Legislative elections were held in France on 29 February and 14 March 1852, electing the first legislature of the
French Second Empire.
EmperorNapoleon III's Bonapartists won a huge majority consisting of 258 of the 261 seats (five Royalists allied with the Bonapartists). The
Party of Order that had won a majority in the
1849 election was banned following their opposition to the
1851 coup by President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.