France 1958 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Gaullist Party won 198 of 465 seats with 20.6% of the vote; 77.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.5 points on 1956.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaullist Party | 198 | +182 | 20.6 | +16.6 | 4,229,145 |
| National Centre of Independents and Peasants | 133 | +38 | 20.0 | +5.0 | 4,091,120 |
| French Communist Party | 10 | −137 | 18.9 | −7.0 | 3,870,184 |
| Socialist Party | 44 | −44 | 15.5 | +0.3 | 3,171,459 |
| Popular Republican Movement | 57 | −14 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 2,272,643 |
| Radical Party | 23 | −50 | 9.7 | −1.4 | 1,977,710 |
| Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans | 0 | −51 | 1.5 | −10.2 | 301,371 |
| Union of the Democratic Forces | 0 | 1.2 | 248,262 | ||
| other far-right | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | −0.1 | 225,273 |
± is the change against the France 1956 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Gaullist Party 4,229,145
- National Centre of Independents and Peasants 4,091,120
- French Communist Party 3,870,184
- Socialist Party 3,171,459
- Popular Republican Movement 2,272,643
- Radical Party 1,977,710
- Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans 301,371
- Union of the Democratic Forces 248,262
- other far-right 225,273
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
For France ParlGov gives the first round's votes and the seats after the second round.
Share of the vote
Turnout
77.2% of the 27,244,992 registered voters cast a ballot (21,026,543 ballots), down 5.5 points on 1956. 20,492,368 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Gaullist Party20.6% of votes42.6% of seats
- National Centre of Independents and Peasants20.0% of votes28.6% of seats
- Popular Republican Movement11.1% of votes12.3% of seats
- Socialist Party15.5% of votes9.5% of seats
- Radical Party9.7% of votes4.9% of seats
- French Communist Party18.9% of votes2.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 21.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.1 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Gaullist Party led National Centre of Independents and Peasants by 0.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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