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Encyclopedia > French presidential election, 1969

Second Round

President: Georges Pompidou, Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR)
Opponent: Alain Poher
Vote: Winner: 11,064,371 (58.21%) Opponent: 7,943,118 (41.78%)

Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911 – April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... Union of Democrats for the Republic (French : Union des Démocrates pour la République), also known as the Gaullist Party was a political party of France. ... Alain Poher (April 17, 1909 - December 9, 1996) was a French politician. ...

First Round

Candidate Party Vote Percent
Georges Pompidou Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR) 10,051,816 44.46%
Alain Poher Center-right 5,268,561 23.30%
Jacques Duclos French Communist Party (PCF) 4,808,285 21.27%
Gaston Defferre Socialist 1,133,222 5.01%
Michel Rocard Unified Socialist Party (PSU) 816,471 3.61%
Louis Ducatel Independent 286,447 1.26%
Alain Krivine Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 239,106 1.05%

Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911 – April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... Union of Democrats for the Republic (French : Union des Démocrates pour la République), also known as the Gaullist Party was a political party of France. ... Alain Poher (April 17, 1909 - December 9, 1996) was a French politician. ... Jacques Duclos (1896-1975) had an outstanding French political life since 1926 when he entered the French National Assembly by beating Paul Reynaud until 1969 when he carried out a brilliant score with the presidential elections. ... During a street protest in 2005 in Paris The French Communist Party (French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. ... Michel Rocard, French politician Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament. ... 1981 presidential election poster for PSU candidate Huguette Bouchardeau Unified Socialist Party (in French: Parti socialiste unifié) was a political party in France, founded on April 3, 1960. ... Alain Krivine is a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France. ... The Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire) (LCR) is a French Trotskyist political party. ...

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1958 | 1965 | 1969 | 1974 | 1981 | 1988 | 1995 | 2002 | 2007 The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... // French politics under the Fifth Republic After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of the French Fifth Republic adopted in 1958, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations until 1981. ... The French presidential of 1958, the first of the French Fifth Republic, took place on December 21, 1958. ... Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: | | ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in France | 1988 elections ... Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ... // Second Round First Round General Summary On May 1, Labour Day, the yearly demonstrations for workers rights were compounded by protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen. ... The 2007 French presidential election will herald the first contest since Frances rejection of the European constitution in May 2005. ...


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