1792 French National Convention election

According to Malcolm Crook, "Evidence of orchestrated attempts to intimidate rivals is not hard to find." In Paris the sections accepted a proposal by Robespierre four a two stage screening process that was initially targeted at monarchists but ended up excluding all Girondins. ==Results==

Around 3,360,000 voters participated in the elections. An absolute majority of the male deputies elected belonged to the Marais party, a political faction of vague but largely moderate policies. Although it is often stated that the Marais won around 389 seats, the leftist Montagnards led by Maximilien Robespierre won around 200 seats and the more moderate Girondin faction led by Jacques Pierre Brissot around 160 seats, there was no clear delineation of political affiliation and seat totals cannot be considered to be hard facts. Around 136 of the elected legislators joined the Jacobin club. ==Aftermath==

The Convention met for the first time on 21 September. Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve of the Girondins was elected President of the Convention, while Girondins secured most of the posts in the secretariat. However, the elections preceded the fall of the Girondins as a political faction, mainly because of the political and social unrest following the war started by the Girondin-dominated government in the spring of 1792. ==References==