Results
| Candidates | Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles de Gaulle | Union for the New Republic (Union pour la nouvelle République) | UDR | 10,828,521 | 44.65% | 13,083,699 | 55.20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| François Mitterrand | Convention of Republican Institutions (Convention des institutions républicaines) | CIR | 7,694,005 | 31.72% | 10,619,735 | 44.80% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jean Lecanuet | Popular Republican Movement (Mouvement républicain populaire) | MRP | 3,777,120 | 15.57% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour | Independent far right (Sans étiquette, extrême droite) | 1,260,208 | 5.20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierre Marcilhacy | European Liberal Party (Parti libéral européen) | PLE | 415,017 | 1.71% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Barbu | Independent left-wing (Sans étiquette, gauche) | 279,685 | 1.15% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 24,254,556 | 100% | 23,703,434 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valid votes | 24,254,556 | 98.99% | 23,703,434 | 97.26% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spoilt and null votes | 248,360 | 1.01% | 668,213 | 2.74% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 24,502,916 | 84.75% | 24,371,647 | 84.32% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstentions | 4,407,665 | 15.25% | 4,531,057 | 15.68% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered voters | 28,910,581 | 28,902,704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Table of results ordered by number of votes received in first round. Official results by Constitutional Council of France.
Source: List of candidates · First round result · Second round result Tixier-Vignancour supported Mitterrand in the second round, Lecanuet called on his voters not to vote for de Gaulle
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