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France 1967 legislative election

What was the result of the 1967 legislative election in France?

Gaullist Party won 191 of 470 seats with 33.0% of the vote. 81.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Gaullist Party won 191 of 470 seats with 33.0% of the vote; 81.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 12.4 points on 1962.

  • Gaullist Party 191 −39 seats 33.0% −0.7 points
  • French Communist Party 72 +31 seats 22.5% +0.6 points
  • Socialist Party 118 +54 seats 18.9% +6.5 points
  • Democratic Centre 38 14.1%
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy 41 +23 seats 5.5% +3.2 points
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants 7 −25 seats 3.3% −8.2 points
  • Unified Socialist Party 3 +1 seat 2.1% +0.1 points
  • other far-right 0 0 seats 0.6% +0.1 points
  • 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 1962 legislative election, party by party.

236 of 470 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.0%

    Share of the vote won by Gaullist Party

    Gaullist Party won 191 of 470 seats. A majority needs 236.

  2. +54 seats

    Seats gained by Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1962. Gaullist Party lost 39 seats.

  3. 81.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 12.4 points on 1962.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Gaullist Party191−3933.0−0.77,378,089
French Communist Party72+3122.5+0.65,039,032
Socialist Party118+5418.9+6.54,231,173
Democratic Centre3814.13,155,367
Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy41+235.5+3.21,230,870
National Centre of Independents and Peasants7−253.3−8.2729,980
Unified Socialist Party3+12.1+0.1473,846
other far-right000.6+0.1124,862

± is the change against the France 1962 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Gaullist Party 7,378,089
  • French Communist Party 5,039,032
  • Socialist Party 4,231,173
  • Democratic Centre 3,155,367
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy 1,230,870
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants 729,980
  • Unified Socialist Party 473,846
  • other far-right 124,862

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?

81.1% of the 28,242,549 registered voters cast a ballot (22,910,839 ballots), up 12.4 points on 1962. 22,389,474 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1956 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Gaullist Party33.0% of votes40.6% of seats
  • Socialist Party18.9% of votes25.1% of seats
  • French Communist Party22.5% of votes15.3% of seats
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy5.5% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Democratic Centre14.1% of votes8.1% of seats
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants3.3% of votes1.5% of seats
  • Unified Socialist Party2.1% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Gaullist Party led French Communist Party by 10.5 points of the vote.

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