1981 French presidential election

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presidential election

The 1981 French presidential election was a landmark contest in which François Mitterrand’s victory brought the left to power in France for the first time under the Fifth Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf presidential election ⓘ
campaignIssue economic crisis ⓘ
nuclear energy policy ⓘ
social reforms ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
country France ⓘ
defeatedCandidate Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
defeatedParty Union for French Democracy ⓘ
electoralSystem two-round system ⓘ
endDate 1981-05-10 ⓘ
firstRoundLeadingCandidate Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
firstRoundVoteShareOf François Mitterrand ⓘ
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
firstRoundVoteShareOfFrançoisMitterrand about 25.9 percent ⓘ
firstRoundVoteShareOfValéryGiscarddEstaing about 28.3 percent ⓘ
followedBy 1988 French presidential election ⓘ
follows 1974 French presidential election ⓘ
hadCandidate Arlette Laguiller ⓘ
Brice Lalonde ⓘ
Georges Marchais ⓘ
Huguette Bouchardeau ⓘ
Jacques Chirac ⓘ
Marie-France Garaud ⓘ
Michel Crépeau ⓘ
Michel Debré ⓘ
hasFirstRoundDate 1981-04-26 ⓘ
hasSecondRoundDate 1981-05-10 ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the end of 23 years of continuous right-wing presidency under the Fifth Republic ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
ledTo formation of a Socialist-led government ⓘ
location French overseas territories ⓘ
surface form: French overseas departments and territories

Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form: metropolitan France
mainLeftCandidate François Mitterrand ⓘ
mainRightCandidate Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
notableFor first left-wing presidential victory under the Fifth Republic ⓘ
officeHolderAfterElection François Mitterrand ⓘ
partOf French Fifth Republic ⓘ
positionContested President of the French Republic ⓘ
resultedIn change of governing majority to the left ⓘ
secondRoundCandidates François Mitterrand ⓘ
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
secondRoundVoteShareOf François Mitterrand ⓘ
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ⓘ
secondRoundVoteShareOfFrançoisMitterrand about 51.8 percent ⓘ
secondRoundVoteShareOfValéryGiscarddEstaing about 48.2 percent ⓘ
startDate 1981-04-26 ⓘ
tookPlaceUnderConstitution Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
voterTurnout high ⓘ
winner François Mitterrand ⓘ
winningParty Socialist Party (France) ⓘ

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Socialist Party (France) → wonElection → 1981 French presidential election ⓘ