European election : France

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European election result: France (Full)

SEATS: 78

ELECTORATE: 42000000

RESULTS

		MEPs
	PARTY	+/-	TOTAL
	Parti Socialiste	11	31
	Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle	6	17
	Union Pour La Démocratie Française + Parti Radical	3	11
	Front National	2	7
	Les Verts	-2	6
	Mouvement pour la France	3	3
	Parti Communiste Français (+Independents)	-3	2
	Others (France)	1	1
	Lutte Ouvrière + Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire	-4	0
	Mouvement Républicain et Citoyen	0	0
	Rassemblement pour la France	-12	0
	Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions	-5	0
	Parti Radical de Gauche	0	0

DESCRIPTION: France

The opposition Socialist Party emerged as the clear victors from Sunday's election, taking 33 seats. However the results by no means signified a rout for President Jacques Chirac's conservative UMP, nor its junior government partner, the Union for French Democracy - both of which improved their share of the vote from the 1999 elections. The far-right National Front also improved its standing - coming in fourth with 9.81%, up from 5.7% in 1999. France now has 78 seats in the European parliament, compared to the 97 seats it held before the enlargement of the European Union.

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France's results from the BBC's Vote 1999 website