1988 French presidential election

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

1988 French presidential election

24 April 1988 (first round) 8 May 1988 (second round)

Candidate François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac Party PS RPR Popular vote 16,704,279 14,218,970 Percentage 54.0% 46.0%

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

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

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