The Union for the New Republic (, , UNR) was a Gaullist political party in France, formed in support of Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.
History The UNR won 189 of 466 seats in the November 1958 elections.
In 1962, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour (French: Union démocratique du travail, UDT) to form the UNR-UDT. They won 233 seats out of 482, slightly less than an absolute majority. 35 Independent Republicans boosted their support.
In 1967, UNR candidates ran under the title Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Ve République, UD-Ve), winning 200 out of 486 seats.
The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1967, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.
Secretaries General of the UNR Roger Frey, 1958–1959 Albin Chalandon, 1959 Jacques Richard, 1959–1961 Roger Dusseaulx, 1961–1962 Louis Terrenoire, 1962 Jacques Baumel, 1962–1967 Robert Poujade, 1967–1969
UNR in the Senate Under the Fifth Republic, 39 senators were affiliated to the UNR Group and 11 of them were Muslims or with Muslim origins.Groupe de l'Union pour la Nouvelle République
First Senate election – 37 seats; 12.0% Second Senate election – 32 seats; 11.7% Third Senate election – 30 seats; 10.9%
Maurice Bayrou was the leader of the group in the Senate from October 1962 to October 1965.
Election results
Presidential
+President of the French RepublicElectionCandidateFirst roundSecond roundResultVotes%Votes% 1958Charles de Gaulle 62,394 78.51%-- 1965 10,828,521 44.65% 13,083,699 55.20%
National Assembly + National AssemblyElection yearLeaderFirst roundSecond roundSeats+/−Rank (seats)Votes%Votes%1958Charles de Gaulle3,603,95817.64,769,05226.4–1st1962Georges Pompidou5,855,74431.96,169,89040.5441st
See also Gaullist Party
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