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|
France 1974 Presidential Election
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Dates of
Election
|
May
5 and 19, 1974
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
7
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes #
|
Percentage
of Votes ^
|
| Valery
Giscard d'Estaing (RI - National Federation of Independent Republicans) |
11
044 373
|
50.7%
|
| Francois
Mitterand (PS - Socialist Party) |
8
326 774
|
49.3%
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1976, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1976.
# Source: T. Thomas Mackie
and Richard Rose. The International Almanac of Electoral History. (3rd edition)
Basingstoke: Hampshire Macmillan, 1991.
^ Source: Newspaper Archive.
| Population
Size |
52
510 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
29
800 000
|
|
Total Votes
|
25
100 000 *
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
84.2%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
9.0%
|
* Total votes include
valid votes only.
Source: Voter
Turnout: France. [Internet]. International IDEA.18 March 2002.
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