ABSTRACT
When Louis XVI convened the Estates General for the first time in 175 years, he unwittingly inaugurated a decade of electoral politics. Despite the fact that the elections of 1789 are among the most momentous in French history, they have attracted less attention than the cahiers de doléances. Nevertheless, the elections to the Estates General are considered as the last of the Old Regime and the first of the Revolution. This chapter provides the most comprehensive study of these elections to date.
