5 December 1965 (first round) 19 December 1965 (second round)
1969 →
Turnout
84.75% (first round) 84.32% (second round)
Candidate
Charles de Gaulle
François Mitterrand
Party
UNR
FGDS
Popular vote
13,083,699
10,619,735
Percentage
55.20%
44.80%
First round results by department
Second round results by department
President before election
Charles de Gaulle
UNR
Elected President
Charles de Gaulle
UNR
Presidential elections were held in France on 5 December 1965, with a second round on 19 December. They were the first direct presidential elections in the Fifth Republic and the first since the Second Republic in 1848. It had been widely expected that incumbent president Charles de Gaulle would be re-elected, but the election was notable for the unexpectedly strong performance of his left-wing challenger François Mitterrand.
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