Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

 

 

 
         

Elections

France: Plebiscite Turnouts 1793-1815

Year

Total Participants

Turnout (%)

1793

2,000,000

33

1795

1,300,000

22

1800*

1,500,000

25

1802*

3,500,000

58

1804*

3,000,000

50

1815*

1,300,000

22

*Excludes questionable returns from the armed forces and annexed territories.

1800 plebiscite on the Constitution of the year VIII

1802 plebiscite on the Consulate for Life

1804 plebiscite on the Empire

1815 plebiscite on the Acte Additionnel

Source: Crook, Malcolm.  "Uses of Democracy.  Elections and Plebiscite in Napoleonic France."  In: The French Experience from Republic to Monarchy, 1792-1824.  Ed. by Maire F. Gross and David Williams.  NY: Palgrave, 2000.

 



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