1945 French legislative election

1945 French legislative election

21 October 1945

All 522 seats in the National Assembly
262 seats needed for a majority
Registered24,622,862
Turnout81.85% ( 1.65pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Maurice Thorez Maurice Schumann Guy Mollet
Party PCF MRP SFIO
Seats won 148 141 134
Popular vote 5,005,336 4,780,338 4,561,411
Percentage 26.08% 24.91% 23.77%

Results by department

Prime Minister before election

Charles de Gaulle
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Charles de Gaulle
Independent

Legislative elections were held in France on 21 October 1945 to elect a Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution for a Fourth French Republic. A total of 522 seats were elected through proportional representation; women were allowed to vote for the first time.