Union of Democrats for the Republic

The Union for the Defence of the Republic ( ), after 1968 renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic ( ), commonly abbreviated UDR, was a Gaullist political party in France which existed from 1967 to 1976.

The UDR was the successor to Charles de Gaulle's earlier party, the Rally of the French People, and was organised in 1958, along with the founding of the Fifth Republic as the Union for the New Republic (UNR), and in 1962 merged with the Democratic Union of Labour, a left-wing Gaullist group. In 1967 it was joined by some Christian Democrats to form the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic, later dropping the 'Fifth'. After the May 1968 crisis, it formed a right-wing coalition named Union for the Defense of the Republic (UDR); it was subsequently renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic, retaining the abbreviation UDR, in October 1968.

Under de Gaulle's successor Georges Pompidou it promoted the Gaullist movement. It dissolved in 1976, and its successor was the Rally for the Republic (RPR) founded by Jacques Chirac.Frank L. Wilson, "Gaullism without de Gaulle," Western Political Quarterly (1973) 26#3 pp. 485-506 in JSTORSenate Groups since 1959

Secretaries-general 1968–71: Robert Poujade 1971–72: René Tomasini 1972–73: Alain Peyrefitte 1973–74: Alexandre Sanguinetti 1974–75: Jacques Chirac 1975–76: André Bord 1976: Yves Guéna

Election results Presidential +President of the French Republic Election year Candidate 1st round 2nd round Votes % Rank Votes % Rank 1969 Georges Pompidou 10,051,783 44.5 1st 11,064,371 58.2 1974 Jacques Chaban-Delmas 3,857,728 15.1 3rd - -

National Assembly + National Assembly Election yearLeader 1st round 2nd round Seats +/− Rank(seats) Government Votes % Votes % 1967Georges Pompidou 8,448,082 37.7 7,972,908 42.6 25 1st 1968 9,667,532 43.6 6,762,170 46.4 111 1st 1973Pierre Messmer 8,242,661 34.6 10,701,135 45.6 82 1st

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