Bonapartists (political party)

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Bonapartists Bonapartistes
Leader	Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Français, Prince of Canino Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
Founder	Napoleon Bonaparte
Founded	1815; 209 years ago (1815)
Dissolved	1889; 135 years ago (1889)
Ideology	Majority:  • Anti-monarchism (1815)  • Bonapartism (1852–1870)  • Bonapartist Restoration (1870–1880) Factions:  • Liberalism (1815)  • Jacobinism (1815)  • Imperial restoration (1880–1889)  • Conservatism (1852–1870)  • Liberalism (1852–1870)
Political position	Majority:  • Big tent  • Left-wing to far-left (1815)  • Centre (1852–1870)  • Centre-right (1870–1889) Factions:  • Right-wing (1852–1880)  • Far-right (1880–1889)
Colours	Violet
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The Bonapartist Party (typically shortened to just the Bonapartists) was the name given to a political party which participated in the May 1815 French legislative election, but was disbanded following the Second Bourbon Restoration. Following the 1851 French coup d'état led by soon to be Napoleon III, the party was reformed and participated in four elections until being reduced to a minor party after the fall of Napoleon III in 1870. The party once again became major contender during the 1876 elections, and remained a major contender until the 1885 election. Following the 1885 election, the party was merged into the Conservative Rally alliance in 1889 when it was finally disbanded.