# Popular Front wins elections (1936)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1936-popular-front-wins-elections
Location: France

A left coalition led by Léon Blum took office amid strikes and political polarization. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Albert Lebrun (President of the French Republic). Popular Front wins elections is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Popular Front wins elections is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Albert Lebrun](https://history-france.com/rulers/albert-lebrun)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Popular Front wins elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Popular+Front+wins+elections&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Popular Front wins elections](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Popular+Front+wins+elections)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)