European Parliament election, 1979 (France)
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In 1979 the first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in France. Four parties were able to win seats: the centre right Union for French Democracy the Gaullist Rally for the Republic, the Socialist Party and the French Communist Party. 61.7% of the French population turned out on election day.
Results
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Union for French Democracy (UDF) | LDR | Simone Veil | 5,588,851 | 27.61 | — | 25 | — | |||
| Socialist Party (PS) + Movement of Left Radicals (MRG) | SOC | François Mitterrand | 4,763,026 | 23.53 | — | 22 | — | |||
| Communist Party (PCF) | COM | Georges Marchais | 4,153,710 | 20.52 | — | 19 | — | |||
| Rally for the Republic (RPR) | EPD | Jacques Chirac | 3,301,980 | 16.31 | — | 15 | — | |||
| Movement of Political Ecology (MEP) | TGI | Solange Fernex | 888,134 | 4.39 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Others | 7.68 | — | 0 | — | ||||||
| Valid votes | 20,242,347 | 94.78 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 1,114,613 | 5.22 | ||||||||
| Totals | 21,356,960 | 100.00 | — | 81 | — | |||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 35,180,531 | 60.71 | — | |||||||
| Source: France-politique.fr | ||||||||||
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