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OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 15, 1913 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open January 17, 1913 - 11:00am Central
Polls Close January 17, 1913 - 11:00am Central
Term Start January 17, 1913 - 12:00pm
Term End January 17, 1920 - 12:00pm
ContributorLa Fayette
Last ModifiedLa Fayette April 26, 2012 02:47am
Data SourcesHistoire politique de la IIIème République, la Législature 1910-1914.
Description
In 1913, the field of to become the successor of President Fallière was crowded: the favourite of the election, Léon Bourgeois, who, however refused to enter the race, for health reason despite the sollicitations of his political friends.

Two days after Bourgeoi's refusal, Raymond Poincaré entered the race.

Raymond Poincaré was challenged, however, by the left wing of the Assembly, under the lead of George Clemenceau, and from the right wing by Alexandre Rigot. Clemenceau actively campaigned in favour of his friend Jules Pams. Alexandre Rigot, who had apparently believed that Poincaré would support him if Bourgeois wouldn't run, was utterly disappointed by Poincaré's candidacy, and decided to throw his hat in the ring, hoping for a surprise success.

The race was made even more complicated by the entry of Paul Deschanel, who had been re-elected at the head of the National Assembly, and the candidacy of Antonin Dubost, re-elected President of the Senate.

A preparatory reunion took place, giving Pams a slight edge over Poincaré in the second and third ballot. Deschanel, Rigot and Dubost withdrew from the race.

Clemenceau asked Poincaré to retire his candidacy in favour of Jules Pams, but an important fration of the Congress (146 Representative and Senators) hadn't been invited to the preparatory reunion , and Poincaré refused to give up.

The first round of the official ballot hold on january 17th in Versailles gave Poincaré a wide lead over Pams (

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Alliance Won01/18/1906
NameArmand Fallières Votes449 (52.82%)
Term01/18/1906 - 01/17/1913 Margin78 (+9.18%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Alliance Won01/17/1920
NamePaul Deschanel Votes734 (83.03%)
Term01/17/1920 - 09/24/1920 Margin668 (+75.57%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jan 15, 1913 French President - Preparatory Vote
Jules Pams
RS 459AD 392MR 52I 16

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Name PM Raymond Poincaré Jules Pams Édouard Vaillant (W) Paul Deschanel (W) PM Alexandre Ribot Blank - Void  
PartyDemocratic Alliance Radical Socialist French Section of the Workers' International Democratic Alliance Moderate Republicans No Party Affiliation  
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Uncertified Votes 483 (52.27%) 327 (35.39%) 69 (7.47%) 18 (1.95%) 16 (1.73%) 11 (1.19%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -156 (-16.88%) -414 (-44.81%) -465 (-50.32%) -467 (-50.54%) -472 (-51.08%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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