June 1968 French legislative election

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The June 1968 French legislative election was a snap parliamentary vote in France that resulted in a landslide victory for President Charles de Gaulle’s Gaullist party, dramatically reshaping the National Assembly in the wake of the May 1968 unrest.

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instanceOf French legislative election
parliamentary election
calledBy Charles de Gaulle
causeOfDissolution May 1968 civil unrest
May 1968 events in France
chronology took place one year after the 1967 French legislative election
constitutionalFramework Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
country France
electoralSystem two-round system
endDate 1968-06-30
headOfStateDuringElection Charles de Gaulle
historicalContext held shortly after May 1968 protests in France
impact strengthened presidential majority
weakened extra-parliamentary opposition
legislature National Assembly of France
location France
mainOppositionParty French Communist Party
mainOppositionPartyAbbreviation PCF
mainOppositionPartyLeader Waldeck Rochet
mainWinningAlliance presidential majority
mainWinningParty Union for the Defence of the Republic
mainWinningPartyAbbreviation UDR
mainWinningPartyIdeology Gaullism
mainWinningPartyLeader Georges Pompidou
mainWinningPartyPoliticalPosition centre-right to right-wing
majoritySeats 244
nextElection 1973 French legislative election
numberOfRounds 2
otherMajorParty Democratic Centre
French Section of the Workers' International
otherMajorPartyAbbreviation SFIO
otherMajorPartyLeader Guy Mollet
Jean Lecanuet
parliamentaryTerm 4th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic
politicalSystem French Fifth Republic
previousElection 1967 French legislative election
primeMinisterAfterElection Maurice Couve de Murville
primeMinisterBeforeElection Georges Pompidou
reasonForElection dissolution of the National Assembly
resultEffectOnAssembly large Gaullist majority in the National Assembly
resultEffectOnLeft significant losses for left-wing parties
resultSummary landslide victory for Gaullist forces
snapElectionReason restore authority after May 1968 unrest
startDate 1968-06-23
totalSeatsContested 487
typeOfElection snap election
voterTurnoutFirstRound around 77%
voterTurnoutSecondRound around 69%

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May 1968 protests in France ledTo June 1968 French legislative election