1902 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 27 April and 11 May 1902. The result was a victory for the Bloc des gauches alliance between Socialists, Radicals, and the left wing of the Republicans, over the anti-Dreyfusard right wing of the Republicans, the progressistes. The Bloc des gauches had been brought together to support the "Republican Defense Cabinet" (gouvernement de défense républicaine) formed by Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau following the assault on the newly elected president, Émile Loubet, on the Longchamp Racecourse on 4 June 1899, during the Dreyfus affair.

1902 French legislative election

27 April and 11 May 1902
All 575 seats the Chamber of Deputies 295 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jules Méline Émile Combes Jacques Piou Party Progressive Republicans Independent Radicals Conservatives Seats won 175 117 145
Prime Minister before election Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau ARD Elected Prime Minister Émile Combes Radical Party

However, Waldeck-Rousseau's own supporters (the ARD) took few seats in the election compared to the Radicals and Socialists. After the election, President Loubet invited the Radical Émile Combes to form a government, which lasted until January 1905, when the Socialists withdrew from the Bloc des gauches.[1]