June 1968 French legislative election

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The June 1968 French legislative election was a snap parliamentary vote in France that resulted in a landslide victory for President Charles de Gaulle’s Gaullist party, dramatically reshaping the National Assembly in the wake of the May 1968 unrest.

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instanceOf French legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
calledBy Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
causeOfDissolution May 1968 civil unrest ⓘ
May 1968 events in France ⓘ
chronology took place one year after the 1967 French legislative election ⓘ
constitutionalFramework Constitution of the Fifth French Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
electoralSystem two-round system ⓘ
endDate 1968-06-30 ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
historicalContext held shortly after May 1968 protests in France ⓘ
impact strengthened presidential majority ⓘ
weakened extra-parliamentary opposition ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of France ⓘ
location France ⓘ
mainOppositionParty French Communist Party ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyAbbreviation PCF ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyLeader Waldeck Rochet ⓘ
mainWinningAlliance presidential majority ⓘ
mainWinningParty Union for the Defence of the Republic ⓘ
mainWinningPartyAbbreviation UDR ⓘ
mainWinningPartyIdeology Gaullism ⓘ
mainWinningPartyLeader Georges Pompidou ⓘ
mainWinningPartyPoliticalPosition centre-right to right-wing ⓘ
majoritySeats 244 ⓘ
nextElection 1973 French legislative election ⓘ
numberOfRounds 2 ⓘ
otherMajorParty Democratic Centre ⓘ
French Section of the Workers' International ⓘ
otherMajorPartyAbbreviation SFIO ⓘ
otherMajorPartyLeader Guy Mollet ⓘ
Jean Lecanuet ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm 4th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
politicalSystem French Fifth Republic ⓘ
previousElection 1967 French legislative election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Maurice Couve de Murville ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Georges Pompidou ⓘ
reasonForElection dissolution of the National Assembly ⓘ
resultEffectOnAssembly large Gaullist majority in the National Assembly ⓘ
resultEffectOnLeft significant losses for left-wing parties ⓘ
resultSummary landslide victory for Gaullist forces ⓘ
snapElectionReason restore authority after May 1968 unrest ⓘ
startDate 1968-06-23 ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 487 ⓘ
typeOfElection snap election ⓘ
voterTurnoutFirstRound around 77% ⓘ
voterTurnoutSecondRound around 69% ⓘ

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May 1968 protests in France → ledTo → June 1968 French legislative election ⓘ