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Mumby - SFIO/PCF get a Yes Vote in 1946
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1945-1946: Charles de Gaulle (Independent)
1945 (Three Parties Alliance of PCF, MRP and SFIO) def. various (Conservatives), various (Radical Socialists)
1946-1951: Felix Gouin (SFIO)
1946 (Popular Front of PCF and SFIO) def. Georges Bidault (MRP), various (Moderates), Jean-Paul David (Rally of the Republican Lefts)
1951-1957: Maurice Thorez (PCF)
1951 (Popular Front of PCF and SFIO) def. Georges Bidault (MRP), Charles de Gaulle (RPF), none (CNIP), Jean-Paul David (Rally of the Republican Lefts)
1955 (Popular Front of PCF, SFIO and UDSR) def. none (Centre Right Alliance of CNIP, MRP and Rally of Left Republicans), Charles de Gaulle (RPF), Pierre Poujade (UFF)
1957-1958: Jacques Massu (Independent leading Military Junta)
1958-1963: Jacques Massu (UNF)
1958 (National Unity Alliance of CNIP, UNF and MRP) def. none (PCF), Guy Mollet (SFIO), none (UDSR)
So the SFIO and the PCF work together and manage to secure a yes vote in the constitutional referendum of 1946. They goes on to secure a majority in the now unicameral National Assembly later in the year.
The Popular Front holds together in the face of a divided right until Maurice Thorez makes moves to grant Algeria independence, something which cost him enough votes before 1955 to require him to form an alliance Francois Mitterand's UDSR. The OAS enact a military coup, and in 1958 create their own political party, the Union for a New France which is bolted together out of conservatives, poujadistes and the old Gaullist Party. The CNIP emerges the largest party, but it is clear the tail wags the dog. Maurice Thorez and Francois Mitterand have disappeared, and the PCF has refused to take it's seats in the 'illegitimate' National Assembly.
1945-1946: Charles de Gaulle (Independent)
1945 (Three Parties Alliance of PCF, MRP and SFIO) def. various (Conservatives), various (Radical Socialists)
1946-1951: Felix Gouin (SFIO)
1946 (Popular Front of PCF and SFIO) def. Georges Bidault (MRP), various (Moderates), Jean-Paul David (Rally of the Republican Lefts)
1951-1957: Maurice Thorez (PCF)
1951 (Popular Front of PCF and SFIO) def. Georges Bidault (MRP), Charles de Gaulle (RPF), none (CNIP), Jean-Paul David (Rally of the Republican Lefts)
1955 (Popular Front of PCF, SFIO and UDSR) def. none (Centre Right Alliance of CNIP, MRP and Rally of Left Republicans), Charles de Gaulle (RPF), Pierre Poujade (UFF)
1957-1958: Jacques Massu (Independent leading Military Junta)
1958-1963: Jacques Massu (UNF)
1958 (National Unity Alliance of CNIP, UNF and MRP) def. none (PCF), Guy Mollet (SFIO), none (UDSR)
So the SFIO and the PCF work together and manage to secure a yes vote in the constitutional referendum of 1946. They goes on to secure a majority in the now unicameral National Assembly later in the year.
The Popular Front holds together in the face of a divided right until Maurice Thorez makes moves to grant Algeria independence, something which cost him enough votes before 1955 to require him to form an alliance Francois Mitterand's UDSR. The OAS enact a military coup, and in 1958 create their own political party, the Union for a New France which is bolted together out of conservatives, poujadistes and the old Gaullist Party. The CNIP emerges the largest party, but it is clear the tail wags the dog. Maurice Thorez and Francois Mitterand have disappeared, and the PCF has refused to take it's seats in the 'illegitimate' National Assembly.
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