1986 French legislative election
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The French legislative elections took place on 16 March 1986 to elect the eighth
Since the 1981 election of François Mitterrand, the Presidential Majority was divided. In March 1983, Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy renounced the left's radical Common Programme which had been agreed in the 1970s. Wages and prices were frozen. This change of economic policy was justified by the will to stay in the European Monetary System. One year later, the Communist ministers refused to remain in Laurent Fabius' cabinet.[2]
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 elections, 1983 municipal elections, 1984 European Parliament election) and succeeded in forcing the government to abandon its policy of limiting the financing of private schools in 1984. The
However, France had also witnessed the electoral rise of the
While the polls indicated a win by the RPR/UDF coalition, the former UDF Prime minister
Eventually, the RPR/UDF coalition obtained only a two-seat majority. Consequently, 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 the polls had indicated. The FN was able to form a parliamentary group with its 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 abolished proportional representation for the next legislative elections. The "cohabitation" ended with the 1988 legislative election.[2]
Results
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Parties and coalitions | Abbr. | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Rally for the Republic/
Union for French Democracy Common lists |
RPR/
UDF |
6,008,612 | 21.44 | 73 RPR
74 UDF | |
Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République) | RPR | 3,143,224 | 11.22 | 76 | |
Union for French Democracy (Union pour la démocratie française) | UDF | 2,330,167 | 8.31 | 53 | |
Miscellaneous Right-wing | DVD | 1,083,711 | 3.87 | 14 | |
Total "RPR-UDF Union" (Right) | 12,565,714 | 44.84 | 290 | ||
Socialist Party (Parti socialiste)
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PS | 8,693,939 | 31.02 | 206 | |
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) | PCF | 2,739,225 | 9.78 | 35 | |
Miscellaneous Left
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DVG | 301,063 | 1.07 | 5 | |
Movement of Left Radicals (Mouvement des radicaux de gauche)
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MRG | 107,769 | 0.38 | 2 | |
UNG (Aimé Césaire, Martinique) | UNG | 56,044 | 0.20 | 0 | |
Total Left ("Presidential Majority" and PCF) | 11,898,040 | 42.45 | 248 | ||
National Front (Front national and Rassemblement national)
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FN | 2,703,442 | 9.65 | 35 | |
Far-Left | EXG | 430,352 | 1.54 | - | |
Ecologists | ECO | 340,109 | 1.21 | - | |
Far-Right
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EXD | 57,432 | 0.20 | - | |
Regionalists | REG | 28,379 | 0.10 | - | |
Total | 28,024,168 | 100.00 | 573 | ||
Abstention: 22.00% |
8th Assembly by Parliamentary Group
Group | Members | Caucusing | Total | |
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Socialist Group | 196 | 16 | 212 | |
RPR Group | 147 | 8 | 155 | |
UDF Group | 114 | 17 | 131 | |
Communist Group | 32 | 3 | 35 | |
FN Group
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32 | 3 | 35 | |
Non-Inscrits | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
Total: | 557 | 20 | 577 |
References
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- ^ a b c d "Thirty years on, Mitterrand mania grips France". France 24. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2022.