1988 French presidential election

1988 French presidential election
	24 April 1988 (first round); 8 May 1988 (second round)
	Results of the second round by department Mitterrand: 50–55% 55–60% >60% Chirac: >50%
President before election; François Mitterrand; PS	Elected President ; François Mitterrand; PS

Presidential elections happened in France on 24 April and 8 May 1988.

In 1981, the Socialist Party leader, François Mitterrand, was elected President of France and the Left won the legislative election.

However, in 1986, the right regained a parliamentary majority.

Other websites

Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Radio-TV debate Jacques Chirac/François Mitterrand
Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Announcement of the result of the second round, on TV

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