1967 French legislative election

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1967 French legislative election

← 1962 5 March 1967 (first round) 12 March 1967 (second round) 1968 →
All 487 seats in the French National Assembly 246 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.90% (first round) 12.17pp 70.09% (second round) 2.21pp
Majority party Minority party   Leader Georges Pompidou François Mitterrand Party UDR FGDS Leader's seat Cantal-2nd Nièvre-3rd Last election 249 seats 107 seats Seats won 240 118 Seat change 8 11 Popular vote 8,453,512 (1st round) 7,972,908 (2nd round) 4,207,166 (1st round) 4,505,329 (2nd round) Percentage 37.75% (1st round) 42.61% (2nd round) 18.79% (1st round) 24.08% (2nd round)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Waldeck Rochet Jean Lecanuet Party PCF Democratic Centre Leader's seat Seine-Saint-Denis-3rd Seine-Maritime (Senator) Last election 41 seats 64 seats (MRP and CNIP) Seats won 73 42 Seat change 32 22 Popular vote 5,029,808 (1st round) 3,998,790 (2nd round) 2,864,272 (1st round) 1,328,777 (2nd round) Percentage 22.46% (1st round) 21.37% (2nd round) 12.79% (1st round) 7.10% (2nd round)
Results by constituency
PM before election Georges Pompidou UDR Elected PM Georges Pompidou UDR

Legislative elections were held in France on 5 March 1967, with a second round on 12 March,^[1] electing the third National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Although the Gaullists retained their absolute majority, the results made it clear that Charles de Gaulle's position was weakening, as the French Communist Party and the Socialists achieved 40% representation in parliament.^[2]