France 1979 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement won 25 of 81 seats with 27.6% of the vote; 60.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement | 25 | 27.6 | 5,588,851 |
| Socialist Partywith Radical Party of the Left | 22 | 23.5 | 4,763,026 |
| French Communist Party | 19 | 20.5 | 4,153,710 |
| Rally for the Republic | 15 | 16.3 | 3,301,980 |
| The Greens | 0 | 4.4 | 888,134 |
| Lutte Ouvrièrewith Revolutionary Communist League | 0 | 3.1 | 623,663 |
| Centre of Social Democrats | 0 | 1.8 | 373,259 |
| other right | 0 | 1.4 | 283,144 |
| Party of New Forces | 0 | 1.3 | 265,911 |
Votes by party
- Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement 5,588,851
- Socialist Party 4,763,026
- French Communist Party 4,153,710
- Rally for the Republic 3,301,980
- The Greens 888,134
- Lutte Ouvrière 623,663
- Centre of Social Democrats 373,259
- other right 283,144
- Party of New Forces 265,911
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.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
60.7% of the 35,180,531 registered voters cast a ballot (21,356,960 ballots). 20,242,347 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement27.6% of votes30.9% of seats
- Socialist Party23.5% of votes27.2% of seats
- French Communist Party20.5% of votes23.5% of seats
- Rally for the Republic16.3% of votes18.5% of seats
- The Greens4.4% of votes0.0% of seats
- Lutte Ouvrière3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement led Socialist Party by 4.1 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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