13th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

The 13th legislature of the French Fifth Republic was the parliamentary cycle started in June 2007 and lasted until June 2012. It was created after the 2007 legislative election that took place on 10 and 17 June 2007. The parliamentary majority belonged to the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), and supported the François Fillon government.

Composition

 Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly elections results

Parties and coalitions				First round			Second round			Total
				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Seats	%
		Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	10,289,737	39.54	98	9,460,710	46.36	215	313	54.25
		New Centre	NC	616,440	2.37	8	433,057	2.12	14	22	3.81
		Miscellaneous Right	DVD	641,842	2.47	2	238,588	1.17	7	9	1.56
		Movement for France	MPF	312,581	1.20	1	–	–	–	1	0.17
Presidential majority (right)				11,860,600	45.58	109	10,132,355	49.65	236	345	59.79
		Socialist Party	PS	6,436,520	24.73	1	8,624,861	42.27	185	186	32.24
		French Communist Party	PCF	1,115,663	4.29	0	464,739	2.28	15	15	2.60
		Miscellaneous Left	DVG	513,407	1.97	0	503,556	2.47	15	15	2.60
		Radical Party of the Left	PRG	343,565	1.32	0	333,194	1.63	7	7	1.21
		The Greens	VEC	845,977	3.25	0	90,975	0.45	4	4	0.69
Parliamentary left				9,255,132	35.56	1	10,017,325	49.10	226	227	39.34
	Democratic Movement		MoDem	1,981,107	7.61	0	100,115	0.49	3	3	0.52
	Miscellaneous		DIV	267,760	1.03	0	33,068	0.16	1	1	0.17
	Regionalists and separatists		REG	133,473	0.51	0	106,484	0.52	1	1	0.17
	National Front		FN	1,116,136	4.29	0	17,107	0.08	0	0	0.00
	Far-left		EXG	888,250	3.41	0	–	–	–	0	0.00
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions		CPNT	213,427	0.82	0	–	–	–	0	0.00
	Ecologists		ECO	208,456	0.80	0	–	–	–	0	0.00
	Far-right		EXD	102,124	0.39	0	–	–	–	0	0.00
Total				26,026,465	100.00	110	20,406,454	100.00	467	577	100.00
Valid votes				26,026,465	98.13		20,406,454	96.58
Spoilt and null votes				495,357	1.87		722,585	3.42
Votes cast / turnout				26,521,822	60.42		21,129,039	59.98
Abstentions				17,374,011	39.58		14,096,209	40.02
Registered voters				43,895,833			35,225,248
Source: Official Voting Results: Ministry of the Interior

13th Assembly by Parliamentary Group

Group		Leader	Parties	Seats	Caucusing	Total
	UMP Group (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire)	Jean-François Copé	UMP, DVD	314	6	320
	Socialist, Radical, and Citizen Group (Groupe socialiste, radical, et citoyen)	Jean-Marc Ayrault	PS, PRG, DVG, MRC	186	18	204
	New Centre-Presidential Majority (Nouveau Centre-Majorité Présidentielle)	François Sauvadet	NC-PSLE, MAJ, DVD	20	3	23
	Democratic and Republican Left (Gauche démocrate et républicaine)	Jean-Claude Sandrier	PCF, VEC, DVG, MIM	24	0	24
	Non-Inscrits		MoDem, DLR, MPF	6	0	6
	Total:			550	27	577