1906 French legislative election
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| country = French Third Republic
| type = legislative
| previous_election = 1902 French legislative election
| previous_year = 1902
| next_election = 1910 French legislative election
| next_year = 1910
| election_date = 6 and 20 May 1906
| seats_for_election = All 585 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
| majority_seats = 293
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 =Sarrien.jpg
| leader1 = Ferdinand Sarrien
| alliance1 = Left Bloc{{collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| title = Parties
| PRRRS
| ARD
}}
| color1 = C96765
| seats1 = 357
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 19
| popular_vote1 = 4,115,530
| percentage1 = 46.70%
| image2 = Jacques Piou (Agence Meurisse, 1913) (cropped and adjusted).jpg
| leader2 = Jacques Piou
| alliance2 = Conservatives {{collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| title = Parties
| {{ill|lt=Nationalists|French nationalists|fr|Parti nationaliste (Troisième République)|vertical-align=sup}}
}}
| color2 = 1F497D
| seats2 = 108
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 16
| popular_vote2 = 2,571,765
| percentage2 = 29.18%
| image3 = Auguste Isaac.jpg
| leader3 = Auguste Isaac
| alliance3 = Progressives
| color3 = 8080C0
| seats3 = 66
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 61
| popular_vote3 = 1,238,048
| percentage3 = 14.05%
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Ferdinand Sarrien
| before_party = Radical-Socialist Party
| after_election = Ferdinand Sarrien
| after_party = Radical-Socialist Party
}}
Legislative elections were held in France on 6 and 20 May 1906. The elections produced an increased majority for the governing coalition between the Radicals (PRRRS) and the left Republicans (ARD), which had held power under the premierships of Maurice Rouvier and Ferdinand Sarrien since January 1905.
Sarrien resigned on 20 October for reasons of health. Georges Clemenceau, also a Radical, replaced him, and remained premier until July 1909, after which he went on to become one of the longest-serving French Prime Ministers. The Bloc des gauches formally dissolved with Clemenceau's coming to power.
Electoral system
By the {{ill|law of 13 February 1889|fr|Loi du 13 février 1889 rétablissant le scrutin uninominal pour l'élection des députés}}, French legislative elections would take place utilising a first past the post system to elect one deputy in each constituency to the Chamber of Deputies, with some arrondissements being divided into multiple constituencies, though most containing only one.{{Cite web|url=https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Loi_du_13_f%C3%A9vrier_1889|title=Loi du 13 février 1889|website=fr.wikisource.org}}
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Conservatives (incl. ALP)|votes1=2571765|vspan1=2|seats1=78|color1=#1F497D
|party2={{ill|lt=Nationalist Party|French nationalists|fr|Parti nationaliste (Troisième République)|vertical-align=sup}}|seats2=30|color2=black
|party3=Radical-Socialist Party|votes3=2514508|seats3=132
|party4=Progressives|votes4=1238048|seats4=66|color4=#8080C0
|party5=French Section of the Workers' International|votes5=877221|seats5=54
|party6=Democratic Republican Alliance|votes6=703912|seats6=90|color6=#EAB200
|party7=Independent Radicals|votes7=692029|seats7=115
|party8=Independent Socialists|votes8=205081|seats8=20|color8=#ff7d8e
|party9=Others|votes9=9924|seats9=0
|electorate=11341062
|source=Rois et Presidents,{{Cite web|url=http://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1906.php|title=résultats des élections législatives française de 1906 gauche majoritaire 1906 Radicaux socialiste et indépendants SFIO républicain gauche socialiste indépendants|date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215034439/http://www.roi-president.com/elections_legislatives/legislatives_1906.php |archive-date=15 February 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france-politique.fr/elections-legislatives-1906.htm|title=Élections législatives 1906|website=www.france-politique.fr}}
Notes
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By 1906, the Progressive Republicans and conservative Moderate Republicans had reconciled into a single political party, called the Republican Federation, though candidates elected from the party sat in the Chamber of Deputies as Progressive Republicans until 1914.
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