1993 French legislative election
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All 577 seats in the National Assembly 289 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 68.93% (first round) 67.51% (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 21 and 28 March 1993,
Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. In an attempt to avoid having to work with the Communists, Prime Minister Michel Rocard tried to gain support from the UDF by appointing four UDF ministers. After the UDF withdrew its support for the government in 1991, Rocard and the UDF ministers resigned. The UDF then became allied with the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR).
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The election was a landslide victory for the RPR–UDF alliance, while the PS and their left-wing allies received their worst result since the 1960s. The PS lost nearly 80% of the seats they had held at the time of the chamber's dissolution. This caused a crisis within the PS; Fabius lost his position as First Secretary in favour of Rocard, who claimed that a political "big bang" was needed. Jospin announced his political retirement after he was defeated in his Haute-Garonne constituency. Depressed by the defeat and the accusations about the loan from Pelat, Bérégovoy committed suicide on 1 May.
Some traditional PS voters voted for the Greens in the first round. These ecologists obtained a total of 11%, making this the best total score for green parties in legislative elections. However, only two ecologists qualified for the runoff, including Dominique Voynet in her constituency in the Doubs département. Both of these candidates were eventually defeated. Lack of major political allies for these ecologists explained this failure to take any seats.
The RPR–UDF coalition (together with supportive right-wing parties) formed the largest parliamentary majority since 1958, taking a total of 484 of the 577 seats. The RPR leader
Results
Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Rally for the Republic | 5,188,196 | 20.39 | 42 | 5,832,987 | 28.27 | 205 | 247 | |
Union for French Democracy | 4,855,274 | 19.08 | 36 | 5,331,935 | 25.84 | 177 | 213 | |
Socialist Party | 4,476,716 | 17.60 | 0 | 5,829,493 | 28.25 | 54 | 54 | |
National Front | 3,159,477 | 12.42 | 0 | 1,168,150 | 5.66 | 0 | 0 | |
French Communist Party | 2,336,254 | 9.18 | 0 | 951,213 | 4.61 | 23 | 23 | |
Miscellaneous right | 1,199,887 | 4.72 | 2 | 736,372 | 3.57 | 22 | 24 | |
The Greens | 1,022,749 | 4.02 | 0 | 20,088 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Miscellaneous | 957,711 | 3.76 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ecology Generation | 921,925 | 3.62 | 0 | 17,403 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Miscellaneous left | 457,193 | 1.80 | 0 | 448,187 | 2.17 | 10 | 10 | |
Far-left | 451,804 | 1.78 | 0 | 22,509 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Movement of Radicals of the Left | 228,758 | 0.90 | 0 | 237,622 | 1.15 | 6 | 6 | |
Regionalists | 116,474 | 0.46 | 0 | 36,971 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Far-right | 69,985 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 25,442,403 | 100.00 | 80 | 20,632,930 | 100.00 | 497 | 577 | |
Valid votes | 25,442,403 | 94.72 | 20,632,930 | 90.49 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,417,774 | 5.28 | 2,169,371 | 9.51 | ||||
Total votes | 26,860,177 | 100.00 | 22,802,301 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 38,968,660 | 68.93 | 33,773,804 | 67.51 | ||||
Source: IPU, National Assembly |
Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly
Party | Seats | |||||
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Members | Caucusing | total | ||||
RPR Group | 245 | 12 | 257 | |||
UDF Group | 213 | 2 | 215 | |||
Socialist Group | 52 | 5 | 57 | |||
Republic and Liberty Group | 23 | 0 | 23 | |||
Communist Group | 22 | 1 | 23 | |||
Non-Inscrits | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Total | 557 | 20 | 577 | |||
Source: IPU |
See also
References
- ^ "Elections held in 1993". Inter-Parliamentary Union.