Lacretelle was elected Deputy of Maine-et-Loire by a large majority 61.782 votes against 29.542 (for David d'Angers) and 12.015 (for the General Boulanger) on 26 February 1888.
Note: Lacretelle's political and military career was well officially documented by the Biographie de Charles Nicolas Lacretelle extraite du dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889[REF] (A.Robert et G.Cougny) .