Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left

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Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left
Abbreviation	FGDS
Leader	François Mitterrand
Founded	1965
Dissolved	1969
Succeeded by	Socialist Party
Ideology	Socialism Factions: Democratic socialism Radicalism Social liberalism Republicanism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing[1]
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste or FGDS) was a conglomerate of

• the
  SFIO Socialist party led by Guy Mollet
• the
  Radical Party headed by René Billères
• the Convention of Republican Institutions (CIR) of François Mitterrand
• the Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs (UGCS) of Jean Poperen
• the Union of Clubs for the Renewal of the Left of Alain Savary

Before the beginning of the 1965 presidential campaign, the non-Communist left was divided. The Socialist

François Mitterrand then proposed to be candidate with a strategy of union between the left-wing forces, including the PCF. This one accepted to support his candidature. Nevertheless, in order to talk on an equal footing with the Communists, he advocated the constitution of a federation of the left-wing non-Communist forces. This strategy was confirmed by the relatively good electoral result of Mitterrand, who succeeded to prevent a re-election of De Gaulle in the first round, and obtained 45% of the votes against him in the second round. Furthermore, the PCF/FGDS electoral agreements permitted to shrink the Gaullist parliamentary majority after the 1967 legislative election. But the FGDS was divided about question of the relations with the PCF which demanded the elaboration of a common platform.

During the

National Assembly

Election year	Leader	1st round		2nd round		Seats	+/−	Government
		Votes	%	Votes	%
1967	François Mitterrand	4,224,110	18.96%	4,505,329	24.08%	117 / 491	14	Opposition
1968		3,660,250	16.53%	3,097,338	21.25%	57 / 487	60	Opposition

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