French legislative election, 1967

5 March and 12 March 1967

All 491 seats to the French National Assembly 246 seats were needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Georges Pompidou	François Mitterrand
Party	UDR	FGDS
Leader's seat	Cantal-2nd	Nièvre-3rd
Last election	268 seats	103 seats
Seats won	243^*	117
Seat change	25	14
Popular vote	8,448,082 (1st round) 7,972,908 (2nd round)	4,224,110 (1st round) 4,505,329 (2nd round)
Percentage	37.73% (1st round) 42.60% (2nd round)	18.96% (1st round) 24.08% (2nd round)

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Waldeck Rochet	Jean Lecanuet
Party	PCF	Democratic Centre
Leader's seat	Seine-Saint-Denis	Seine-Maritime (Senator)
Last election	41 seats	60 seats (MRP and CNIP)
Seats won	73	41
Seat change	32	19
Popular vote	5,039,032 (1st round) 3,998,790 (2nd round)	2,829,995 (1st round) 1,328,777 (2nd round)
Percentage	22.51% (1st round) 21.37% (2nd round)	12.64% (1st round) 7.10% (2nd round)

^* Including Independent Republicans.

PM before election

Georges Pompidou
UDR

Elected PM

Georges Pompidou
UDR

French legislative elections took place on 5 and 12 March 1967 to elect the third National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.

In December 1965, Charles de Gaulle was re-elected President of France in the first Presidential election by universal suffrage. However, contrary to predictions, there had been a second ballot. This election marked a process of rebuilding by the opposition.

François Mitterrand's unexpected result, as De Gaulle's challenger in the second round of the presidential election, allowed him to establish himself as the leader of the non-Communist Left. He led the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (FGDS), composed of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO, socialist party), the Radical Party and several left-wing republican clubs, which concluded an electoral agreement with the French Communist Party (PCF).

The centrist and right-wing opposition to de Gaulle gathered in the Democratic Centre led by Jean Lecanuet, the "third man" of 1965 presidential election. However some centrists refused to integrate into this group and joined the Gaullist Party, which became the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (UD5)

Prime Minister Georges Pompidou led the campaign of the incumbent majority, but this was divided. In January 1966, a cabinet reshuffle took place. The Independent Republicans (RI) leader and Economy minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was dismissed from the cabinet. His group stayed in the Presidential Majority but with a more critical position. He summed up this attitude by a "yes, but..." to Gaullist policies.

The result of the first round was perceived as a punishment against the Presidential Majority, which obtained a surprisingly low result. The outcome of the second round depended on the centrist voters. The Gaullists warned voters against a return to the Fourth Republic, political instability and "Communist danger". The alliance between centrists and the candidates of the Presidential Majority in some constituencies explained the victory of the Right in the second round.

The Left improved in comparison with the previous legislative election and the Presidential Majority won with only a one-seat majority. The centrist deputies were not numerous enough numerous to force the Gaullists to make compromises. Georges Pompidou was confirmed as Prime Minister of a UDR-RI cabinet.

Results


Parties and coalitions			1st round		2nd round		Total seats
Parties and coalitions			Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
	Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Cinquième République) - Independent Republicans (Républicains indépendants) Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Cinquième République) Independent Republicans (Républicains indépendants)	UDVeR-RI	8,448,082	37.73	7,972,908	42.60	243 201 42
	Democratic Centre (Centre démocrate)	CD	2,829,995	12.64	1,328,777	7.10	41
	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	1,140,748	5.10	702,352	3.73	9
Total Right ("Presidential Majority" and CD)			12,418,825	55.47	10,004,037	53.43	293
	French Communist Party (Parti communiste français)	PCF	5,039,032	22.51	3,998,790	21.37	73
	Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste)	FGDS	4,224,110	18.96	4,505,329	24.08	117
	Unified Socialist Party (Parti socialiste unifié)	PSU	495,412	2.21	173,466	0.93	4
Total Left			9,758,554	43.68	8,677,585	46.38	194
	Republican Alliance for the Progress and Liberties (Alliance républicaine pour le progrès et les libertés)	ARPL	191,232	0.85	28,347	0.15	-
	Total		22,389,514	100.00	18,333,791	100.00	487
Abstention: 19.08% (1st round); 31.27% (2nd round)

Popular vote (first round)

UDVR-RI			37.73%
PCF			22.51%
FGDS			18.96%
CD			12.64%
DVD			5.10%
PSU			2.21%
Others			0.85%

3rd National Assembly by Parliamentary Group

	Members	Caucusing	Total
UDR Group	180	20	200
FGDS Group	116	5	121
Communist Group	71	2	73
Independent Republicans Group	39	3	42
Progress and Modern Democracy Group	38	3	41
Non-Inscrits	9	0	9
Total:	453	33	486

One seat vacant (Côte française des Somalis)

Elections and referendums in France

Presidential	1848 1965 1969 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2007 2012 2017

Parliamentary	1791 1792 1795 1798 1815 1816 1817 1819 1820 1824 1827 1830 1831 1834 1837 1839 1842 1846 1848 1849 1852 1857 1863 1869 1871 1876 1877 1881 1885 1889 1893 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1919 1924 1928 1932 1936 1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 1958 1962 1967 1968 1973 1978 1981 1986 1988 1993 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017

Regional	1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2015

Departemental	1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1994 1998 2001 2004 2008 2011 2015

Municipal	1959 1965 1971 1977 1983 1989 1995 2001 2008 2014

European	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1793 1795 1800 1802 1804 1815 1851 1852 1870 1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1961 1962 (Jun) 1962 (Oct) 1969 1972 1988 1992 2000 2005

See also: Indirect presidential and Senate elections Elections in French Guiana French Polynesia Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna

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