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 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 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 * Jacques Richard, 1959–1961 *

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, 1961–1962 *

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, 1962 *

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, 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%

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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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