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Encyclopedia > European Parliament election, 1994 (France)

On June 12 1994 the fourth direct elections to the European Parliament were held in the France. Six lists were able to win seats: an alliance of the centre right Union for French Democracy and the Gaullist Rally for the Republic, an alliance of the Socialist Party, the left-radical party, the French Communist Party, the Front National and a list of dissenting members of the UDF. 53.5% of the French population turned out on election day. The Greens, Lutte ouvrière and Chasse, pêche, nature, traditions did not meet the 5% treshold necessary for entrance. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1994 European Parliamentary Elections were held in June across all 12 current European Union member-states. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Political parties 8 Committees 22 Last election June 2004 (785 MEPs) Meeting place Brussels and Strasbourg Secretariat Luxembourg and Brussels Website europarl. ... The Union for French Democracy, also known by its French acronym UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française), is a French centrist political party. ... The Rally for the Republic, also known by its French acronym RPR (Rassemblement pour la République), was a French political party. ... The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste, PS) is one of the largest political parties in France. ... The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (Chính Phá»§ Cách Mạng Lâm Thời Cá»™ng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam), often abbreviated to PRG, was a underground government formed on June 8, 1969 in opposition to the anti-Communist... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Front National can mean: Front National, a right-wing French political party. ... Voters lining up outside a Baghdad polling station during the 2005 Iraqi election. ... Les Verts (or The Greens) are an ecologist political party to the left of the political spectrum in France. ... Workers Struggle (Lutte Ouvrière) is the usual name under which the Communist Union (Trotskyist) (Union Communiste (Trotskyste)), a French Trotskyist political party, is known (technically, it is the name of the weekly paper edited by the party). ... Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (French: Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions) is a French political party of the right, which aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. ...


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Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in France
Parties and coalitions Top Candidate % Seats +/-
Rally for the Republic/Union for French Democracy (Rassemblement pour la République/Union pour la Démocratie Française) Dominique Baudis 25.7 28 +2
Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste) Michel Rocard 14.5 15 -7
Movement for France and UDF dissidents (Mouvement pour la France) Philippe de Villiers 12.3 13 +6*
Radical Movement of the Left (Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche) Bernard Tapie 12.0 13 +13
National Front (Front national) Jean-Marie Le Pen 10.5 11 +1
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) Francis Wurtz 6.9 7 +/-0
Others 18.1 0 -9
Total 100 87 +6
Abstention: 46.5%


 
 

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