The Union for the New Republic (french: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister

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in the 1958 elections.

History

The UNR won 206 of 579 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

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boosted their support. In 1967, UNR candidates ran under the title Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (''Union des démocrates pour la V^e République, UD-V^e''), winning 200 out of 486 seats. The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1967, and later

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in 1971.

Secretaries General of the UNR

* Roger Frey, 1958–1959 *

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, 1959 *

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, 1959–1961 *

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, 1961–1962 *

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, 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

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or with Muslim origins.Groupe de l'Union pour la Nouvelle République
/ref> * 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

National Assembly

References

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