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Auriol, Vincent
Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas
Boissy
Cambon, Pierre-Joseph
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Chirac, Jacques
Clemanceau, Georges
Clement IV
Francis I
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Giscard d'Estang, Valery
Jaures, Jean
Juppe, Alain
Laval, Pierre
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Napoleon III
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Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de
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Election
History of France

              


1256
Clement IV
Vatican Guy le Gros Foulques the Archbishop of Narbonne is elected Pope
1516
Francis I
Loses the election for Holy Roman Emperor to Charles V
1788
SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph
Paris Elected as the last, 20th, of the Deputies of Paris to the States General
1789
SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph
Elected Deputy for Paris in the Third Estate
1789
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de
Paris Elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate
1791
Cambon, Pierre-Joseph
Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly
1791
Mirabeau
Elected President of the National Assembly
1792
Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas
Elected Deputy for Paris to the National Convention
10th Aug Elected Deputy Commissioner
1799
SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph
May Elected a Director of France in place of Jean-Fran‡ois Rewbell
1805
Boissy
Elected Senator
1848
Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre-Auguste
23rd April Elections take place to the Constituent Assembly
23rd April Half the Deputies are monarchists divided into 300 Orleanists & 150 Legitimists
1848
Napoleon III
Elected to the National Assembly
1851
Napoleon III
21st Dec Elected President of France for 10 years
1873
MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de
24th May Elected President of France
1876
Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi
Paris Elected to the Chamber of Deputies
1885
Jaures, Jean
Elected Deputy to the French Parliament
1893
Viviani, Rene
Elected Deputy
1906
Viviani, Rene
Elected Deputy
1914
Auriol, Vincent
Elected Deputy
1914
Laval, Pierre
Aubervilliers Laval enters politics winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies as member of the Socialist SFIO
1919
Clemanceau, Georges
16th Nov Clemanceau's coalition Government wins the election
1919
Laval, Pierre
Loses seat as a Socialist deputy, regarded as a defeatist during World War I
1920
Clemanceau, Georges
17th Jan Defeated in the presidential election
1924
Poincare, Raymond
Defeated by Radicals & Socialists
1926
Laval, Pierre
Elected to the Senate
1945
Mollet, Guy Alcide
Pas de Calais Elected Deputy for the Pas-de-Calais
1946
Paul-Boncour, Joseph
Elected Senator
1962
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
25th Aug Paris Elected President of the 5th Republic
1965
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris Re-elected President of the Fifth Republic
4th Nov Paris Announces he will present himself as a Presidential candidite in the elections
5th Dec In the 1st round polls 43%, Mitterrand 27% & Lecanuet 20%, a 2nd round is required
12th Dec Wins the 2nd & final round with 54.6% to Mitterrand's 45.4%
1969
Poher, Alain
Fails to win the support of the major anti-Gaullist, d'Estang
Stands for the Presidency but is defeated by Pompidou
1969
Rocard, Michel
Wins 3.61% of the votes during the presidential elections
Wins the Yvelines by-election against the outgoing Prime Minister de Murville
1973
Mauroy, Pierre
Paris Elected to the National Assembly
1981
Chirac, Jacques
Comes 3rd in the 1st round of the Presidential elections
1981
Giscard d'Estang, Valery
10th May Defeated by Mitterand in the 2nd round of the Presidential election
1981
Mitterand, Francois
10th May Wins 51.7% of the vote, 48.3% for Valery Giscard d'Estaing
1988
Chirac, Jacques
Polls 46% on the vote during the 2nd round
Runs against Mitterrand for a 2nd time, defeated in runoff elections
1995
Chirac, Jacques
Elected President of France, "to reduce the social rift"
1995
Juppe, Alain
7th May French voters end 14 years of socialist rule electing longtime Paris mayor Jacques Chirac to the presidency
2002
Chirac, Jacques
April Parties outside the National Front call for opposing Le Pen in favour of Chirac
April "We must reject extremism in the name of the honor of France in the name of the unity"

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