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France 1962 legislative election

What was the result of the 1962 legislative election in France?

Gaullist Party won 230 of 465 seats with 33.7% of the vote. 68.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Gaullist Party won 230 of 465 seats with 33.7% of the vote; 68.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.5 points on 1958.

  • Gaullist Party 230 +32 seats 33.7% +13.1 points
  • French Communist Party 41 +31 seats 21.9% +3.0 points
  • Socialist Party 64 +20 seats 12.4% −3.1 points
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants 32 −101 seats 11.5% −8.5 points
  • Popular Republican Movement 37 −20 seats 7.8% −3.3 points
  • Radical Party 41 +18 seats 7.4% −2.3 points
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy 18 2.3%
  • Unified Socialist Party 2 2.0%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the France 1958 legislative election, party by party.

233 of 465 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.7%

    Share of the vote won by Gaullist Party

    Gaullist Party won 230 of 465 seats. A majority needs 233.

  2. +32 seats

    Seats gained by Gaullist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1958. National Centre of Independents and Peasants lost 101 seats.

  3. 68.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 8.5 points on 1958.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Gaullist Party230+3233.7+13.16,177,841
French Communist Party41+3121.9+3.04,010,463
Socialist Party64+2012.4−3.12,279,209
National Centre of Independents and Peasants32−10111.5−8.52,111,167
Popular Republican Movement37−207.8−3.31,443,838
Radical Party41+187.4−2.31,360,465
Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy182.3427,821
Unified Socialist Party22.0363,842
other far-right000.5−0.688,326

± is the change against the France 1958 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Gaullist Party 6,177,841
  • French Communist Party 4,010,463
  • Socialist Party 2,279,209
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants 2,111,167
  • Popular Republican Movement 1,443,838
  • Radical Party 1,360,465
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy 427,821
  • Unified Socialist Party 363,842
  • other far-right 88,326

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

For France ParlGov gives the first round's votes and the seats after the second round.

How many people voted?

68.7% of the 27,540,358 registered voters cast a ballot (18,918,154 ballots), down 8.5 points on 1958. 18,333,788 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Gaullist Party33.7% of votes49.5% of seats
  • Socialist Party12.4% of votes13.8% of seats
  • French Communist Party21.9% of votes8.8% of seats
  • Radical Party7.4% of votes8.8% of seats
  • Popular Republican Movement7.8% of votes8.0% of seats
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants11.5% of votes6.9% of seats
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy2.3% of votes3.9% of seats
  • Unified Socialist Party2.0% of votes0.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Gaullist Party led French Communist Party by 11.8 points of the vote.

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