1986 French legislative election

none December 2020 1986 French legislative election France legislative 1981 French legislative election 1981 1988 French legislative election 1988 All 573 seats to the French National Assembly287 seats needed for a majority 16 March 1986 78.12% Chirac 1986.jpg 130 130 150 0 0 Jacques Chirac UOR Corrèze 146 seats, 40.0% 277 131 11,492,450 40.97% 28.08.1984. L. Fabius. (1984) - 53Fi3647 (cropped).jpg 130 130 150 0 0 Laurent Fabius Socialist Party (France) Seine-Maritime 269 seats, 37.5% 207 62 8,705,163 31.04% Georges Marchais (cropped) 2.JPG 130 130 150 0 0 Georges Marchais French Communist Party Val-de-Marne 44 seats, 16.2% 35 9 2,740,972 9.77% Jean-Marie Le Pen 1984.jpg 130 130 150 0 0 Jean-Marie Le Pen National Front (France) Paris 0 seats, 0.2% 35 35 2,705,336 9.65% 350px Prime Minister Laurent Fabius Socialist Party (France) Jacques Chirac Rally for the Republic Legislative elections were held in France on 16 March 1986 to elect the eighth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Because of the 47th of the 110 Propositions for France, this election was conducted under a system of party-list proportional representation, unlike other legislative elections of the Fifth Republic.Northcutt Wayne 2008-06-28 The 1986 French Legislative Elections: Who Really Won?1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8497.1987.tb01219.x Australian Journal of Politics & History en 33 2 90–99 10.1111/j.1467-8497.1987.tb01219.x subscription Cole Philip 1986 The French general election https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00344898608459374 Representation EN 10.1080/00344898608459374 Since the 1981 election of François Mitterrand, the Presidential majority in the legislature had become fractured. In March 1983 Prime Minister Mauroy renounced the left's radical Common Programme of the 1970s. Wages and prices had been frozen. This change of economic policy was justified by the will to stay in the European Monetary System. A year later, all Communist ministers left Laurent Fabius's cabinet.2011-05-09 Thirty years on, Mitterrand mania grips France https://www.france24.com/en/20110509-mitterrand-france-election-victory-anniversary-politics-socialists-paris 2022-10-25 France 24 en In opposition, the two main right-wing parties tried to forget their past quarrels. They were able to win the mid-term elections (1982: departmental, 1983: municipal, 1984: European Parliamentary) and succeeded in forcing the government to abandon its policy of limiting the financing of private schools in 1984. The Rally for the Republic (RPR), led by Jacques Chirac, abandoned the traditional dirigiste and Eurosceptic Gaullist doctrines about the economy and European integration. It was then able to sign an electoral platform with the Union for French Democracy (UDF). It proposed notably to sell the companies nationalized jointly by Mitterrand and Mauroy. However, France had also witnessed the electoral rise of the National Front (FN). Its leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, made nationalist and xenophobic remarks. He appealed to part of the conservative electorate, notably some RPR voters. The right-wing opposition was divided on the question of an alliance with the FN. In 1985, President Mitterrand's decision to re-establish party-list proportional representation at the legislative election caused political outrage. The RPR/UDF opposition accused him of wanting to strengthen the FN in order to weaken the Republican Right, which was favourite to win according to the polls. Proportional representation was the only electoral system which was considered likely to allow the election of FN deputies.Goldey David B. Johnson R. W. 1986 The French general election of 16 March 1986 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379486900132 Electoral Studies 5 3 229–252 10.1016/0261-3794(86)90013-2 0261-3794 subscription Opinion polls predicted RPR-UDF victory. Former UDF Prime minister Raymond Barre argued that any such coalition should refuse to govern if President Mitterrand did not resign. Advised by Edouard Balladur, Jacques Chirac noted, however, that impeachment did not exist in the constitution. Instead, the next majority would "cohabit" with Mitterrand. The right-wing cabinet would enforce its domestic policy programme and Mitterrand would keep control of foreign and military affairs. At this election the RPR/UDF coalition won a slender two-seat majority. Also, for the first time of the history of the Fifth Republic, the parliamentary majority was opposed to the President. Nevertheless, the Socialist Party held more seats than most polls predicted. Jean-Marie Le Pen's FN was recognised as parliamentary group in size and stature, rising to 35 elected members. The decline of the French Communist Party continued. Mitterrand nominated Chirac as Prime Minister. The first "cohabitation" of the Fifth Republic started. The new cabinet, including PM Chirac, abolished proportional representation for the next legislative elections. The "cohabitation" ended with the 1988 legislative election. Results 320px Union of theOpposition forRenewal 4 RPR–UDF joint list 6017207 147 Rally for the Republic 3145171 77 Union for French Democracy 2330072 53 11492450 277 Socialist Party 8705163 207 French Communist Party 2740972 35 National Front 2705336 35 Miscellaneous right 1096511 14 Far-left 427753 0 Ecologists 340138 0 Miscellaneous left 290059 5 Movement of Left Radicals 107754 2 Far-right 57334 0 Union of the Left 56044 2 #FFD1DC Regionalists 28045 0 1280549 37541124 IPU Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly #F8F9FA 35 French Communist Party 212 Socialist Party (France) 155 Rally for the Republic 131 Union for French Democracy 35 National Rally 9 Non-Inscrits Socialist Group 212 RPR Group 155 UDF Group 131 Communist Group 35 FN Group 35 Non-Inscrits 9 IPU References Legislative Category:Legislative elections in France