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A Parliamentary By-election in Paris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Harold F. Gosnell
Harold F. Gosnell*
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University of Chicago
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The final results of a hotly contested by-election in Paris were given out on Sunday evening, March 28. Two communist deputies were elected to the Chamber to replace two conservatives by the narrow margin of 1,500 votes in a constituency which contained nearly 200,000 registered electors. This election is important not only because of the wide comment which it caused but also because it illustrates many of the working forces in present-day French politics.

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Foreign Governments and Politics
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American Political Science Review , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , August 1926 , pp. 630 - 633
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1926

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References

29 An excellent summary of French election procedure may be found in Joseph-Barthelemy, and Duez, , Traité élémentaire de droit constitutionnel (Paris, 1926)Google Scholar.

30 Formerly called the bloc national. See Europa, 1926 (London, 1926)Google Scholar and Canère, and Bourgin, , Manuel des partis politiques en France (Paris, 1924)Google Scholar.

31 Section française de l'internationale communiste (S. F. I. C).

32 Section française de l'internationale ouvrière (S. F. I. O.).

33 The Radical-Socialist party (Herriot, Caillaux, Clemenceau) and the Republican Socialist party (Briand and Painleve).

34 Few of the Paris journals seemed to recognize this and interpreted the large proportion of abstentions as a new indication of popular discontent with Parliament. See Le Temps, March 26, 1926, “L'Abstention Nefaste.”

35 M. Franlin-Bouillon, a radical socialist deputy, deplored the bad effect that a communist victory would have upon the French military operations in the Riff.

36 L'Humanité launched violent attacks upon Senator Billiet, the president of L'Union des Interêts Économiques, and upon Taittinger, “bonapartiste fasciste” for the support which they gave the conservative candidates. See issues of March 21, 22, 25, 26, and 28, 1926.

37 L'Écho de Paris, March 17, 1926, accused the Soviet diplomats, Elanski and Tikhmeneff, of aiding the communists.

38 The demonstrations after the election were large and turbulent. A member of a conservative organization, Jeunesse Patriotes, was killed by a policeman.

39 Le Temps, March 30, 1926; Le Journal des Débats, L'Écho de Paris, for the same date.

40 Le Quotieden, L'Oeuvre, and L'Ère Nouvelle, for March 29.

41 Gautherot, G., Le monde communiste (Paris, 1925)Google Scholar, describes the geographical distribution of the communists in France. For a description of a conservative strong-hold see Seigfried, A., Tableau politique de la France de l'ouest (Paris, 1913)Google Scholar.

42 Includes also the blank and spoiled ballots.

43 Lachapelle, G., Les éléctions législatives du mai, 1924 (Paris, 1924), 198–201Google Scholar.

44 Le Temps, Mar. 30, 1926.

45 In a by-election held in the city of Belfort on February 4, 1926, M. Tardieu, running as a conservative candidate, captured a seat that had long been held by the radical-socialists. On the other hand, in the department of the Marne, the cartel des gauches was successful on February 28, 1926, in electing its candidates.

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