1993 French legislative election

none May 2017 1993 French legislative election France parliamentary no 1988 French legislative election 1988 1997 French legislative election 1997 All 577 seats to the French National Assembly 289 seats were needed for a majority 21 and 28 March 1993 68.93% (3.2 pp) (1st round) 67.51% (1.4pp) (2nd round) Jacques Chirac 1990 (crop).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jacques Chirac Rally for the Republic Corrèze-3rd 126 seats, 19.2% 247 119 5,188,196 (1 round) 5,832,987 (2 round) 20.39% (1 round) 28.27% (2 round) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing & Yves-Thibault de Silguy - 1996 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Union for French Democracy Puy-de-Dôme-3rd 129 seats, 18.5% 213 83 4,855,274(1 round) 5,331,935 (2 round) 19.08% (1 round) 25.84% (2 round) Pierre-Beregovoy.webp 120 120 160 0 0 Pierre Bérégovoy Socialist Party (France) Nièvre 1st 260 seats, 34.8% 53 209 4,476,716 (1 round) 5,829,493 (2 round) 17.60% (1 round) 28.25% (2 round) Georges Marchais (cropped 2).JPG 120 120 160 0 0 Georges Marchais French Communist Party none 27 seats, 11.3% 24 3 2,336,254 (1 round) 951,213 (2 round) 9.18% (1 round) 4.61% (2 round) Jean-Marie Le Pen 1994 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jean-Marie Le Pen National Front (France) 1 seat, 9.7% 0 1 3,159,477 (1 round) 1,168,150 (2 round) 12.42% (1 round) 5.66% (2 round) Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy Socialist Party (France) Edouard Balladur Rally for the Republic elected members outgoing members 350px First round results by constituency 350px Second round results by constituency 2 Legislative elections were held in France on 21 and 28 March 1993,http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2113_93.htm Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. 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). The Socialist Party (PS) was further weakened by scandals (involving illicit financing, contaminated blood and other affairs) and an intense rivalry between François Mitterrand's potential successors Lionel Jospin and Laurent Fabius. In March 1992 the Socialists were punished at the regional and cantonal elections and the following month Prime Minister Édith Cresson was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy. The latter promised to fight against economic recession and corruption, but he was himself suspected to have received a loan from a controversial businessman, Roger-Patrice Pelat. 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 Jacques Chirac demanded President Mitterrand's resignation and refused to be Prime Minister in a new "cohabitation" government. Finally, he suggested the nomination of his former RPR Finance Minister Edouard Balladur at the head of the government. Balladur promised publicly that he would not run against Chirac for the next presidential election. The second "cohabitation" finished with the 1995 presidential election. Results 320px Rally for the Republic 5188196 42 5832987 205 247 Union for French Democracy 4855274 36 5331935 177 213 Socialist Party 4476716 0 5829493 54 54 National Front 3159477 0 1168150 0 0 French Communist Party 2336254 0 951213 23 23 Miscellaneous right 1199887 2 736372 22 24 The Greens 1022749 0 20088 0 0 Miscellaneous 957711 0 0 Ecology Generation 921925 0 17403 0 0 Miscellaneous left 457193 0 448187 10 10 Far-left 451804 0 22509 0 0 Movement of Radicals of the Left 228758 0 237622 6 6 Regionalists 116474 0 36971 0 0 Far-right 69985 0 0 1417774 2169371 38968660 33773804 IPU, National Assembly Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly #F8F9FA 23 French Communist Party 23 Republic and Liberty Group #800080 57 Socialist Party (France) 257 Rally for the Republic 215 Union for French Democracy 2 Non-Inscrits 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 purple Communist Group 22 1 23 Non-Inscrits 2 0 2 IPU See also List of deputies of the 10th National Assembly of France References Legislative Category:Legislative elections in France Legislative