Editing Radical Party of the Left (section)

== Popular support ==
The PRG remained rather weak on its own electorally, averaging around 2% of the vote (2002 presidential candidate [[Christiane Taubira]] won 2.32% of the vote); which explains why the party depended on its stronger ally, the PS for support and parliamentary representation. Almost all of the party's deputies and local officials were elected with no official PS opposition. It retained some support among [[middle class]] voters and in traditional Radical areas in the [[Southern France|South West]].

The major exception was in [[Corsica]], where the party was historically the largest party on the non-[[nationalist]] [[French Left]] and remains so to its time of dissolution due to a tradition of political dynasties (such as the Giacobbi family) and the weak infrastructure of the PS on the island. [[Paul Giacobbi]] represented [[Haute-Corse]] in the National Assembly until he stood down at the 2017 elections ([[Émile Zuccarelli]], an internal rival of Giacobbi and current mayor of [[Bastia]], also represented the island in Paris until his 2007 defeat) and Senators [[Nicolas Alfonsi]] and [[François Vendasi]] represented the Corsican PRG in the Senate. Giacobbi is also [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the General Council]] of [[Haute-Corse]].

In metropolitan France, the PRG was able to sustain a long-lasting Radical tradition dating back to the [[French Third Republic]], most notably in the southwest or departments such as the [[Eure-et-Loir]] and [[Eure]].

The party was represented overseas in [[French Guiana]] by Taubira's [[Walwari]], one of the major parties of the local left.

=== Presidential elections ===
{|class="wikitable"
|+[[President of the French Republic]]
!rowspan=2|Election
!rowspan=2|Candidate
!colspan=2|First round
!colspan=2|Second round
!rowspan=2|Result
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
![[1981 French presidential election|1981]]
|[[Michel Crépeau]]
|642,847
|2.21%
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Lost}}
|-
![[2002 French presidential election|2002]]
|[[Christiane Taubira]]
|660,447
|2.32%
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Lost}}
|}

=== Legislative elections ===
{|class="wikitable"
|+[[French National Assembly]]
!Election year
!No. of first round votes
!% of first round vote
!No. of seats
!Swing
|-
![[1973 French legislative election|1973]]
|colspan=2|Classified as PS
|{{Composition bar|13|490|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}<ref name="France-politique.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.france-politique.fr/mouvement-des-radicaux-de-gauche.htm |title=Chronologie des radicaux de gauche MRG PRG|publisher=France-politique.fr|date=17 February 2007|access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
|''New''
|-
![[1978 French legislative election|1978]]
|603,932
|2.11%
|{{Composition bar|10|491|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{Fluctuation formatter|-3}}
|-
![[1981 French legislative election|1981]]
|colspan=2|Classified as PS
|{{Composition bar|14|491|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}<ref name="France-politique.com"/>
|{{fluc|4}}
|-
![[1986 French legislative election|1986]]
|107,769
|0.38%
|{{Composition bar|7|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}{{efn|Including 5 elected on PS-MRG lists in various departments.}}
|{{fluc|-7}}
|-
![[1988 French legislative election|1988]]
|272,316
|1.11%
|{{Composition bar|9|575|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|2}}
|-
![[1993 French legislative election|1993]]
|colspan=2|Classified as PS or DVG
|{{Composition bar|6|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-3}}
|-
![[1997 French legislative election|1997]]
|389,782
|1.53%
|{{Composition bar|12|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|6}}
|-
![[2002 French legislative election|2002]]
|388,891
|1.54%
|{{Composition bar|7|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-5}}
|-
![[2007 French legislative election|2007]]
|343,565
|1.32%
|{{Composition bar|7|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|0|steady label=}}
|-
![[2012 French legislative election|2012]]
|429,059
|1.65%
|{{Composition bar|12|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|5}}
|-
![[2017 French legislative election|2017]]
|106,311
|0.47%
|{{Composition bar|3|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-9}}
|-
![[2022 French legislative election|2022]]
|126,689
|0.56%
|{{Composition bar|1|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-2}}
|}

=== European Parliament ===
{| class="wikitable"style="text-align:center"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/−
! EP Group
|-
! [[1979 European Parliament election in France|1979]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], that won 22 seats in total.}}
| [[François Mitterrand]]
| 4,763,026
| 23.53 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|2|81|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| New
| [[Group of the Party of European Socialists|SOC]]
|-
! [[1984 European Parliament election in France|1984]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with Ecologists and [[Radical Centrist Union|UCR]], that won no seats.}}
| Olivier Stirn
| 670,474
| 3.32 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|0|81|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| −
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in France|1989]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], that won 22 seats in total.}}
| [[Laurent Fabius]]
| 4,286,354
| 23.61 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|2|81|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| [[Group of the Party of European Socialists|SOC]]
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in France|1994]]
| [[Bernard Tapie]]
| 2,344,457
| 12.03 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|13|87|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{increase}} 11
| [[European Radical Alliance|ERA]]
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in France|1999]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] and [[Citizen and Republican Movement|MDC]], that won 22 seats in total.}}
| [[François Hollande]]
| 3,873,901
| 21.95 (#1)
| {{Composition bar|2|87|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| [[Group of the Party of European Socialists|PES]]
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in France|2004]]
| [[Jean-Michel Baylet]]
| 121,573
| 0.71 (#14)
| {{Composition bar|0|78|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| rowspan="2" |−
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in France|2009]]
| colspan="3" |''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|74|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], that won 13 seats in total.}}
| [[Jean-Christophe Cambadélis]]
| 2,650,357
| 13.98 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|1|74|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|S&D]]
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in France|2019]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], [[Place Publique|PP]] and [[New Deal (France)|ND]], that won 6 seats in total.}}
| [[Raphaël Glucksmann]]
| 1,403,170
| 6.19 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|0|79|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| rowspan="2" |−
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in France|2024]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Régions et Peuples Solidaires|R&PS]], [[Volt France|Volt]], [[Movement of Progressives|MDP]], [[Citizens' Movement (France)|MDC]] and [[Collective of Reformist Social Democrats|CSDR]], that won no seats.}}
| [[Guillaume Lacroix]]
| 63,006
| 0.26 (#17)
| {{Composition bar|0|79|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|}