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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections: National
Assembly, 5-year term, two-tiered single-member majority system |
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· President:
Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) · Prime Minister: François Fillon (UMP)
· Government: UMP,
NC, MPF |
| Party |
Ideology, Affiliation,
Founding |
2007 |
Seats |
2002 |
Seats |
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Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
(UMP) 
Union for a Popular Movement |
Liberal conservatism;
Christian democracy, Gaullism |
EPP, CDI, IDU
2002 |
39,5% |
313 |
33,3% |
357 |
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Parti Socialiste (PS)
Socialist
Party |
Social democracy
|
PES, SI
1969 |
24,7% |
186 |
24,1% |
141 |
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Mouvement Démocrate
(MoDem)
Democratic Movement
(2002: UDF) |
Centrism; Social
liberalism
|
EDP
2007 |
7,6% |
3 |
4,9% |
29 |
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Parti
Communiste Français (PCF)
French Communist Party
|
Communism
|
EL
1921 |
4,3% |
15 |
4,8% |
21 |
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Front National (FN)
National
Front |
Nationalism;
Radical
right
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AENM
1972 |
4,3% |
- |
11,3% |
- |
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Les Verts
(VERTS)
The Greens
|
Green politics
|
EGP, GG
1984 |
3,3% |
4 |
4,5% |
3 |
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Nouveau
Centre (NC)
New Centre |
Centrism
|
-
2007 |
2,4% |
22 |
- |
- |
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Parti Radical de Gauche (PRG)
Radical Party of the
Left |
Social liberalism
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ELDR
1972 |
1,3% |
7 |
1,5% |
7 |
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Mouvement pour la France
(MPF)
Movement
for France |
National conservatism;
Social conservatism |
-
1994 |
1,2% |
1 |
0,8% |
1 |
| Others (incl.
'Divers Droite' + 'Divers Gauche') |
- |
- |
11,4% |
26 |
14,8% |
18 |
| Total |
- |
- |
- |
577 |
- |
577 |
| Turnout |
- |
- |
60,2% |
62,4% |
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