Decazes purged a number of ultra-royalist prefects and sub-prefects, and in by-elections, an unusually high proportion of Bonapartists and republicans were elected, some of whom were backed by ultras resorting to tactical voting.
Decazes tagandas arvukalt ultrarojalistlikke prefekte ja alamprefekte, ning erakorralistel valimistel valiti erakorraliselt suur osa bonapartiste ja vabariiklasi, kellest mõned tagati taktikalise hääletamisega.