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Encyclopedia > European Parliament election, 1999 (France)

On June 13 1994 the fifth direct elections to the European Parliament were held in the France. Once again, abstention was very high- only 47% of eligible voters voted. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... The 1999 election was the first election for the European Parliament after the enlargement of the European Union with Austria, Finland and Sweden. ... 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. ... Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not goes to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, isnt absent during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. ...


Charles Pasqua's dissident Rally for France surpassed President Jacques Chirac's RPR, led by Nicolas Sarkozy. Minor parties, including Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions and the far-left Workers' Struggle obtained a very good score and elected 6 and 5 MEP's respectively. Charles Pasqua (born April 18, French businessman and politician. ... The Rally for France and European Independence (Rassemblement pour la France et lIndépendance de lEurope) is a political party in France of the right. ... Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. ... The Rally for the Republic, also known by its French acronym RPR (Rassemblement pour la République), was a French political party. ... Nicolas Sarkozy   (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France) is the President-Elect of France after defeating Socialist Party leader Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. ... CPNT symbol 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. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...


Results

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Summary of the 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in France
Parties and coalitions Top Candidate % Seats
Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) François Hollande 21.95 22
Rally for France (Rassemblement pour la France) Charles Pasqua 13.05 13
Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République) Nicolas Sarkozy 12.82 12
The Greens (Les Verts) Daniel Cohn-Bendit 9.72 9
Union for French Democracy (Union pour la démocratie Française) François Bayrou 9.28 9
French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) Robert Hue 6.78 6
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (Chasse, pêche, nature, traditions) Jean Saint-Josse 6.77 6
National Front (Front national) Jean-Marie Le Pen 5.69 5
Workers' Struggle (Lutte ouvrière)/Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue communiste révolutionnaire) Arlette Laguiller 5.18 5
National Republican Movement (Mouvement national républicain) Bruno Mégret 3.28 0
Others 5.48 0
Total 100 87
Abstention: 53.00% (1st round)


 
 

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