French presidential election, 1995

In the French presidential elections of 1995, the people of France on 23 April (1st round) and 10 May (2nd ballot) was called to determine a successor to President François Mitterrand, who was not allowed to run again after two terms. Election winner was Jacques Chirac, with 52.6 % of the votes prevailed in the second round against Lionel Jospin.

Selection mode

To be able to provide at a French presidential election to election, each candidate must submit at least 500 statements of support ( parrainages ) selected French officials ( eg, mayors, members of parliament ). In the first ballot, one candidate could win the Presidency which won an absolute majority of the valid votes. Should this succeed in any of the candidates, with the two biggest candidates for the first ballot would be two weeks later to compete in a runoff election against each other, in which the candidate with the most votes is elected president.

Candidates

  • Édouard Balladur, center-right, acting prime minister, leaning on a large part of the centrist UDF and a number of other supporters of the political right.
  • Jacques Chirac, right, mayor of Paris and former prime minister, was in 1981 and 1988 presidential candidate and 1988 had reached the runoff election against François Mitterrand. He had the majority support of the Gaullist RPR.
  • Lionel Jospin, center-left, candidate of the Socialist Party, had asserted itself clearly in intra-party primaries against his rival candidate Henri Emmanuelli from the left wing of the party.
  • Jean -Marie Le Pen, right outside, head of the National Front, appeared for the third time as a presidential candidate for his extreme right-wing party.
  • Communiste Robert Hue, left, Secretary General of the Parti
  • Arlette Laguiller, far left, was the fourth time presidential candidate of the Trotskyist Workers Struggle.
  • Philippe de Villiers, right, a candidate of the conservative nationalist Mouvement pour la France
  • Dominique Voynet, green, Les Verts
  • Jacques Cheminade

History and campaigning

After 14 years as President of the Socialist François Mitterrand, a change of the presidency to the political right was widely expected, especially since the Left was at loggerheads.

After the high obtained from the right parliamentary elections of 1993, Balladur and Chirac had agreed among themselves that Prime Minister Balladur and be sure Chirac in 1995 should be in the presidential election to defer. Given the high personal popularity ratings to Balladur decided in early 1995 to be kicking yourself. He was next to the majority of the centrist UDF also some prominent supporters of his own party, which was founded and led by Chirac RPR, win, including the then budget minister Nicolas Sarkozy. This "betrayal" destroyed the political relationship between Chirac and his later successor sustainable.

Since Chirac also took and the Socialists had with Lionel Jospin found a competitive candidate, a three-way battle loomed to qualify for the second ballot. The polls saw first Balladur clear front; in February / March Balladur, Chirac was able to overtake. In the code polls a finish Chirac - Jospin Balladur became apparent.

Result of the first ballot

The surprising victory of Lionel Jospin in the first round promised voltage for the runoff against Jacques Chirac, who was hoping to win the majority of sympathizers Balladur and Le Pen for themselves. For Balladur 's defeat meant the end of his government career. Le Pen could again look forward to a very good result, while the Communist Party had to accept within the French left the clear leader of the Socialists.

Second round

  • Majority of Jacques Chirac
  • Majority of Lionel Jospin

Chirac had thus achieved the goal of his political career at the third attempt. As president, he immediately summoned from its competitors Balladur and Alain Juppé continued his confidants one as prime minister. Even Sarkozy no longer a member of the new Cabinet. Jospin was his honorable result for the next seven years the undisputed leading figure of the political left.

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