1989 European Parliament election in France
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On 15 June 1989 the third direct elections to the European Parliament were held in the France. Six lists were able to win seats: an alliance of the centre right Union for French Democracy and the Gaullist Rally for the Republic, an alliance of the Socialist Party and the Parti Radical de Gauche, The Greens, the French Communist Party, the Front National and a list of dissenting members of the Union for French Democracy. 48.8% 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) + Rally for the Republic (RPR) | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 5,242,038 | 28.88 | 26 | 15 ![]() | |||||
Socialist Party (PS) | Laurent Fabius | 4,286,354 | 23.61 | 22 | 2 ![]() | |||||
National Front (FN) | Jean-Marie Le Pen | 2,129,668 | 11.73 | 10 | 0 ![]() | |||||
The Greens (VERTS) | Antoine Waechter | 1,922,945 | 10.59 | 9 | 9 ![]() | |||||
Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDFD) | Simone Veil | 1,529,346 | 8.43 | 7 | 7 ![]() | |||||
Communist Party (PCF) | Philippe Herzog | 1,401,171 | 7.72 | 7 | 3 ![]() | |||||
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT) | André Goustat | 749,741 | 4.13 | 0 | 0 ![]() | |||||
Workers' Struggle (LO) | Arlette Laguiller | 258,663 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 ![]() | |||||
Ecologists (LAPAE) | Arlette Alessandri | 188,573 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 ![]() | |||||
Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | — | 0 | — | |||||||
Valid votes | 18,151,416 | 97.11 | ||||||||
Blank and invalid votes | 539,276 | 2.89 | ||||||||
Totals | 18,690,692 | 100.00 | — | 81 | — | |||||
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 38,297,496 | 48.80 | ||||||||
Source: France-politique.fr |