Editing July Monarchy (section)

==== Legislative elections of 1834 ====
{{further|French legislative election, 1834}}
Louis-Philippe decided to seize the opportunity of dissolving the Chamber and organizing [[1834 French legislative election |new elections]], which were held on 21 June 1834. However, the results were not as favorable to him as expected: although the Republicans were almost eliminated, the Opposition retained around 150 seats (approximately 30 Legitimists, the rest being followers of {{lang|fr|[[Odilon Barrot]]|italic=no}}, who was an {{lang|fr|Orléanist|italic=no}} supporter of the regime, but headed the {{lang|fr|Parti du mouvement}}). Furthermore, in the ranks of the majority itself, composed of about 300 deputies, a new faction, the {{lang|fr|Tiers-Parti}}, led by {{lang|fr|[[André Dupin]]|italic=no}}, could on some occasions defect from the majority and give its votes to the Left. On 31 July the new Chamber re-elected {{lang|fr|Dupin|italic=no}} as President of the Chamber with 247 votes against 33 for {{lang|fr|[[Jacques Laffitte]]|italic=no}} and 24 for {{lang|fr|[[Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard]]|italic=no}}. Furthermore, a large majority (256 against 39) voted an ambiguous address to the king which, although polite, did not abstain from criticizing him. The latter immediately decided, on 16 August 1834, to prorogue Parliament until the end of the year.