1876 French legislative election in Algeria

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Elections to the National Assembly of France were held in Algeria on 20 February 1876 as part of the wider National Assembly elections.[1] At that time, Algeria had three representatives in the National Assembly.[2]

Results[edit]

Département Party Candidate Votes % Notes
Algiers Republican Left François Gastu 5,822 64.7 Elected
Far Left César Bertholon 2,544 28.3 –
Republican Left Pages 525 5.8 –
Republican Union Charles Bourlier 102 1.1 –
Invalid/blank votes 307 – –
Total 9,300 100 –
Constantine Republican Left Alexis Lambert[a] 4,875 100 Elected
Invalid/blank votes 531 – –
Total 5,406 100 –
Oran Republican Union Rémy Jacques 5,638 96.8 Elected
Republican Left Debrousse 184 3.2 –
Invalid/blank votes 423 – –
Total 6,245 100 –
Source: Sternberger et al., National Assembly of France.[3][4]

[a] Lambert died on 22 January 1877. In the second round of a by-election to replace him, held on 26 April 1877, Gaston Thomson was elected with 2,963 votes against 2,654 for Fawiter (a Radical) and 2,530 for Treille.[5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p420 (in German)
  2. ^ Winnacker, Rudolph A. (1938). "Elections in Algeria and the French Colonies under the Third Republic". The American Political Science Review. 32 (2): 261–277. doi:10.2307/1948669. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1948669.
  3. ^ François Gastu National Assembly of France
  4. ^ Jacques Remy National Assembly of France
  5. ^ Gaston Thomson National Assembly of France
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