1999 European Parliament election in France
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All 87 French seats in the European Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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European Parliament elections were held in France on 13 June 1999. Once again,
In a major surprise and historical upset for the government,
The New Union for French Democracy (Nouvelle UDF), led by François Bayrou ran independently of the RPR, contrary to Chirac's wishes, for the first time since 1984. Bayrou won a relatively good result, 9.28%, allowing him to pursue his more independent political strategy (slowly distancing the party from the RPR) within the New UDF.
The other winner of the election were The Greens led by Franco-German green politician Daniel Cohn-Bendit, whose list won 9.72%, the party's second-best result after 1989.
Minor parties, including the agrarian populist
The far-right
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| PS–MDC–PRG | 3,874,231 | 21.95 | 22 | –6 | |
| Rally for France–Movement for France | 2,304,544 | 13.06 | 13 | 0 | |
| Rally for the Republic–Liberal Democracy | 2,263,201 | 12.82 | 12 | –2 | |
| The Greens | 1,715,729 | 9.72 | 9 | +9 | |
| Union for French Democracy | 1,638,999 | 9.29 | 9 | –5 | |
| French Communist Party | 1,196,491 | 6.78 | 6 | –1 | |
| Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 1,195,863 | 6.78 | 6 | +6 | |
| National Front | 1,005,285 | 5.70 | 5 | –6 | |
| Lutte Ouvrière–Revolutionary Communist League | 914,811 | 5.18 | 5 | +5 | |
| National Republican Movement | 578,837 | 3.28 | 0 | New | |
| Less Taxes Now! | 312,450 | 1.77 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Ecological Movement | 268,038 | 1.52 | 0 | New | |
| Fight for Jobs | 178,064 | 1.01 | 0 | New | |
| Living Energy–France | 124,561 | 0.71 | 0 | New | |
| Natural Law Party | 71,409 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Humanist Party | 1,995 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Martiniquean Liberal Movement | 1,707 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Nationalist League | 683 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Life Policy for Europe | 274 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Federalist Party | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 17,647,172 | 100.00 | 87 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 17,647,172 | 94.04 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,118,983 | 5.96 | |||
| Total votes | 18,766,155 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 40,132,517 | 46.76 | |||
| Source: France Politique | |||||
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