French legislative election, 1967

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French legislative election took place on March 5 and 12, 1967 to elect the 3rd National Assembly or the Fifth Republic.

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

His unexpected result permitted to François Mitterrand to became the non-Communist left leader. He led the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left and striked up an electoral agreement with the Communist Party.

The right-wing opposition to De Gaulle gathered in the Democratic Center led by Jean Lecanuet, another candidate of the 1965 presidential election.

In January 1966, a cabinet reshuffle took place. The minister of Economy Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was dismissed. He stayed in the Presidential Majority but with a more critical position. He summed up this attitud by a "yes, but..." to the Gaullist policy.

The Presidential Majority (UD5 and RI) won with only one seat of majoritry. The left improved thanks to the first attempt of reconciliation between its members. Georges Pompidou was confirmed as Prime minister.

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Parties ans coalitions		Abbr.	Votes (1st round)	% (1st round)	Seats (2nd round)
	Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Cinquième République)	UD5	7 182 473	32.1	200
	Democratic Center (Centre démocrate)	CD	2 829 998	12.6	41
	Independent Republicans (Républicains indépendants)	RI	1 266 509	5.7	42
	Miscellaneous Right-wing	DVD	821 097	3.7	9
	Total Right ("Presidential Majority" and CD)		12 100 077	54.1	292
	French Communist Party (Parti communiste français)	PCF	5 039 032	22.5	73
	Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste)	FGDS	4 224 110	19.0	116
	Unified Socialist Party (Parti socialiste unifié)	PSU	495 412	2.2	3
	Miscellaneous Left-wing	DVG	319 651	1.4	2
	Total Left		10 078 205	45.1	194
	Republican Alliance for the Progress and Liberties (Alliance républicaine pour le progrès et les libertés)	ARPL	191 412	0.9	-
	Total		22 369 514	100	486
Abstention: 19.1% (1st round); 31.3% (2nd round)