Union of Democrats for the Republic Union des démocrates pour la République | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Charles de Gaulle |
| Founded | 26 November 1967; 57 years ago (1967-11-26) |
| Dissolved | 5 December 1976; 48 years ago (1976-12-05) |
| Preceded by | Union for the New Republic |
| Succeeded by | Rally for the Republic |
| Headquarters | 123 rue de Lille,Paris7th |
| Newspaper | La Lettre de la nation |
| Ideology | Gaullism Paternalistic conservatism[1] Conservatism Liberal conservatism[2] Pro-Europeanism[5] (soft)[6] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European Parliament group | European Democratic Union(1967–73) European Progressive Democrats(1973–76) |
| Colors | |
TheUnion for the Defence of the Republic (French:Union pour la défense de la République[ynjɔ̃puʁladefɑ̃sdəlaʁepyblik]), after 1968 renamedUnion of Democrats for the Republic (French:Union des démocrates pour la République[ynjɔ̃dedemɔkʁatpuʁlaʁepyblik]), commonly abbreviatedUDR, was aGaullist[7][8]political party of France that existed from 1967 to 1976.
The UDR was the successor toCharles de Gaulle's earlier party, theRally of the French People, and was organised in 1958, along with the founding of theFifth Republic as theUnion for the New Republic (UNR), and in 1962 merged with theDemocratic Union of Labour, aleft-wing Gaullist group. In 1967 it was joined by some Christian Democrats to form the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic, later dropping the 'Fifth'. After theMay 1968 crisis, it formed a right-wing coalition namedUnion for the Defense of the Republic (UDR); it was subsequently renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic, retaining the abbreviation UDR, in October 1968.
Under de Gaulle's successorGeorges Pompidou it promoted the Gaullist movement. It dissolved in 1976, and its successor was theRally for the Republic (RPR) founded byJacques Chirac.[9][10]
| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | Rank | ||
| 1969 | Georges Pompidou | 10,051,783 | 44.5 | 1st | 11,064,371 | 58.2 | Won |
| 1974 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 3,857,728 | 15.1 | 3rd | - | - | Lost |
| Election year | Leader | 1st round | 2nd round | Seats | +/− | Rank (seats) | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
| 1967 | Georges Pompidou | 8,448,082 | 37.7 | 7,972,908 | 42.6 | 243 / 487 | 1st | Presidential majority | |
| 1968 | 9,667,532 | 43.6 | 6,762,170 | 46.4 | 354 / 487 | 1st | Presidential majority | ||
| 1973 | Pierre Messmer | 8,242,661 | 34.6 | 10,701,135 | 45.6 | 272 / 491 | 1st | Presidential majority | |
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