France (European Parliament constituency)

France
European Parliament constituency
Shown within European Union
Member state	France
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEPs	87 (1999)
Sources

In European elections, France was a constituency of the European Parliament. It was replaced by subdivided constituencies in 2004. The boundaries of this constituency were the same as the member state of France. Its MEPs can be found in MEPs representing the French constituencies before 2004. The constituency is to be reconstituted for the 2019 elections.^[1]

Results

1984

 Summary of the results of France's 1984 election to the European Parliament

← 1979 • 1984 • 1989 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Union for French Democracy (UDF) + Rally for the Republic (RPR)		Simone Veil	8,683,596	43.03		41
	Socialist Party (PS)		Lionel Jospin	4,188,875	20.76		20
	Communist Party (PCF)		Georges Marchais	2,261,312	11.21		10
	National Front (FN)		Jean-Marie Le Pen	2,210,334	10.95		10
	The Greens (VERTS)		Didier Anger	680,080	3.37		0
	UCR + Ecologists + MRG		François Doubin Brice Lalonde Olivier Stirn	670,474	3.32		0
	Workers' Struggle (LO)		Arlette Laguiller	417,702	2.07		0
	Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDF diss.)		Francine Gomez	382,404	1.89		0
	Others					—	0	—
Valid votes				20,180,934	96.47
Blank and invalid votes				737,838	3.53
Totals				20,918,772	100	—	81	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				36,880,688	56.72
Source: France-politique.fr

1989

 Summary of the results of France's 15 June 1989 election to the European Parliament

← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Union for French Democracy (UDF) + Rally for the Republic (RPR)		Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	5,242,038	28.88		26	15
	Socialist Party (PS)		Laurent Fabius	4,286,354	23.61		22	2
	National Front (FN)		Jean-Marie Le Pen	2,129,668	11.73		10	0
	The Greens (VERTS)		Antoine Waechter	1,922,945	10.59		9	9
	Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDFD)		Simone Veil	1,529,346	8.43		7	7
	Communist Party (PCF)		Philippe Herzog	1,401,171	7.72		7	3
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT)		André Goustat	749,741	4.13		0	0
	Workers' Struggle (LO)		Arlette Laguiller	258,663	1.43		0	0
	Ecologists (LAPAE)		Arlette Alessandri	188,573	1.04		0	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)					—	0	—
Valid votes				18,151,416	97.11
Blank and invalid votes				539,276	2.89
Totals				18,690,692	100.00	—	81	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				38,297,496	48.80
Source: France-politique.fr

1994

 Summary of the results of France's 12 June 1994 election to the European Parliament

← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Union for French Democracy (UDF) + Rally for the Republic (RPR)		Dominique Baudis	4,985,574	25.58		28	2
	Socialist Party (PS)		Michel Rocard	2,824,173	14.49		15	7
	Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDF diss.)		Philippe de Villiers	2,404,105	12.34		13	6
	Movement of Radicals of the Left (MRG)		Bernard Tapie	2,344,457	12.03		13	13
	National Front (FN)		Jean-Marie Le Pen	2,050,086	10.52		11	1
	Communist Party (PCF)		Francis Wurtz	1,342,222	6.89		7	0
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT)		André Goustat	771,061	3.96		0	0
	The Greens (VERTS)		Marie Anne Isler-Béguin	574,806	2.95		0	9
	Citizens' Movement (MDC) & other left-wing parties		Jean-Pierre Chevènement	494.986	2.54		0
	Workers' Struggle (LO)		Arlette Laguiller	442,723	2.27		0
	Ecology Generation (GE)		Brice Lalonde	392,291	2.01		0
	Europe Begins in Sarajevo		Léon Schwartzenberg	305,633	1.57		0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the national vote and no seats)					—	0	—
Valid votes				19,487,470	94.67
Blank and invalid votes				1,097,510	5.33
Totals				20,584,980	100.00	—	87	6
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				39,019,797	52.76	3.96

References

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)