General de Gaulle advocated a strong presidential government. He felt that the "regime of the parties" under the French Third Republic's system of parliamentary government (characterised by its political instability and ever-changing coalitions) was a cause of the 1940 collapse. However, the three main parties considered parliamentary democracy to be inseparable from the ideology of French republicanism. To them, de Gaulle's project appeared to be a rebirth of Bonapartism. In January 1946 de Gaulle resigned from the cabinet.
The socialist Félix Gouin succeeded him. A first constitutional draft was approved by the National Assembly. It was supported by the Communists and the Socialists. It concentrated power in a unicameral Assembly and abolished the Senate of France. The Christian-Democrats campaigned for the "No" with de Gaulle and the opponents to a constitutional change (the classical Right and the Rally of the Republican Lefts dominated by the Radical Party).
The "No" coalition warned the voters against the danger of a "dictatorship" of an Assembly dominated by the Marxists, which could question the existence of private property. In the "Yes" coalition, the SFIO refused the communist proposition of a common campaign. Finally, the "No"s won by 53% of the votes in a May 1946 referendum.
Consequently, a new National Assembly was elected in order to elaborate a new constitutional draft. The MRP, which led the "No" coalition, became the largest party with more votes and seats than the PCF. The Communists and the Socialists no longer formed a majority, so the MRP was a necessary partner for the writing of a constitutional text. Its leader Georges Bidault took the lead role in the provisional government.
june, 1946, french, legislative, election, legislative, elections, were, held, france, june, 1946, elect, second, post, constituent, assembly, designated, prepare, constitution, ballot, system, used, proportional, representation, 1945, june, 1946, november, 19. Legislative elections were held in France on 2 June 1946 to elect the second post war Constituent Assembly designated to prepare a new constitution The ballot system used was proportional representation June 1946 French legislative election 1945 2 June 1946 November 1946 All 522 seats in the Constituent Assembly262 seats needed for a majorityTurnout81 85 Party Leader SeatsMRP Georges Bidault 28 11 160PCF Maurice Thorez 26 15 146SFIO Guy Mollet 21 06 115PRL Michel Clemenceau 12 78 62PRRRS Edouard Herriot 11 54 39This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Prime Minister before Prime Minister afterFelix GouinSFIO Georges BidaultMRPAfter the liberation of France in the Second World War three parties dominated the political scene due to their participation in the Resistance to the German occupation the French Communist Party PCF the French Section of the Workers International SFIO socialist party and the Popular Republican Movement MRP Christian democratic party They formed a provisional government led by General Charles de Gaulle General de Gaulle advocated a strong presidential government He felt that the regime of the parties under the French Third Republic s system of parliamentary government characterised by its political instability and ever changing coalitions was a cause of the 1940 collapse However the three main parties considered parliamentary democracy to be inseparable from the ideology of French republicanism To them de Gaulle s project appeared to be a rebirth of Bonapartism In January 1946 de Gaulle resigned from the cabinet The socialist Felix Gouin succeeded him A first constitutional draft was approved by the National Assembly It was supported by the Communists and the Socialists It concentrated power in a unicameral Assembly and abolished the Senate of France The Christian Democrats campaigned for the No with de Gaulle and the opponents to a constitutional change the classical Right and the Rally of the Republican Lefts dominated by the Radical Party The No coalition warned the voters against the danger of a dictatorship of an Assembly dominated by the Marxists which could question the existence of private property In the Yes coalition the SFIO refused the communist proposition of a common campaign Finally the No s won by 53 of the votes in a May 1946 referendum Consequently a new National Assembly was elected in order to elaborate a new constitutional draft The MRP which led the No coalition became the largest party with more votes and seats than the PCF The Communists and the Socialists no longer formed a majority so the MRP was a necessary partner for the writing of a constitutional text Its leader Georges Bidault took the lead role in the provisional government Results edit1461153916062PartyVotes SeatsPopular Republican Movement5 589 05928 11160French Communist Party5 199 11126 15146French Section of the Workers International4 187 81821 06115Republican Party of Liberty2 539 84512 7862Radical Socialist Party2 295 11911 5439Others69 7890 350Total19 880 741100 00522Valid votes19 880 74198 35Invalid blank votes334 4591 65Total votes20 215 200100 00Registered voters turnout24 696 94981 85Source Nohlen amp Stover 1 References edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p688 ISBN 9783832956097 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title June 1946 French legislative election amp oldid 1199996517, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
