Jump to content

13th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from 13th Legislature (France))

The 13th legislature of the French Fifth Republic was the parliamentary cycle started in June 2007 and lasted until June 2012. It was created after the 2007 legislative election that took place on 10 and 17 June 2007. The parliamentary majority belonged to the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), and supported the François Fillon government.

Composition

[edit]
PartyFirst roundSecond roundTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Union for a Popular Movement10,289,73739.54989,460,71046.36215313
Socialist Party6,436,52024.7318,624,86142.27185186
UDF–Democratic Movement1,981,1077.610100,1150.4933
National Front1,116,1364.29017,1070.0800
French Communist Party1,115,6634.290464,7392.281515
Miscellaneous far-left888,2503.4100
The Greens845,9773.25090,9750.4544
Miscellaneous right641,8422.472238,5881.1779
Presidential majority[a]616,4402.378433,0572.121422
Miscellaneous left513,4071.970503,5562.471515
Radical Party of the Left343,5651.320333,1941.6377
Movement for France312,5811.2011
Miscellaneous267,7601.03033,0680.1611
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions213,4270.8200
Ecologists208,4560.8000
Regionalists and separatists[b]133,4730.510106,4840.5211
Miscellaneous far-right102,1240.3900
Total26,026,465100.0011020,406,454100.00467577
Valid votes26,026,46598.1320,406,45496.58
Invalid/blank votes495,3571.87722,5853.42
Total votes26,521,822100.0021,129,039100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,895,83360.4235,225,24859.98
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ^ Including New Centre, which won 20 of the 22 seats.[1]
  2. ^ Seat won by the Martinican Independence Movement

13th Assembly by Parliamentary Group

[edit]
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

  1. ^ "Elections held in 2007". Inter-Parliamentary Union.