The Union for the New Republic (, , UNR) was a

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, formed in support of

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in the

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History

The UNR won 189 of 466 seats in the November 1958 elections. In

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, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist

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(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

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, 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

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, 1958–1959 *

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, 1959 *

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, 1959–1961 * Roger Dusseaulx, 1961–1962 *

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, 1962 *

Jacques Baumel Jacques Baumel (; 6 March 1918 – 17 February 2006) was a French politician. He was born on 6 March 1918 in Marseille and died on 17 February 2006 in Rueil-Malmaison. He was a French Resistance fighter (under the aliases "Saint-Just", "Bern ...

, 1962–1967 *

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, 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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