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|
France 1981 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
National
Assembly
|
|
Dates of
Election
|
June
14 and 21, 1981
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
491
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
5
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
|
Parties
of the Left
|
| Socialist
Party (PS) |
269
|
37.52%
|
| Left
Radical Movement (MRG) |
14
|
| French
Communist Party (PCF) |
44
|
16.17%
|
| Other
leftist |
6
|
0.73%
|
| Parties
of the Right |
| Rally
for the Republic (RPR) |
85
|
20.81%
|
| Union
for French Democracy (UDF) |
62
|
19.20%
|
 |
Republican
Party (PR) |
|
32
|
|
-
|
| Social
Democratic Center (CDS) |
19
|
-
|
| Radical
Party (RRRS) |
2
|
-
|
| Unaffiliated |
9
|
-
|
| National
Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP) |
5
|
-
|
| Other
rightist |
6
|
-
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1984-85, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1985.
# Source: Keesing's Contemporary Archives Vol XXXII (1986): 34305.
| Population
Size |
53
966 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
35
536 041
|
|
Total Votes
|
25
182 623
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
70.9%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
1.4%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: France. [Internet]. International IDEA. 18 March 2002.
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