FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTION, 1993

'French legislative elections' took place on March 21 and 28, 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. Without the support of the Communists, Prime minister Michel Rocard tried to widen the Presidential Majority towards the center-right. He named four UDF politicians as members of his government. But they didn't succeed in convincing their party and left the cabinet in 1991 with Michel Rocard.
Furthemore, the Socialist Party was weakened by scandals (illicit financing, contaminated blood...) and a very intense rivalry which pitted François Mitterrand's heirs (Lionel Jospin, Laurent Fabius) against each other. In March 1992, the Socialists were punished at the local elections. Prime Minister Edith Cresson was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy. The latter promised to struggle economic decreasing and corruption, but, he was himself suspected to have received a loan from a controversial businessman. He committed suicide on May 1, 1993.
The Socialist Party obtained its worst electoral result since the 1960s. The RPR leader Jacques Chirac claimed President Mitterrand's resignation and refused to be Prime Minister in a new "cohabitation". Finally, the former RPR minister of economy Edouard Balladur took the position of head of the government. He could rely on the largest parliamentary majority since 1958. The second "cohabitation" finished with the 1995 presidential election.

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Results

10th Assembly by Parliamentary Group

Results

10^th Assembly by Parliamentary Group

'French National Assembly by Parliamentary Group'

Group		Members	Caucusing	Total
	Rally for the Republic	245	12	257
	Union pour la Démocratie Française	213	2	215
	Socialist Group	52	5	57
	Republic and Liberty	23	0	23
	Communiste	22	1	23
	Non-Inscrits	2	0	2
	'Total'	'557'	'20'	'577'