March 1679 English general election

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First party Second party Third party   Tor Leader Anthony Ashley Cooper John Ernle Party Whig Tory Unknown Seats won 218 137 167 Seat change 79 242

TheMarch 1679 English general election resulted in theHabeas Corpus Parliament, named after theHabeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May, 1679 to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ benefitting all subjects. It was dissolved while in recess on 12 July 1679.

On the current issue of excludingthe King's younger brother from the succession to the throne, 218 members were in favour of theExclusion Bill, while 137 were opposed. However, 167 members did not attend the parliament at all, so their view about Exclusion is unknown.

• Henning, Basil, ed. (1983),The House of Commons, 1660–1690, The History of Parliament, Secker & Warburg

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