Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. In an attempt to avoid having to work with the Communists, Prime Minister Michel Rocard tried to gain support from the UDF by appointing four UDF ministers. After the UDF withdrew its support for the government in 1991, Rocard and the UDF ministers resigned. The UDF then became allied with the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR).
The Socialist Party (PS) was further weakened by scandals (involving illicit financing, contaminated blood and other affairs) and an intense rivalry between François Mitterrand's potential successors Lionel Jospin and Laurent Fabius. In March 1992 the Socialists were punished at the regional and cantonal elections and the following month Prime Minister Édith Cresson was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy. The latter promised to fight against economic recession and corruption, but he was himself suspected to have received a loan from a controversial businessman, Roger-Patrice Pelat.
The election was a landslide victory for the RPR–UDF alliance, while the PS and their left-wing allies received their worst result since the 1960s. The PS lost nearly 80% of the seats they had held at the time of the chamber's dissolution. This caused a crisis within the PS; Fabius lost his position as First Secretary in favour of Rocard, who claimed that a political "big bang" was needed. Jospin announced his political retirement after he was defeated in his Haute-Garonne constituency. Depressed by the defeat and the accusations about the loan from Pelat, Bérégovoy committed suicide on 1 May.
Some traditional PS voters voted for the Greens in the first round. These ecologists obtained a total of 11%, making this the best total score for green parties in legislative elections. However, only two ecologists qualified for the runoff, including Dominique Voynet in her constituency in the Doubsdépartement. Both of these candidates were eventually defeated. Lack of major political allies for these ecologists explained this failure to take any seats.
The RPR–UDF coalition (together with supportive right-wing parties) formed the largest parliamentary majority since 1958, taking a total of 484 of the 577 seats. The RPR leader Jacques Chirac demanded President Mitterrand's resignation and refused to be Prime Minister in a new "cohabitation" government. Finally, he suggested the nomination of his former RPR Finance Minister Edouard Balladur at the head of the government. Balladur promised publicly that he would not run against Chirac for the next presidential election. The second "cohabitation" finished with the 1995 presidential election.
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Legislative elections were held in France on 21 and 28 March 1993 1 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic 1993 French legislative election 1988 21 March 1993 first round 28 March 1993 second round 1997 All 577 seats in the National Assembly289 seats needed for a majorityTurnout68 93 first round 67 51 second round Party Leader Seats RPR Jacques Chirac 20 39 247 119 UDF Valery Giscard d Estaing 19 08 213 83 PS Pierre Beregovoy 17 60 53 209 PCF Georges Marchais 9 18 24 3 DVD 4 72 24 12 DVG 1 80 10 4 MRG Jean Francois Hory 0 90 6 3 This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Results by constituencyPrime Minister before Prime Minister afterPierre BeregovoyPS Edouard BalladurRPR Since 1988 President Francois Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority In an attempt to avoid having to work with the Communists Prime Minister Michel Rocard tried to gain support from the UDF by appointing four UDF ministers After the UDF withdrew its support for the government in 1991 Rocard and the UDF ministers resigned The UDF then became allied with the Gaullist Rally for the Republic RPR The Socialist Party PS was further weakened by scandals involving illicit financing contaminated blood and other affairs and an intense rivalry between Francois Mitterrand s potential successors Lionel Jospin and Laurent Fabius In March 1992 the Socialists were punished at the regional and cantonal elections and the following month Prime Minister Edith Cresson was replaced by Pierre Beregovoy The latter promised to fight against economic recession and corruption but he was himself suspected to have received a loan from a controversial businessman Roger Patrice Pelat The election was a landslide victory for the RPR UDF alliance while the PS and their left wing allies received their worst result since the 1960s The PS lost nearly 80 of the seats they had held at the time of the chamber s dissolution This caused a crisis within the PS Fabius lost his position as First Secretary in favour of Rocard who claimed that a political big bang was needed Jospin announced his political retirement after he was defeated in his Haute Garonne constituency Depressed by the defeat and the accusations about the loan from Pelat Beregovoy committed suicide on 1 May Some traditional PS voters voted for the Greens in the first round These ecologists obtained a total of 11 making this the best total score for green parties in legislative elections However only two ecologists qualified for the runoff including Dominique Voynet in her constituency in the Doubs departement Both of these candidates were eventually defeated Lack of major political allies for these ecologists explained this failure to take any seats The RPR UDF coalition together with supportive right wing parties formed the largest parliamentary majority since 1958 taking a total of 484 of the 577 seats The RPR leader Jacques Chirac demanded President Mitterrand s resignation and refused to be Prime Minister in a new cohabitation government Finally he suggested the nomination of his former RPR Finance Minister Edouard Balladur at the head of the government Balladur promised publicly that he would not run against Chirac for the next presidential election The second cohabitation finished with the 1995 presidential election Contents 1 Results 1 1 Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit nbsp PartyFirst roundSecond roundTotalseatsVotes SeatsVotes SeatsRally for the Republic5 188 19620 39425 832 98728 27205247Union for French Democracy4 855 27419 08365 331 93525 84177213Socialist Party4 476 71617 6005 829 49328 255454National Front3 159 47712 4201 168 1505 6600French Communist Party2 336 2549 180951 2134 612323Miscellaneous right1 199 8874 722736 3723 572224The Greens1 022 7494 02020 0880 1000Miscellaneous957 7113 7600Ecology Generation921 9253 62017 4030 0800Miscellaneous left457 1931 800448 1872 171010Far left451 8041 78022 5090 1100Movement of Radicals of the Left228 7580 900237 6221 1566Regionalists116 4740 46036 9710 1800Far right69 9850 2800Total25 442 403100 008020 632 930100 00497577Valid votes25 442 40394 7220 632 93090 49Invalid blank votes1 417 7745 282 169 3719 51Total votes26 860 177100 0022 802 301100 00Registered voters turnout38 968 66068 9333 773 80467 51Source IPU National Assembly Parliamentary groups in the National Assembly edit PartySeatsMembersCaucusingtotalRPR Group24512257UDF Group2132215Socialist Group52557Republic and Liberty Group23023Communist Group22123Non Inscrits202Total55720577Source IPUSee also editList of deputies of the 10th National Assembly of FranceReferences edit Elections held in 1993 Inter Parliamentary Union Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1993 French legislative election amp oldid 1221516525, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
