Union of Democrats for the Republic
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The Union for the Defence of the Republic (Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}), after 1968 renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic (Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}), commonly abbreviated UDR, was a Gaullist<ref name="HughesHughes2002">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="HanleyKerr2005">Template:Cite book</ref> political party of France that existed from 1967 to 1976.
The UDR was the successor to Charles de Gaulle's earlier party, the Rally of the French People, and was organised in 1958, along with the founding of the Fifth Republic as the Union for the New Republic (UNR), and in 1962 merged with the Democratic Union of Labour, a left-wing Gaullist group. In 1967 it was joined by some Christian Democrats to form the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic, later dropping the 'Fifth'. After the May 1968 crisis, it formed a right-wing coalition named Union for the Defense of the Republic (UDR); it was subsequently renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic, retaining the abbreviation UDR, in October 1968.
Under de Gaulle's successor Georges Pompidou it promoted the Gaullist movement. It dissolved in 1976, and its successor was the Rally for the Republic (RPR) founded by Jacques Chirac.<ref>Frank L. Wilson, "Gaullism without de Gaulle," Western Political Quarterly (1973) 26#3 pp. 485-506 in JSTOR</ref><ref>Senate Groups since 1959</ref>
Secretaries-generalEdit
- 1968–71: Robert Poujade
- 1971–72: René Tomasini
- 1972–73: Alain Peyrefitte
- 1973–74: Alexandre Sanguinetti
- 1974–75: Jacques Chirac
- 1975–76: André Bord
- 1976: Yves Guéna
Election resultsEdit
PresidentialEdit
| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | Rank | ||
| 1969 | Georges Pompidou | 10,051,783 | 44.5 | 1st | 11,064,371 | 58.2 | Template:Yes2 |
| 1974 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 3,857,728 | 15.1 | 3rd | - | - | Template:No |
National AssemblyEdit
| Election year | Leader | 1st round | 2nd round | Seats | +/− | Rank (seats) |
Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
| 1967 | Georges Pompidou | 8,448,082 | 37.7 | 7,972,908 | 42.6 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 25 | 1st | Template:Yes2 |
| 1968 | 9,667,532 | 43.6 | 6,762,170 | 46.4 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 111 | 1st | Template:Yes2 | |
| 1973 | Pierre Messmer | 8,242,661 | 34.6 | 10,701,135 | 45.6 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 82 | 1st | Template:Yes2 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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Further readingEdit
- Template:Cite bookS, major scholarly history of France
- Hibbs, Douglas A., and Nicholas Vasilatos. "Economics and Politics in France: Economic Performance and Mass Political Support for Presidents Pompidou and Giscard d'Estaing." European Journal of Political Research (1981) 9#2 pp: 133-145. online
- Wilson, Frank L. "Gaullism without de Gaulle," Western Political Quarterly (1973) 26#3 pp. 485–506 in JSTOR