Political party strength in France

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## Political party strength under Fifth Republic[1]

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The following table indicates the great officers in the French Republic :

* President of the Republic
* President of the Senate
* Prime minister
* President of the National Assembly

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the :

* Senate
* National Assembly
* Regional Council
* General Council

The parties are as follows:  Left-wing (PS, LFI, EÉLV, allies, and predecessors),  Right-wing (LR, RN, allies, and predecessors),  Centrist (LREM, UDF, allies, and predecessors),  Independents.

Year  | Executive offices  | Parliament | Local government | European Union

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President of the
Republic | Prime minister | President of the
Senate | President of the
National Assembly | National
Assembly | Senate | Regional
Councils | General council | French delegation | European commissioner
1959  | Charles de Gaulle
(UNR-UDR)  | Michel Debré
(UNR)  | Gaston Monnerville
(PRRS)  | Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(UNR-UDR)  | 494 - 52 | 161 - 148 | Creation of
Regional
Councils |
1960
1961
1962  | Georges Pompidou
(UNR)  | 324 - 152 | 152 - 122
1963
1964
1965  | 147 - 127
1966
1967  | 293 - 194
1968  | Maurice Couve
(UNR-UDR)  | Alain Poher[2]
(CD-CDS)  | 396 - 91 | 156 - 127
1969  | Georges Pompidou
(UDR)  | Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(UDR)  | Achille Peretti
(UDR)
1970
1971  | 159 - 124
1972  | Pierre Messmer
(UDR)
1973  | Edgar Faure
(UDR)  | 314 - 176
1974  | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
(IR-RP-UDF)  | Jacques Chirac
(RPR)  | 157 - 126
1975
1976  | Raymond Barre
(IR-UDF)
1977  | 161 - 134
1978  | Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(RPR)  | 287 - 200
1979
1980  | 160 - 144
1981  | François Mitterrand
(PS)  | Pierre Mauroy
(PS)  | Louis Mermaz
(PS)  | 333 - 158
1982
1983  | 179 - 138
1984  | Laurent Fabius
(PS)
1985
1986  | Jacques Chirac
(RPR)  | Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(RPR)  | 290 - 248 | 201 - 118 | 20 - 2
1987
1988  | Michel Rocard
(PS)  | Laurent Fabius
(PS)  | 276 - 271
1989  | 211 - 110
1990
1991  | Édith Cresson
(PS)
1992  | Pierre Beregovoy
(PS)  | René Monory
(CDS-FD)  | Henri Emmanuelli
(PS)  | 203 - 118 | 20 - 2
1993  | Edouard Balladur
(RPR)  | Philippe Séguin
(RPR)  | 485 - 91
1994  | 41 R - 35 L
1995  | Jacques Chirac
(RPR-UMP)  | Alain Juppé
(RPR)  | 199 - 122 | Édith
Cresson
(PS)  | Y-T
De Silguy
(Ind)
1996
1997  | Lionel Jospin
(PS)  | Laurent Fabius
(PS)  | 320 - 253
1998  | Christian Poncelet
(RPR-UMP)  | 200 – 121 | 14 R - 8 L | 63 R - 36 L
1999  | 40 R - 37 L | Pascal
Lamy
(PS)  | Michel
Barnier
(UMP)
2000  | Raymond Forni
(PS)
2001  | 189 – 131 | 59 R - 40 L
2002  | Jean-Pierre Raffarin
(UMP)  | Jean-Louis Debré[3]
(UMP)  | 399 - 178
2003
2004  | 189 - 142 | 20 L - 2 R | 50 L - 49 R | 40 L - 31 R | Jacques Barrot
(UMP)
2005  | Dominique de Villepin
(UMP)
2006
2007  | Nicolas Sarkozy
(UMP)  | François Fillon
(UMP)  | Bernard Accoyer
(UMP)  | 345 - 227
2008  | Gérard Larcher
(UMP)  | 180 - 163 | 57 L - 42 R
2009  | 33 L - 30 R | Michel Barnier
(UMP)
2010  | 21 L - 1 R
2011  | Jean-Pierre Bel
(PS)  | 177 - 171 | 61 L - 39 R
2012  | François Hollande
(PS)  | Jean-Marc Ayrault
(PS)  | Claude Bartolone
(PS)  | 331 - 229
2013
2014  | Manuel Valls
(PS)  | Gérard Larcher
(LR)  | 187 R - 152 L | 51 R - 23 L | Pierre Moscovici
(PS)
2015  | 8 R - 7 L | 69 R - 31 L
2016
2017  | Emmanuel Macron
(LREM)  | Édouard Philippe
(Horizons)  | François de Rugy
(PÉ)  | 351 C - 146 R - 72 L | 206 R - 114 L
2018  | Richard Ferrand
(LREM)
2019  | 31 R - 25 C - 23 L | Thierry Breton
(Ind)
2020  | Jean Castex
(Ind)  | 215 R - 107 L
2021  | 8 L - 7 R - 1 C | 65 R - 26 L - 4 C
2022  | Élisabeth Borne
(LREM-TdP)  | Yaël Braun-Pivet
(LREM)  | 249 C - 164 R - 154 L

## Notes

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1. ^ The distribution of duties under the Fifth Republic
2. ^ Alain Poher served as Acting President in 1969 and 1974
3. ^ From March to June 2007, Patrick Ollier replaced Debré as National Assembly President

## See also

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* Government and politics in France
* Politics of France

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