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France 1968 legislative election

What was the result of the 1968 legislative election in France?

Gaullist Party won 282 of 470 seats with 38.0% of the vote. 79.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Gaullist Party won 282 of 470 seats with 38.0% of the vote; 79.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 1967.

  • Gaullist Party 282 +91 seats 38.0% +5.0 points
  • French Communist Party 33 −39 seats 20.0% −2.5 points
  • Socialist Party 57 −61 seats 16.5% −2.4 points
  • Democratic Centre 26 −12 seats 10.5% −3.6 points
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy 64 +23 seats 8.4% +2.9 points
  • Unified Socialist Party 0 −3 seats 3.9% +1.8 points
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants 8 +1 seat 1.9% −1.4 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 1967 legislative election, party by party.

236 of 470 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.0%

    Share of the vote won by Gaullist Party

    Gaullist Party won 282 of 470 seats. A majority needs 236.

  2. +91 seats

    Seats gained by Gaullist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1967. Socialist Party lost 61 seats.

  3. 79.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.3 points on 1967.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Gaullist Party282+9138.0+5.08,422,413
French Communist Party33−3920.0−2.54,434,831
Socialist Party57−6116.5−2.43,662,443
Democratic Centre26−1210.5−3.62,319,118
Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy64+238.4+2.91,863,371
Unified Socialist Party0−33.9+1.8862,515
National Centre of Independents and Peasants8+11.9−1.4428,872

± is the change against the France 1967 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Gaullist Party 8,422,413
  • French Communist Party 4,434,831
  • Socialist Party 3,662,443
  • Democratic Centre 2,319,118
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy 1,863,371
  • Unified Socialist Party 862,515
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants 428,872

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?

79.9% of the 28,178,087 registered voters cast a ballot (22,500,524 ballots), down 1.3 points on 1967. 22,117,138 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Gaullist Party38.0% of votes60.0% of seats
  • Independent Republicans / Liberal Democracy8.4% of votes13.6% of seats
  • Socialist Party16.5% of votes12.1% of seats
  • French Communist Party20.0% of votes7.0% of seats
  • Democratic Centre10.5% of votes5.5% of seats
  • National Centre of Independents and Peasants1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Unified Socialist Party3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 19.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Gaullist Party led French Communist Party by 18.0 points of the vote.

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