13th Legislature (France)

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The 13th Legislature of France is the current parliamentary cycle started in June 2007 and scheduled to last until June 2012. It was created after the 2007 legislative election that took place on 10 and 17 June 2007. The parliamentary majority belongs to the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), and supports the François Fillon government.

Composition

 Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly elections results
Parties and coalitions First round Second round Total
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Seats %
Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire) UMP 10,289,737 39.54% 98 9,460,710 46.36% 215 313 54.25%
New Centre (Nouveau centre) (under Majorité présidentielle banner) NC 616,440 2.37% 8 433,057 2.12% 14 22 3.81%
Miscellaneous Right (Divers droite) DVD 641,842 2.47% 2 238,588 1.17% 7 9 1.56%
Movement for France (Mouvement pour la France) MPF 312,581 1.20% 1 1 0.17%
Presidential Majority (Right) 11,860,600 45.58% 109 10,132,355 49.65% 236 345 59.79%
Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) PS 6,436,520 24.73% 1 8,624,861 42.27% 185 186 32.24%
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) PCF 1,115,663 4.29% 0 464,739 2.28% 15 15 2.60%
Miscellaneous Left (Divers gauche) DVG 513,407 1.97% 0 503,556 2.47% 15 15 2.60%
Radical Party of the Left (Parti radical de gauche) PRG 343,565 1.32% 0 333,194 1.63% 7 7 1.21%
The Greens (Les Verts) VEC 845,977 3.25% 0 90,975 0.45% 4 4 0.69%
United Left 9,255,132 35.56% 1 10,017,325 49.10% 226 227 39.34%
Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate) MoDem 1,981,107 7.61% 0 100,115 0.49% 3 3 0.52%
Regionalists and separatists REG 133,473 0.51% 0 106,484 0.52% 1 1 0.17%
Miscellaneous (Divers) DIV 267,760 1.03% 0 33,068 0.16% 1 1 0.17%
National Front (Front national) FN 1,116,136 4.29% 0 17,107 0.08% 0 0 0%
Other far-left including Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue communiste révolutionnaire) and Workers' Struggle (Lutte ouvrière) ExG 888,250 3.41% 0 0 0%
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (Chasse, pêche, nature, traditions) CPNT 213,427 0.82% 0 0 0%
Other ecologists ECO 208,456 0.80% 0 0 0%
Other far-right including National Republican Movement (Mouvement national républicain) ExD 102,124 0.39% 0 0 0%
Total 26,026,465 100% 110 20,406,454 100% 467 577 100%
Valid votes 26,026,465 98.13% 20,406,454 96.58%
Spoilt and null votes 495,357 1.87% 722,585 3.42%
Votes cast / turnout 26,521,822 60.42% 21,129,039 59.98%
Abstentions 17,374,011 39.58% 14,096,209 40.02%
Registered voters 43,895,833 35,225,248
Source: Official Voting Results: Ministry of the Interior

13th Assembly by Parliamentary Group

Group Leader Parties Seats Caucusing Total
  UMP Group (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) Jean-François Copé UMP, DVD 314 6 320
  Socialist, Radical, and Citizen Group (Groupe socialiste, radical, et citoyen) Jean-Marc Ayrault PS, PRG, DVG, MRC 186 18 204
  New Centre-Presidential Majority (Nouveau Centre-Majorité Présidentielle) François Sauvadet NC-PSLE, MAJ, DVD 20 3 23
  Democratic and Republican Left (Gauche démocrate et républicaine) Jean-Claude Sandrier PCF, VEC, DVG, MIM 24 0 24
  Non-Inscrits MoDem, DLR, MPF 6 0 6
Total: 550 27 577