1988 French legislative election

none November 2025 September 2020 1988 French legislative election France legislative 1986 French legislative election 1986 1993 French legislative election 1993 All 577 seats to the French National Assembly 289 seats were needed for a majority 5 and 12 June 1988 65.7% (1st round) 69.9% ( 4.2 pp) (2nd round) Michel Rocard16 (cropped) 2.JPG 120 120 160 0 0 Michel Rocard Socialist Party (France) Yvelines-7th 206 seats, 31.0% 262 56 8,493,702(1 round) 9,198,778(2 round) 34.77% (1 round) 45.31% (2 round) Lecanuet 1984.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jean Lecanuet Union for French Democracy Seine-Maritime (Senator) 127 seats (UOR) 130 3 4,519,459(1 round) 4,299,370(2 round) 18.50% (1 round) 21.18% (2 round) Jacques_Chirac_1990_(crop).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jacques Chirac Rally for the Republic Corrèze-3rd 149 seats (UOR) 128 21 4,687,047(1 round) 4,688,493(2 round) 19.19% (1 round) 23.09% (2 round) Georges Marchais (cropped 2).JPG 120 120 160 0 0 Georges Marchais French Communist Party Val-de-Marne's 11th constituency 35 seats, 9.8% 27 8 2,765,761(1 round) 695,569(2 round) 11.32% (1 round) 3.43% (2 round) Jean-Marie Le Pen 1984.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jean-Marie Le Pen National Front (France) lost, list seat in Paris 35 seats, 9.7% 1 34 2,359,528(1 round) 216,704(2 round) 9.66% (1 round) 1.07% (2 round) Prime Minister Jacques Chirac Rally for the Republic Michel Rocard Socialist Party (France) France 1988.svg 425px Map showing the results of the second round. Legislative elections were held in France on 5 and 12 June 1988,http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/FRANCE_1988_E.PDF France Inter-Parliamentary Union to elect the ninth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, one month after the re-election of François Mitterrand as President of France. In 1986, the Socialist Party (PS) of President Mitterrand lost the legislative election. For the first time under the Fifth Republic, the President was forced to "cohabit" with a hostile parliamentary majority and cabinet. He chose the RPR leader Jacques Chirac as prime minister. The two heads of the executive power were rivals for the 1988 presidential election. Inspired by the example of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Chirac campaigned on an aggressively right-wing set of policies (including privatisations, abolition of the solidarity tax on wealth and tightening restrictions on immigration) but he was faced with significant opposition in French society. For his part, Mitterrand presented himself as the protector of national unity. He campaigned for a "united France" and warned against "the appropriation of the state by a clan", targeting Chirac and the RPR. An alliance between the Socialists and the center-right UDF was evoked. After Mitterrand's re-election, Chirac resigned. Some politicians and commentators suggested not dissolving the National Assembly and instead nominating a UDF Prime minister (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing or Simone Veil). President Mitterrand refused. The polls indicated a "pink surge" if new legislative elections were organized. However, he nominated the moderate Socialist Michel Rocard to lead the cabinet and declared that it was unhealthy for democracy if one party held all the power. Despite a very good result in the first round, the "Presidential Majority" (composed of the PS and the Left Radicals) obtained only a small parliamentary majority after the second round. The PS and its allies won 276 seats against 271 for the Republican right-wing coalition and 27 Communists. The re-establishment of the majoritarian two-ballot system resulted in the National Front, which had held 35 seats during the previous term, dropping to only one seat. Some personalities from "civil society" and four UDF politicians participated in the government. They were supported by a minority of their party, which created a new parliamentary group: the Union of the Centre. The executive power relied on the "Presidential Majority" which widened towards the Union of the Centre or the French Communist Party depending on the policy being advocated by the government. Results 320px Socialist Party 8493702 37 9198778 225 262 Rally for the Republic 4687047 38 4688493 90 128 Union for French Democracy 4519459 38 4299370 92 130 French Communist Party 2765761 1 695569 26 27 National Front 2359528 0 216704 1 1 Miscellaneous right 697272 3 522970 9 12 Miscellaneous left 403690 1 421587 5 6 Movement of Left Radicals 279316 2 260104 7 9 Far-left 89065 0 0 Ecologists 86312 0 0 Far-right 32445 0 0 Regionalists 18498 0 0 French Polynesian seats 2 512697 695106 37945582 30045772 IPU Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly A Communist group (24 members + 1 caucusing) was created on 15 July 1988 following the lowering of the threshold to form a group from 30 to 20. Socialist Group 275 RPR Group 130 UDF Group 90 Union du Centre Group 40 #1E90FF Communist Group 25 Non-Inscrits 17 IPU References Category:Legislative elections in France Legislative France