1928 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 22 and 29 April 1928. These elections saw the restoration of the two-round system that had been abolished in 1919.^[1]

1928 French legislative election

← 1924 22 and 29 April 1928 1932 →
All 604 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Registered	11,395,760
Turnout	9,548,081 (83.79%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Raymond Poincaré Louis Marin Party AD FR Leader's seat Meuse Meurthe-et-Moselle Seats won 126 182 Seat change 73 22 Popular vote 2,196,243 2,082,041 Percentage 23.19% 21.99% Swing 11.47pp 13.36pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Léon Blum Édouard Daladier Party SFIO PRV Leader's seat Aude Vaucluse Seats won 99 120 Seat change 5 19 Popular vote 1,708,972 1,682,543 Percentage 18.05 17.77% Swing 2.05pp 0.09pp
Prime Minister before election Raymond Poincaré Democratic Alliance Elected Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré Democratic Alliance

Campaign posters in the streets of Paris, 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican Left	2,196,243	23.19	74
	Independent Radicals			52
	Democratic and Republican Union	2,082,041	21.99	182
	French Section of the Workers' International	1,708,972	18.05	99
	Radical Socialist Party	1,682,543	17.77	120
	French Communist Party	1,066,099	11.26	14
	Republican-Socialist Party	432,045	4.56	30
	Conservatives and independents	215,169	2.27	26
	Independent Socialists	58,279	0.62	3
	Miscellaneous left	24,122	0.25	2
	Other parties	4,348	0.05
Total		9,469,861	100.00	602
Valid votes		9,469,861	99.18
Invalid/blank votes		78,220	0.82
Total votes		9,548,081	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,395,760	83.79
Source: Mackie & Rose,[2] Nohlen & Stöver,[3] France Politique