FRENCH REPUBLIC
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MAY 1974
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Parties
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* FN - Front Nationale (National Front)
* 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: 5 May 1974
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Voters:                                      30,602,953
Votes cast:                                  25,775,743  84.2
Invalid votes:                                  237,107  00.9
Valid votes:                                 25,538,636  99.1
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Candidate                            Party   Votes        %
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas                RPR      3,857,728  15.1
René Dumont                                     337,800  01.3
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing             UDF      8,326,774  32.6
Guy Heraud                                       19,255  00.1
Alain Krivine                                    93,990  00.4
Arlette Laguiller                               595,247  02.3
Jean-Marie Le Pen                    FN         190,921  00.7
François Mitterrand                  PS      11,044,373  43.2
Emile Muller                                    176,279  00.7
Bertrand Renouvin                                43,722  00.2
Jean Royer                                      810,540  03.2
Jean-Claude Sebag                                42,007  00.2
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Total                                        25,538,636
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Second Round: 5 May 1974
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Voters:                                      30,600,775
Votes cast:                                  26,724,595  87.3
Invalid votes:                                  356,788  01.3
Valid votes:                                 26,367,807  98.7 
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Candidate                            Party   Votes        %
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Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING             UDF     13,396,203   50.8
François Mitterrand                  PS      12,971,604   49.2
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Total                                        26,367,807
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