House of Commons of the departments

The House of Commons of the departments was a legislative assembled French instituted by the Charte of 1814.

It is made up on June 4th, 1814 by the members of the legislative Body of the Empire, and counts 237 members then. March 20th, 1815, at the beginning of the Hundred Days, it dissolved and is replaced in June by a Chambre of the representatives.

After the return of Louis XVIII, the elections of the August 14th and 22nd give to the ultraroyalist or extremists a majority of 350 seats out of 400. The king speaks about “untraceable Room”; obstructed by its radicalism reactionary, it dissolves it on September 5th, 1816, and on October 25th, the elections are favorable to “constitutional”, i.e. with the moderate ones.

The deputies are initially elected for five years and the Room renewed by fifths. Pursuant to the law of June 9th, 1824, their mandate is seven years and the renewal is integral. The elections, in 1827 and 1830, will be however caused by dissolutions.

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Historical of the electoral modes of France on the site of the National Assembly

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