Parliamentary elections were held in France on 13 and 14 May 1849.^[1] Voters elected the first National Assembly of the Second Republic. The conservative Party of Order won an overall majority of 450 seats. The Party of Order was a bourgeois, traditionalist, and conservative party opposed to the presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent 1851 coup.

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1849 French legislative election

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All 705 seats in the National Assembly 353 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Odilon Barrot Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Party Party of Order Montagnard Republican Seats won 450 180 75 Popular vote 3,310,000 1,955,000 834,000 Percentage 50.20% 29.65% 12.65%
Prime Minister before election Odilon Barrot Party of Order Elected Prime Minister Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul Party of Order

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