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|
France 1988 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
National
Assembly
|
|
Dates of
Election
|
June
15 and 12, 1988
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
577
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
5
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
|
Parties
of the Left
|
| Socialist
Party (PS) |
262
|
36.6%
|
| French
Communist Party (PCF) |
27
|
11.2%
|
| Left
Radical Movement (MRG) |
9
|
1.2%
|
| Other
leftist |
7
|
-
|
|
Parties
of the Right
|
| Union
for French Democracy UDF) |
130
|
18.6%
|
 |
Republican
Party (PR) |
|
58
|
|
-
|
| Social
Democratic Center (CDS) |
49
|
-
|
| Radical
Party (RRRS) |
3
|
-
|
| Social
Democratic Party (PSD) |
3
|
-
|
| Others |
17
|
-
|
| Rally
for the Republic (RPR) |
129
|
-
|
| National
Front |
1
|
9.8%
|
| Other
rightist |
12
|
-
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1989, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1989.
# Source: T. Thomas Mackie
and Richard Rose. The International Almanac of Electoral History. (3rd edition)
Basingstoke: Hampshire Macmillan, 1991.
| Population
Size |
56
118 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
36
977 321
|
|
Total Votes
|
24
472 329
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
66.2%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
2.0%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: France. [Internet]. International IDEA. 18 March 2002.
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