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Political party strength in France

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Political party strength under Fifth Republic[1]

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The following table indicates the great officers in the French Republic :

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the :

The parties are as follows:   Left-wing (PS, LFI, EÉLV, allies, and predecessors),   Right-wing (LR, RN, allies, and predecessors),   Centrist (LREM, UDF, allies, and predecessors),   Independents.

Year Executive offices Parliament Local government European Union
President of the
Republic
Prime minister President of the
Senate
President of the
National Assembly
National
Assembly
Senate Regional
Councils
General council French delegation European commissioner
1959 Charles de Gaulle
(UNR-UDR)
Michel Debré
(UNR)
Gaston Monnerville
(PRRS)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(UNR-UDR)
494 - 52 161 - 148 Creation of
Regional
Councils
1960
1961
1962 Georges Pompidou
(UNR)
324 - 152 152 - 122
1963
1964
1965 147 - 127
1966
1967 293 - 194
1968 Maurice Couve
(UNR-UDR)
Alain Poher[2]
(CD-CDS)
396 - 91 156 - 127
1969 Georges Pompidou
(UDR)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(UDR)
Achille Peretti
(UDR)
1970
1971 159 - 124
1972 Pierre Messmer
(UDR)
1973 Edgar Faure
(UDR)
314 - 176
1974 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
(IR-RP-UDF)
Jacques Chirac
(RPR)
157 - 126
1975
1976 Raymond Barre
(IR-UDF)
1977 161 - 134
1978 Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(RPR)
287 - 200
1979
1980 160 - 144
1981 François Mitterrand
(PS)
Pierre Mauroy
(PS)
Louis Mermaz
(PS)
333 - 158
1982
1983 179 - 138
1984 Laurent Fabius
(PS)
1985
1986 Jacques Chirac
(RPR)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(RPR)
290 - 248 201 - 118 20 - 2
1987
1988 Michel Rocard
(PS)
Laurent Fabius
(PS)
276 - 271
1989 211 - 110
1990
1991 Édith Cresson
(PS)
1992 Pierre Beregovoy
(PS)
René Monory
(CDS-FD)
Henri Emmanuelli
(PS)
203 - 118 20 - 2
1993 Edouard Balladur
(RPR)
Philippe Séguin
(RPR)
485 - 91
1994 41 R - 35 L
1995 Jacques Chirac
(RPR-UMP)
Alain Juppé
(RPR)
199 - 122 Édith
Cresson

(PS)
Y-T
De Silguy

(Ind)
1996
1997 Lionel Jospin
(PS)
Laurent Fabius
(PS)
320 - 253
1998 Christian Poncelet
(RPR-UMP)
200 – 121 14 R - 8 L 63 R - 36 L
1999 40 R - 37 L Pascal
Lamy

(PS)
Michel
Barnier

(UMP)
2000 Raymond Forni
(PS)
2001 189 – 131 59 R - 40 L
2002 Jean-Pierre Raffarin
(UMP)
Jean-Louis Debré[3]
(UMP)
399 - 178
2003
2004 189 - 142 20 L - 2 R 50 L - 49 R 40 L - 31 R Jacques Barrot
(UMP)
2005 Dominique de Villepin
(UMP)
2006
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy
(UMP)
François Fillon
(UMP)
Bernard Accoyer
(UMP)
345 - 227
2008 Gérard Larcher
(UMP)
180 - 163 57 L - 42 R
2009 33 L - 30 R Michel Barnier
(UMP)
2010 21 L - 1 R
2011 Jean-Pierre Bel
(PS)
177 - 171 61 L - 39 R
2012 François Hollande
(PS)
Jean-Marc Ayrault
(PS)
Claude Bartolone
(PS)
331 - 229
2013
2014 Manuel Valls
(PS)
Gérard Larcher
(LR)
187 R - 152 L 51 R - 23 L Pierre Moscovici
(PS)
2015 8 R - 7 L 69 R - 31 L
2016
2017 Emmanuel Macron
(LREM)
Édouard Philippe
(Horizons)
François de Rugy
(PÉ)
351 C - 146 R - 72 L 206 R - 114 L
2018 Richard Ferrand
(LREM)
2019 31 R - 25 C - 23 L Thierry Breton
(Ind)
2020 Jean Castex
(Ind)
215 R - 107 L
2021 8 L - 7 R - 1 C 65 R - 26 L - 4 C
2022 Élisabeth Borne
(LREM-TdP)
Yaël Braun-Pivet
(LREM)
249 C - 164 R - 154 L

Notes

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  1. ^ The distribution of duties under the Fifth Republic
  2. ^ Alain Poher served as Acting President in 1969 and 1974
  3. ^ From March to June 2007, Patrick Ollier replaced Debré as National Assembly President

See also

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