French Constituent Assembly election, 1848

French Constituent Assembly election, 1848

← 1846 23 and 24 April 1848 1849 →
All 880 seats of the National Assembly 441 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alphonse de Lamartine Victor Hugo Louis Auguste Blanqui Party Republican Conservative Socialist Leader's seat Bouches-du-Rhône Seine Seine (lost) Seats won 600 200 80 Popular vote 5,328,022 1,802,125 705,180 Percentage 68.2% 22.7% 9.1%
Composition of the Constituent Assembly
Prime Minister before election Jacques-Charles Dupont Republican Elected Prime Minister Jacques-Charles Dupont Republican

Jacques-Charles Dupont
Republican

Jacques-Charles Dupont
Republican

The 1848 general election held on 23 and 24 April 1848 elected the Constituent Assembly of the new Republic. Over 9 million voters were eligible to vote in the first French election since 1792 held under male universal suffrage.