1962 French legislative election
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All 485 seats in the National Assembly 243 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 68.73% (first round) 72.30% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in France on 18 November and 25 November 1962 to elect the second
Since 1959 and the change of Algerian policy (
Simultaneously, when
On 22 August de Gaulle escaped from an assassination attempt by the OAS in Le Petit-Clamart. He subsequently announced
However, de Gaulle finally won the referendum and dissolved the National Assembly. During the legislative campaign, all the parties, except the UNR and the RI, criticized the "personal power" which they believed distorted France's Republican institutions. In the French political culture and in their mind, Republicanism was inseparable from parliamentary democracy and the reinforcement of the presidential powers was associated with Bonapartism. Contrary to the previous legislative election, the left-wing parties finalized an electoral agreement. The subsequent legislative elections saw advances for the left-wing opposition. However, conservative voters sanctioned the center-right parties, preferring to vote for the Gaullist party. Pompidou became Prime Minister again.
Results
Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Union for the New Republic–Democratic Union of Labour | 5,855,744 | 31.94 | 46 | 6,169,890 | 40.43 | 183 | 229 | |
French Communist Party | 4,003,553 | 21.84 | 9 | 3,195,763 | 20.94 | 32 | 41 | |
French Section of the Workers' International | 2,298,729 | 12.54 | 1 | 2,264,011 | 14.84 | 64 | 65 | |
Popular Republican Movement | 1,665,695 | 9.09 | 14 | 821,635 | 5.38 | 22 | 36 | |
Radical Party & miscellaneous left | 1,429,649 | 7.80 | 8 | 1,172,711 | 7.69 | 34 | 42 | |
National Centre of Independents and Peasants | 1,404,177 | 7.66 | 6 | 1,444,666 | 9.47 | 22 | 28 | |
Independent Republicans | 1,089,348 | 5.94 | 12 | 8 | 20 | |||
Unified Socialist Party & far-left | 427,467 | 2.33 | 0 | 138,131 | 0.91 | 2 | 2 | |
Far-right | 159,429 | 0.87 | 0 | 52,245 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 2 | |||||||
Total | 18,333,791 | 100.00 | 96 | 15,259,052 | 100.00 | 367 | 465 | |
Valid votes | 18,333,791 | 96.91 | 15,259,052 | 96.11 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 584,368 | 3.09 | 616,889 | 3.89 | ||||
Total votes | 18,918,159 | 100.00 | 15,875,941 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 27,526,358 | 68.73 | 21,957,468 | 72.30 | ||||
Source: Quid |
Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly
Party | Seats | |
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UNR–UDT Group | 233 | |
Socialist Group | 66 | |
Democratic Centre Group | 55 | |
Communist Group | 41 | |
Democratic Rally Group | 39 | |
Independent Republicans Group | 35 | |
Non-Inscrits | 13 | |
Total | 482 | |
Source: Quid |
References
- ^ Proceedings of the National Assembly, 4 October 1962, second sitting; vote tally on p. 3268. p. 38 in the PDF file