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France 1993 legislative election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Rally for the Republic won 248 of 577 seats with 20.4% of the vote; 68.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.5 points on 1988.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Rally for the Republic248+12520.4+1.25,188,196
Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement215+8519.1+0.34,855,274
Socialist Party55−20517.6−17.34,476,716
National Rally0−112.4+2.63,159,477
French Communist Party2409.2−2.02,336,254
The Greens07.61,943,774
other right22+144.7+2.21,199,887
Other parties (seats only)13.7957,711
Party of Presidential Majority6+61.8+0.3457,193
other far-left01.8451,804
Radical Party of the Left6−30.9−0.3228,758
Ecology Generation0

± is the change against the France 1988 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Rally for the Republic 5,188,196
  • Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement 4,855,274
  • Socialist Party 4,476,716
  • National Rally 3,159,477
  • French Communist Party 2,336,254
  • The Greens 1,943,774
  • other right 1,199,887
  • Other parties (seats only) 957,711
  • Party of Presidential Majority 457,193
  • other far-left 451,804
  • Radical Party of the Left 228,758
  • Ecology Generation

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

68.6% of the 38,968,660 registered voters cast a ballot (26,725,840 ballots), up 2.5 points on 1988. 25,442,403 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Rally for the Republic20.4% of votes43.0% of seats
  • Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement19.1% of votes37.3% of seats
  • Socialist Party17.6% of votes9.5% of seats
  • French Communist Party9.2% of votes4.2% of seats
  • other right4.7% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Party of Presidential Majority1.8% of votes1.0% of seats
  • Radical Party of the Left0.9% of votes1.0% of seats
  • National Rally12.4% of votes0.0% of seats
  • The Greens7.6% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 24.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.0 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Rally for the Republic led Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement by 1.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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