Union for the New Republic

Union for the New Republic
Union pour la nouvelle république
PresidentCharles de Gaulle
General SecretaryRobert Poujade (last)
FounderCharles de Gaulle
Founded1 October 1958 (1958-10-01)
Dissolved26 November 1967 (1967-11-26)
Preceded byNational Centre of Social Republicans
Succeeded byUnion for the Defense of the Republic
HeadquartersParis
NewspaperLa Lettre de la nation Magazine
Trade unionUnion démocratique du travail
IdeologyGaullism
Dirigisme
Conservatism
Republicanism
Political positionRight-wing
European Parliament groupLiberal and Allies Group (1958-65)
European Democratic Union (1965-67)
Colours Blue and red
Party flag

The Union for the New Republic (French: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.

History

The UNR won 189 of 466 seats in the November 1958 elections.

In 1962, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour (French: Union démocratique du travail, UDT) to form the UNR-UDT. They won 233 seats out of 482, slightly less than an absolute majority. 35 Independent Republicans boosted their support.

In 1967, UNR candidates ran under the title Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Ve République, UD-Ve), winning 200 out of 486 seats.

The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1967, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.

Secretaries General of the UNR

UNR in the Senate

Under the Fifth Republic, 39 senators were affiliated to the UNR Group and 11 of them were Muslims or with Muslim origins.

Maurice Bayrou was the leader of the group in the Senate from October 1962 to October 1965.

Election results

Presidential

President of the French Republic
Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1958 Charles de Gaulle 62,394 78.51% - - Won
1965 10,828,521 44.65% 13,083,699 55.20% Won

National Assembly

National Assembly
Election year Leader First round Second round Seats +/− Rank

(seats)

Votes % Votes %
1958 Charles de Gaulle 3,603,958 17.6 4,769,052 26.4
189 / 576
1st
1962 Georges Pompidou 5,855,744 31.9 6,169,890 40.5
233 / 491
Increase44 1st

See also



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