1958 French legislative election

none February 2020 1958 French legislative election France legislative no 1956 French legislative election 1956 1962 French legislative election 1962 All 576 seats to the French National Assembly 289 seats were needed for a majority 23 and 30 November 1958 77.1% ( 5.7 pp) (1st round) 150x150px Charles de Gaulle Union for the New Republic 22 seats 189 167 3,603,958 (1 round) 4,769,052 (2 round) 17.6% (1 round) 26.4% (2 round) National Centre of Independents and Peasants none National Centre of Independents and Peasants 95 seats 132 37 4,092,600 (1 round) 4,250,083 (2 round) 19.9% (1 round) 23.6% (2 round) 150x150px Pierre Pflimlin Popular Republican Movement Bas-Rhin-8th 71 seats 57 14 2,387,788 (1 round) 1,365,064 (2 round) 11.6% (1 round) 7.5% (2 round) 150x150px Guy Mollet French Section of the Workers' International Pas-de-Calais-1st 95 seats 40 55 3,167,354 (1 round) 2,484,417 (2 round) 15.5% (1 round) 13.8% (2 round) FFBF00 Félix Gaillard Radical Party (France) Charente-2nd 77 seats 37 40 2,695,287 (1st round) 1,398,409 (2nd round) 12.9% (1st round) 7.7% (2nd round) 150x150px Maurice Thorez French Communist Party Seine-50th 150 seats 10 140 3,882,204 (1st round) 3,741,384 (2nd round) 18.9% (1st round) 20.7% (2nd round) Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle Union for the New Republic Michel Debré Union for the New Republic Legislative elections were held in France on 23 and 30 November 1958 to elect the first National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.Macridis Brown 1960 253-266 Since 1954, the French Fourth Republic had been mired in the Algerian War.Macridis Brown 1960 26-44 In May 1958, Pierre Pflimlin, a Christian-Democrat, became prime minister.Laponce 1961 1-2 He was known to be in favour of a negotiated settlement with the Algerian nationalists.Laponce 1961 9-10 Macridis Brown 1960 60-61 On 13 May, riots broke out in Algiers, with the complicity of the army in what is known as the May 1958 crisis in France.Macridis Brown 1960 62 A rebel government seized power in Algiers in order to defend "French Algeria". The next day, General Massu demanded the return to power of General Charles de Gaulle.Watson 2003 123-129 Macridis Brown 1960 81-91 The rebellious generals took control of Corsica threatening to conduct an assault on Paris, involving paratroopers and armoured forces based at Rambouillet.Watson 2003 123-129 Macridis Brown 1960 81-91 In Paris, the political leaders were trying to find a compromise.Macridis Brown 1960 92-97 On 1 June, returning from his 12 years out of power since his abrupt resignation as Head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic in 1946, De Gaulle replaced Pflimlin to lead a government of national unity and nominated as Ministers of State (Vice-Prime Ministers) Pierre Pflimlin (Popular Republican Movement, MRP), Guy Mollet (French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), Louis Jacquinot (National Center of Independents and Peasants, CNIP) and Félix Houphouët-Boigny.Laponce 1961 12-13 Macridis Brown 1960 154 He obtained the right to develop a new Constitution.Macridis Brown 1960 117 Only the Communists and some center-left politicians such as Pierre Mendès-France and François Mitterrand, opposed this "coup against the Republic".Macridis Brown 1960 92-97 Mitterrand 1964 This opposition came to a head the day De Gaulle took office with a 200,000 strong demonstration taking place in Paris to oppose the unprecedented power given to De Gaulle. However, these oppositions were then met with counter demonstrations with a series of car honking stand off from Parisians occurring at the Avenue des Champs Elysées that very same night. Further demonstrations between both partisans occurred in other cities including Toulouse and Bordeaux. On 28 September the new constitution was approved in a referendum in the French Union by 83% of all voters, and in metropolitan France by 79% of voters. The Fifth Republic was born. The two-round system was re-established for the legislative elections.Macridis Brown 1960 210-236, 335-358 The Gaullists created the Union for the New Republic which became the largest parliamentary group. Their opponents received vastly less seats with in particular the PCF losing 137 seats compared to 1956. The small number of left-wing deputies elected may be explained by divisions among left-leaning parties between supporters and opponents to the Fifth Republic: the two-round ballot tends to reward parties which are able to form alliances with each other.Macridis Brown 1960 249-266 As such, De Gaulle's new party formed a coalition with the CNIP to form a new government. On 21 December de Gaulle was elected President of France by an electoral college.Macridis Brown 1960 182, 270 His Justice Minister Michel Debré became prime minister.Macridis Brown 1960 152, 273 The pro-Fifth Republic center-left parties (SFIO and Radical Party) left the presidential majority.Macridis Brown 1960 242-246 Macridis Brown 1960 253-266 This established the first Gaullist centre-right government. Results (Metropolitan France) National Centre of Independents and Peasants and Moderates 4092600 4250083 132 French Communist Party 3882204 3741384 10 Union for the New Republic and Gaullists 3603958 4769052 189 French Section of the Workers' International 3167354 2484417 40 Radical Party, Dissidents and Republican Centre 2695287 1398409 37 Popular Republican Movement and Christian Democrats 2387788 1365064 57 Far-right 669518 1 Macridis & BrownMacridis Brown 1960 258 , N.B.: Unofficial and partly reconstructed Notes References Macridis Roy C Brown Bernard Edward 1960 Long Norton E. The De Gaulle Republic: Quest For Unity https://archive.org/details/degaullerepublic001371mbp The Dorsey Series in Political Science 1st Homewood The Dorsey Press 60-14048 408387 11 November 2014 Laponce J. A. 1961 The government of the Fifth Republic: French Political Parties and the Constitution https://archive.org/details/governmentoffif00lapo registration Berkeley, Los Angeles; London University of California; Cambridge University 60-14656 501634 11 November 2014 Internet Archive Watson William E. 2003 Tricolor and Crescent: France and the Islamic World https://books.google.com/books?id=o4vrUbMK5eEC Perspectives on the twentieth century 10th Westport Praeger 0-275-97470-7 1538-9626 2002030336 50322732 11 November 2014 Mitterrand François 1964 Le Coup d'Etat permanent fr Paris Plon Les évènements amenant de Gaulle au pouvoir INA https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/afe85007883/les-evenements-amenant-de-gaulle-au-pouvoir Institut National de l'audiovisuel 12 March 2024 fr Category:Legislative elections in France Legislative France