but gains votes in Bretagne (to the dismay of the right)
*Only 174 seats were elected in the first round, 424 were decided in a run-off. The right fared better in the second round.
Results
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Participation
82% of voters participated, the highest participation since the 1914 election.
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