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|
France 1986 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
National
Assembly
|
|
Date of Election
|
March
16 and 23, 1986
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Proportional
Representation
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
577
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
5
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Parties
of the Right |
| Joint
list of Union for French Democracy / Rally for the Republic (UDF/RPR) |
147
|
21.46%
|
| Rally
for the Republic (RPR) |
77
|
11.21%
|
| Union
for French Democracy (UDF) |
53
|
8.31%
|
| National
Front |
35
|
9.65%
|
| Other
rightist |
14
|
3.90%
|
| Parties
of the Left |
| Socialist
Party (PS) |
206
|
1.04%
|
| French
Communist Party (PCF) |
35
|
9.78%
|
| Left
Radical Movement (MRG) |
2
|
0.38%
|
| Other
leftist |
7
|
1.23%
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1988, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1988.
# Source: Keesing's Contemporary Archives Vol XXXII (1986): 34305.
| Population
Size |
55
546 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
36
614 738
|
|
Total Votes
|
28
736 080
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
78.5%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
4.3%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: France. [Internet]. International IDEA. 18 March 2002.
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