FRENCH REPUBLIC
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 MAY AND 1 JUNE 1997
VOTES AND SEATS BY DEPARTMENT AND REGION
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Votes are those cast in the first round of the legislative 
elections.


Total Metropolitan France
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Party                                Votes    %       Seats
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Socialist Party (PS)               5,949,027  24.1   244 (+194)
Communist Party (PCF)              2,402,680  09.7    35 (+13)
Other left (Greens and PRS)        1,327,081  05.4    23 (+17)
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Rally for the Republic (RPR)       3,891,678  15.7   132 (-122)
Union for French Democracy (UDF)   3,538,415  14.3   161 (-108)
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National Front (FN)                3,788,724  15.3     1 (+1)
Others                             3,818,563  15.4    13 (+3)
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Total                             24,716,168         609
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