Parties and Elections in Europe

FRANCE

Legislative elections: National Assembly, 5-year term, two-tiered single-member plurality system (FPTP):

· President: François Hollande (PS) · Prime Minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS) · Government: PS, EELV, PRG

Party				2012	Seats	2007	Seats
	Parti Socialiste (PS) Socialist Party	Social democracy Democratic socialism	1969/1905' PES SI	29,4%	280	24,7%	186
	Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) Union for a Popular Movement	Gaullism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy	2002 EPP CDI IDU	27,1%	194	39,5%	313
	Front National (FN) National Front	Nationalism Right-wing extremism	1972	13,6%	2	4,3%	-
	Front de Gauche (FDG) Left Front	Communism Socialism	2008	6,9%	10	-	-
	Parti Communiste Français (PCF) French Communist Party	Communism	1921 EL	-	7	4,3%	15
	Fédération pour une Alternative Sociale et Écologique (FASE) Federation for a Social and Ecological Alternative	Eco-socialism Anti-capitalism	2008	-	2	-	-
	Parti de Gauche (PG) Left Party	Democratic socialism	2008 EL	-	1	-	-
	Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV) Europe Ecology The Greens (2007: LV)	Green politics Regionalism	2010/1984' EGP GG	5,5%	17	3,3%	4
	Nouveau Centre (NC) New Centre	Centrism	2007	2,2%	12	2,4%	22
	Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem) Democratic Movement	Centrism Social liberalism	2007 EDP AD	1,8%	2	7,6%	3
	Parti Radical de Gauche (PRG) Radical Party of the Left	Social liberalism	1972	1,7%	12	1,3%	7
	Parti Radical (PR) Radical Party	Liberalism	1901	1,2%	6	(UMP)	(20)
	Mouvement pour la France (MPF) Movement for France	National conservatism Social conservatism	1994	(DVD)	(1)	1,2%	1
Miscellaneous Right (DVD)				3,5%	15	2,0%	15
Miscellaneous Left (DVG)				3,4%	22	2,5%	9
Others				3,7%	5	6,9%	2
Total				-	577	-	577
Turnout (1st round)				57,2%		60,2%

Archive: Officeholders · Elections (1945-2007).