FRENCH REPUBLIC
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF APRIL-MAY 1995
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Parties
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* FN - Front Nationale (National Front)
* PCF - Parti Communiste Francaise (French Communist Party)
* PS - Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party)
* RPR - Rassemblement Pour la Republique (Rally for the Republic)
* UDF - Union pour la Democratie Francaise (Union for French
   Democracy)


First Round: 23 April 1995
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Voters:                                      39,992,912
Votes cast:                                  31,345,794   78.4
Invalid votes:                                  883,161   02.8
Valid votes:                                 30,462,633   97.2
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Candidate                            Party   Votes        %
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Edouard Balladur                     UDF      5,658,796   18.6
Jacques Cheminade                                81,959   00.3
Jacques Chirac                       RPR      6,348,375   20.8 
Philippe de Villiers                          1,443,186   04.7
Robert Hue                           PCF      2,632,460   08.6
Lionel Jospin                        PS       7,097,786   23.3 
Arlette Laguiller                             1,615,552   05.3
Jean-Marie Le Pen                    FN       4,570,838   15.0
Dominique Voynet                              1,010,681   03.3
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Total                                        30,462,633
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Second Round: 7 May 1995
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Voters:                                      39,976,644
Votes cast:                                  31,845,819   79.7
Invalid votes:                                1,902,148   06.0
Valid votes:                                 29,943,671   94.0
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Candidate                            Party   Votes        %
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Jacques Chirac                       RPR     15,763,027   52.6
Lionel Jospin                        PS      14,180,644   47.4
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Total                                        29,943,671 
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