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All 487 seats in the French National Assembly 246 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 80.90% (first round) ![]() 70.09% (second round) ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative elections were held in France on 5 March 1967, with a second round on 12 March, [1] electing the third National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Although the Gaullists retained their absolute majority, the results made it clear that Charles de Gaulle's position was weakening, as the French Communist Party and the Socialists achieved 40% representation in parliament. [2]
In December 1965 Charles de Gaulle was re-elected President of France in the first Presidential election by universal suffrage. However, contrary to predictions, there had been a second ballot. This election marked a process of rebuilding by the opposition.
François Mitterrand's unexpected result, as De Gaulle's challenger in the second round of the presidential election, allowed him to establish himself as the leader of the non-Communist Left. He led the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (FGDS), composed of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO, socialist party), the Radical Party and several left-wing republican clubs, which concluded an electoral agreement with the French Communist Party (PCF).
Ahead of the election, minor redistricting occurred to account for the impending dissolution of the Seine and Seine-et-Oise departments in Ile-de-France, which contained Paris and its western suburbs, due to take place on 1 January 1968. While the existing constituencies in Paris were already fully contained within the city's boundaries, and thus needed no change in light of its promotion to a department in its own right, the remaining constituencies of the two dissolved departments were replaced by ones for the then-unestablished Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, and Val-d'Oise.
The centrist and right-wing opposition to de Gaulle gathered in the Democratic Centre led by Jean Lecanuet, the "third man" of 1965 presidential election. However some centrists refused to integrate into this group and joined the Gaullist Party, which became the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (UD5).
Prime Minister Georges Pompidou led the campaign of the incumbent majority, but this was divided. In January 1966, a cabinet reshuffle took place. The Independent Republicans (RI) leader and Economy minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was dismissed from the cabinet. His group stayed in the Presidential Majority but with a more critical position. He summed up this attitude by a "yes, but..." to Gaullist policies.
The result of the first round was perceived as a punishment against the Presidential Majority, which obtained a surprisingly low result. The outcome of the second round depended on the centrist voters. The Gaullists warned voters against a return to the Fourth Republic, political instability and "Communist danger". The alliance between centrists and the candidates of the Presidential Majority in some constituencies explained the victory of the Right in the second round.
The left improved in comparison with the previous legislative election and the Presidential Majority won with only a one-seat majority. The centrist deputies were not numerous enough to force the Gaullists to make compromises. Georges Pompidou was confirmed as Prime Minister of a UDR-RI cabinet.
Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Union for the Defence of the Republic–Independent Republicans | 8,453,512 | 37.75 | 7,972,908 | 42.61 | 240 | |
French Communist Party | 5,029,808 | 22.46 | 3,998,790 | 21.37 | 73 | |
Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left | 4,207,166 | 18.79 | 4,505,329 | 24.08 | 118 | |
Democratic Centre | 2,864,272 | 12.79 | 1,328,777 | 7.10 | 42 | |
Miscellaneous | 1,136,191 | 5.07 | 702,352 | 3.75 | 9 | |
Unified Socialist Party and far-left | 506,592 | 2.26 | 173,466 | 0.93 | 5 | |
Republican Alliance for Progress and Liberties | 194,776 | 0.87 | 28,347 | 0.15 | 0 | |
Total | 22,392,317 | 100.00 | 18,709,969 | 100.00 | 487 | |
Valid votes | 22,392,317 | 97.84 | 18,709,969 | 96.97 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 494,834 | 2.16 | 584,368 | 3.03 | ||
Total votes | 22,887,151 | 100.00 | 19,294,337 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 28,291,838 | 80.90 | 27,526,358 | 70.09 | ||
Source: Quid, IPU |
Party | Seats | |
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Union for the Defence of the Republic Group | 200 | |
Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left Group | 121 | |
French Communist Party Group | 73 | |
Independent Republicans Group | 42 | |
Progress and Modern Democracy Group | 41 | |
Non-Inscrits | 9 | |
Total | 486 | |
Source: Quid |
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