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France 1994 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : RPR/UDF connected list won 28 of 87 seats with 25.6% of the vote; 52.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 4.0 points on 1989.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
RPR/UDF connected listwith Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement and Rally for the Republic28+225.6−3.34,985,574
Socialist Party15−714.5−9.12,824,173
Movement for France1312.32,404,105
Radical Party of the Left1312.02,344,457
National Rally11+110.5−1.22,050,086
French Communist Party706.9−0.81,342,222
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition004.0−0.1771,061
The Greens0−93.0−7.6574,806
Citizen and Republican Movement02.5494,986
Lutte Ouvrière002.3+0.8442,723
Ecology Generation02.0392,291
other left01.6305,633

± is the change against the France 1989 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • RPR/UDF connected list 4,985,574
  • Socialist Party 2,824,173
  • Movement for France 2,404,105
  • Radical Party of the Left 2,344,457
  • National Rally 2,050,086
  • French Communist Party 1,342,222
  • Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition 771,061
  • The Greens 574,806
  • Citizen and Republican Movement 494,986
  • Lutte Ouvrière 442,723
  • Ecology Generation 392,291
  • other left 305,633

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

52.8% of the 39,019,797 registered voters cast a ballot (20,584,980 ballots), up 4.0 points on 1989. 19,487,470 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • RPR/UDF connected list25.6% of votes32.2% of seats
  • Socialist Party14.5% of votes17.2% of seats
  • Movement for France12.3% of votes14.9% of seats
  • Radical Party of the Left12.0% of votes14.9% of seats
  • National Rally10.5% of votes12.6% of seats
  • French Communist Party6.9% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition4.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • The Greens3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Citizen and Republican Movement2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Lutte Ouvrière2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Ecology Generation2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.3 by votes and 5.0 by seats; RPR/UDF connected list led Socialist Party by 11.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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