1968 French legislative election|
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Turnout | 80.0% ( 0.9 pp) (1st round) 77.8% ( 2.2 pp) (2nd round) |
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Majority party
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Minority party
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Leader
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Georges Pompidou
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François Mitterrand
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Party
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UDR
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FGDS
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Leader's seat
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Cantal-2nd
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Nièvre-3rd
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Last election
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243 seats
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117 seats
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Seats won
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354*
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57
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Seat change
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111
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60
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Popular vote
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9,667,532 (1st round) 6,762,170 (2nd round)
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3,660,250 (1st round) 3,097,338 (2nd round)
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Percentage
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43.65% (1st round) 46.39% (2nd round)
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16.53% (1st round) 21.25% (2nd round)
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Third party
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Fourth party
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Leader
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Waldeck Rochet
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Camille Laurens (NCIP), Jean Lecanuet (CD, above)
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Party
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PCF
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Progress and Modern Democracy
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Leader's seat
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Seine-Saint-Denis
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Seine-Maritime (Lecanuet, as Senator)
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Last election
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73 seats
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41 seats (CD)
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Seats won
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34
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33
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Seat change
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39
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11
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Popular vote
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4,434,832 (1st round) 2,935,775 (2nd round)
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2,289,849 (1st round) 1,141,305 (2nd round)
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Percentage
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20.02% (1st round) 20.14% (2nd round)
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10.34% (1st round) 7.83% (2nd round)
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Early legislative elections took place in France on 23 and 30 June 1968 to elect the fourth French National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The Gaullist party Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR) won a majority with 292 seats in parliament, while its allies, the Independent Republicans (RI), won 61 seats.[1]