1995 French Presidential Election
23 April 1995 and 7 May 1995 · The age of alternance · direct two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April, with a second round on 7 May. Following his tenure as Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac launched his third campaign for the presidency of the French Republic.
President before
François Mitterrand
PS
Elected President
Jacques Chirac
RPR
Winning share
52.6%
second round
Turnout
78.4%
second round 79.7%
The result
| Lionel Jospin | Socialist Party | 7 097 786 | 23.30% | 14 180 644 | 47.36% |
| Jacques Chirac | Rally for the Republic | 6 348 375 | 20.84% | 15 763 027 | 52.64% |
| Édouard Balladur | Rally for the Republic | 5 658 796 | 18.58% | — | — |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen | National Front | 4 570 838 | 15.00% | — | — |
| Robert Hue | French Communist Party | 2 632 460 | 8.64% | — | — |
| Arlette Laguiller | Workers Struggle | 1 615 552 | 5.30% | — | — |
| Philippe de Villiers | Movement for France | 1 443 186 | 4.74% | — | — |
| Dominique Voynet | The Greens | 1 010 681 | 3.32% | — | — |
| Jacques Cheminade | Federation for a New Solidarity | 84 959 | 0.28% | — | — |