Complex sentence: Due to the short lifespan of the Commune, only one election citywide election was held and the structures necessary to facilitate future organized elections on large scales was largely nonexistent, however the influence of direct democratization in the Paris Commune is not to be understated.
Split into simpler sentences: Due to the short lifespan of the Commune, only one citywide election was held and the structures necessary to facilitate future organized elections on large scales was largely nonexistent. However, the influence of direct democratization in the Paris Commune is not to be understated.