Legislative elections were held in France on 29 February and 14 March 1852, electing the first legislature of the French Second Empire.
1852 French legislative election|
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Registered | 9,836,043 |
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Turnout | 61.30% |
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Emperor Napoleon III's Bonapartists won a huge majority consisting of 258 of the 261 seats (five Royalists allied with the Bonapartists). The Party of Order that had won a majority in the 1849 election was banned following their opposition to the 1851 coup by President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
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