Episode 2 of 4
Royalist electoral gains
- When
- April 1797
- Where
- France (legislative elections)
- Part of
- Coup of 18 Fructidor
April 1797 elections reversed the legislative majority toward royalists and moderate republicans, threatening a monarchy restoration.
In the elections of April 1797, the majority in the two chambers of the legislature—the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of the Ancients—reversed in favor of royalists and moderate republicans. This followed royalist gains of 87 seats in the 1795 elections, when a third of the seats were at stake. The results threatened a restoration of the monarchy and a return to the ancien régime.
Sources
- Coup of 18 Fructidor Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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