French presidential election, 1953 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Indirect presidential elections were held in France in December, 1953. All members of the Parliament of France

Parliament of France

The French Parliament is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate and the National Assembly . Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at a separate location in Paris: the Palais du Luxembourg for the Senate, the Palais Bourbon for the National Assembly.Each...

(Deputies and Senators) voted to elect the second President of the Fourth Republic

French Fourth Republic

The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...

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The independent René Coty

René Coty

René Jules Gustave Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.-Early life and politics:...

won after thirteen rounds of voting.

Round One

	Party	Votes	%
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	160	17.24%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	155	16.70%
Georges Bidault Georges Bidault Georges-Augustin Bidault was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions before he joined the Organisation armée secrète.-Early life:...	Popular Republican Movement Popular Republican Movement The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic...	131	14.12%
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	Radical Party	129	13.90%
Paul-Jacques Kalb	Rally of the French People Rally of the French People The Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...	114	12.28%
Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin was a French politician.In 1891, Cachin joined Jules Guesde French Workers' Party . In 1905, he joined the new French Section of the Workers' International and won election to the Chamber of Deputies representing the Seine in 1914...	French Communist Party French Communist Party The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French...	113	12.18%
Jacques Fourcade	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	62	6.68%
Jean Medecin Jean Médecin Jean Médecin was a French lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Nice, France from 1928 to 1943 and from 1947 to 1965, and the father of Jacques Médecin, who succeeded him as mayor until 1990.- Before the war :...	Independent Radicals Independent Radicals The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...	54	5.52%
	Others	10	1.08%

Round Two

	Party	Votes	%
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	299	32.57%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	276	30.07%
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	Radical Party	180	19.60%
Georges Bidault Georges Bidault Georges-Augustin Bidault was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions before he joined the Organisation armée secrète.-Early life:...	Popular Republican Movement Popular Republican Movement The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic...	143	15.58%
	Others	20	2.18%

Round Three

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	358	38.83%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	313	33.95%
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	Radical Party	225	24.40%
	Others	26	2.82%

Round Four

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	408	44.44%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	344	37.47%
Jean Medecin Jean Médecin Jean Médecin was a French lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Nice, France from 1928 to 1943 and from 1947 to 1965, and the father of Jacques Médecin, who succeeded him as mayor until 1990.- Before the war :...	Independent Radicals Independent Radicals The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...	45	4.90%
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	Radical Party	42	4.58%
André Cornu	Radical Party	35	3.81%
	Others	44	4.79%

Round Five

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	374	40.61%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	312	33.88%
Jean Medecin Jean Médecin Jean Médecin was a French lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Nice, France from 1928 to 1943 and from 1947 to 1965, and the father of Jacques Médecin, who succeeded him as mayor until 1990.- Before the war :...	Independent Radicals Independent Radicals The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...	197	22.31%
	Others	38	4.13%

Round Six

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	397	43.87%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	306	33.81%
Jean Medecin Jean Médecin Jean Médecin was a French lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Nice, France from 1928 to 1943 and from 1947 to 1965, and the father of Jacques Médecin, who succeeded him as mayor until 1990.- Before the war :...	Independent Radicals Independent Radicals The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...	171	18.90%
	Others	31	3.43%

Round Seven

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	407	44.47%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	303	33.33%
Jean Medecin Jean Médecin Jean Médecin was a French lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Nice, France from 1928 to 1943 and from 1947 to 1965, and the father of Jacques Médecin, who succeeded him as mayor until 1990.- Before the war :...	Independent Radicals Independent Radicals The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...	156	17.16%
	Others	43	4.73%

Round Eight

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	430	47.30%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	381	41.91%
Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay \|Rhône]], France – 13 December 1994) was a French conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of France in 1952.-Life:As a young man, Pinay fought in World War I and injured his arm so that it was paralyzed for the rest of his life....	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	25	2.75%
Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he later served for a short time as under-secretary of state for home affairs in Paul Reynaud's cabinet...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	14	1.54%
	Others	53	5.83%

Round Nine

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	413	45.43%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	365	40.15%
Pierre Montel	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	103	11.33%
	Others	28	3.08%

Round Ten

	Party	Votes	%
Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	392	45.21%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	358	41.29%
Pierre Montel	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	84	9.69%
	Others	33	3.81%

Round Eleven

	Party	Votes	%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	372	42.27%
Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he later served for a short time as under-secretary of state for home affairs in Paul Reynaud's cabinet...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	338	38.41%
René Coty René Coty René Jules Gustave Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.-Early life and politics:...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	71	8.07%
	Others	99	11.25%

Round Twelve

	Party	Votes	%
René Coty René Coty René Jules Gustave Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.-Early life and politics:...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	431	48.87%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	333	37.76%
Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he later served for a short time as under-secretary of state for home affairs in Paul Reynaud's cabinet...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	26	2.95%
	Others	92	10.43%

Round Thirteen

	Party	Votes	%
René Coty René Coty René Jules Gustave Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.-Early life and politics:...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	477	54.76%
Edmond Naegelen	French Section of the Workers' International	329	37.77%
Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he later served for a short time as under-secretary of state for home affairs in Paul Reynaud's cabinet...	National Centre of Independents and Peasants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...	21	2.41%
	Others	44	5.05%

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