 Louis Napoleon was widely expected to win, but the size of his victory surprised almost everyone.He won 5,572,834 votes, or 74.2 percent of votes cast, compared with 1,469,156 for Cavaignac.The socialist Ledru-Rollin received 376,834; the extreme left candidate Raspail 37,106, and the poet Lamartine only 17,000 votes.