French presidential election, 1947
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Indirect presidential elections were held in France on 16 January 1947. All members of the Parliament of France
(Deputies and Senators) voted to elect the first President of the Fourth Republic
.
The Socialist Vincent Auriol
won by the first round with 51.2% of the vote. In total, 833 voted and 876 cast valid votes.
Parliament of France
The French Parliament is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate and the National Assembly . Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at a separate location in Paris: the Palais du Luxembourg for the Senate, the Palais Bourbon for the National Assembly.Each...
(Deputies and Senators) voted to elect the first President of the Fourth Republic
French Fourth Republic
The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...
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The Socialist Vincent Auriol
Vincent Auriol
Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French...
won by the first round with 51.2% of the vote. In total, 833 voted and 876 cast valid votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Auriol Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French... |
SFIO | 452 | 51.19% | |
| Auguste Champetier de Ribes Auguste Champetier de Ribes Auguste Champetier de Ribes was a French politician and jurist.A devout Catholic, he was an early follower of Albert de Mun and social Christianity. Wounded in the First World War, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from the Basses-Pyrénées as a Christian democrat from 1924 to 1934... |
Popular Republican Movement Popular Republican Movement The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic... |
242 | 27.41% | |
| Jules Gasser | Radical Party | 122 | 13.82% | |
| Michel Clemenceau | Republican Party of Liberty Republican Party of Liberty The Republican Party of Liberty was a right-of-center French political party created at the Liberation and absorbed by the National Centre of Independents and Peasants in 1951... |
60 | 6.80% | |