French legislative election, 1928

22 and 29 April 1928

All 604 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 303 seats were needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Raymond Poincaré (AD)	Édouard Herriot
Party	AD-RI	PRRRS
Leader's seat	Meuse (department) (Senator)	Rhône
Last election	121 seats	139 seats
Seats won	165	125
Seat change	44	14
Popular vote	2,196,243	1,682,543
Percentage	23.19%	17.77%
Swing	11.47%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Louis Marin	Léon Blum
Party	FR	SFIO
Leader's seat	Meurthe-et-Moselle	Narbonne
Last election	104 seats	104 seats
Seats won	102	100
Seat change	2	4
Popular vote	2,082,041	1,708,972
Percentage	21.99%	18.05%
Swing	13.36%	2.05%

Government before election

Raymond Poincaré IV
AD (Republican coalition)

Elected Government

Raymond Poincaré V
AD (Republican coalition)

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Campaign posters in the streets of Paris, 1928.

Legislative elections in France to elect the 14th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 22 and 29 April 1928.

The result was a victory for the centre-right government of Raymond Poincaré, which had been in power since July 1926. A succession of centre-right governments followed until 1932.

Results

Popular Vote^[1]

	Votes	% Vote
Democratic Republican Alliance and Independent Radicals	2,196,243	23.19%
Republican Federation	2,082,041	21.99%
French Section of the Workers International	1,708,972	18.05%
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party	1,682,543	17.77%
French Communist Party	1,066,099	11.26%
Republican-Socialist Party	432,045	04.56%
Independents	136,966	1.45%
Conservatives	78,203	0.83%
Independent Socialists	58,279	0.62%
Miscellaneous Left	24,122	0.25%
Others	4,348	0.05%

Popular vote

ARD-RI			23.19%
FR			21.99%
SFIO			18.05%
PRRRS			17.77%
PCF			11.26%
PRS			4.56%
Ind			1.45%
Others			1.74%

Parliamentary Groups^[2]

Affiliation		Seats
Far-Left
Far-Left	French Communist Party (PCF)	11
Left
	French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)	100
	Republican-Socialist Party (PRS)	18
	French Socialist Party (PSF)	12
Centre-Left
	Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS)	125
	Independents of the Left	15
	Social and Unionist Left	18
Centre-Right
	Radical Left	54
	Democratic and Social Action	29
	Republicans of the Left	64
	Popular Democrats	19
Right
Right	Democratic and Republican Union	102
Non-inscrits
Non-inscrits		37
Total		604

References

Elections and referendums in France

Presidential	1848 1965 1969 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2007 2012 2017

Parliamentary	1791 1792 1795 1798 1815 1816 1817 1819 1820 1824 1827 1830 1831 1834 1837 1839 1842 1846 1848 1849 1852 1857 1863 1869 1871 1876 1877 1881 1885 1889 1893 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1919 1924 1928 1932 1936 1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 1958 1962 1967 1968 1973 1978 1981 1986 1988 1993 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017

Regional	1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2015

Departemental	1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1994 1998 2001 2004 2008 2011 2015

Municipal	1959 1965 1971 1977 1983 1989 1995 2001 2008 2014

European	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1793 1795 1800 1802 1804 1815 1851 1852 1870 1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1961 1962 (Jun) 1962 (Oct) 1969 1972 1988 1992 2000 2005

See also: Indirect presidential and Senate elections Elections in French Guiana French Polynesia Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna

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French legislative election, 1928

Results

Popular Vote[1]

Parliamentary Groups[2]

References

Popular Vote^[1]

Parliamentary Groups^[2]