 The national government in Bordeaux called for national elections at the end of January, held just ten days later on 8 February.Most electors in France were rural, Catholic and conservative, and this was reflected in the results; of the 645 deputies assembled in Bordeaux on February, about 400 favoured a constitutional monarchy under either Henri, Count of Chambord (grandson of Charles X) or Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (grandson of Louis Philippe).Of the 200 republicans in the new parliament, 80 were former Orléanists (Philippe's supporters) and moderately conservative.