Union of the Democratic Forces (France)

The Union of the Democratic Forces (Union des forces démocratiques, UFD) was an electoral coalition set up in 1958 by many trade unions, political, and associative organizations to unite the non-communist left opposed to the return of General Charles de Gaulle to power and the French Fifth Republic.

All except two of its candidates were defeated in the 1958 election, but its candidate in the indirect 1958 presidential election, Albert Châtelet, obtained 79,416 votes or 8.46%.

Having failed to overcome debates over its ideology and role, the UFD disappeared, with many joining the Unified Socialist Party.

Political parties in France

National Assembly (577 seats)	Socialist Party (280) The Republicans (194) Union of Democrats and Independents (29) New Centre 8 Radical Party 6 Democratic European Force 4 Tahoera'a Huiraatira 3 Caledonia Together 2 Centrist Alliance 2 National Centre of Independents and Peasants 1 Territories in Movement 1 Miscellaneous left² (22) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (17) Miscellaneous right (15) Left Front (10) French Communist Party 9 Left Party 3 Radical Party of the Left² (12) Citizen and Republican Movement (3) Others (3) National Front (2) The Centre for France (2)

Senate (343 seats)	The Republicans (126) Socialist Party (117) Union of Democrats and Independents (44) French Communist Party (17) Radical Party of the Left² (11) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (10) National Front (France) (2)

European Parliament (74 seats)	National Front (ENF, 24) The Republicans (EPP, 20) Socialist Party (S&D, 12) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (G–EFA, 6) Democratic Movement (ALDE, 4) Union of Democrats and Independents (ALDE, 2) Radical Party 1 Centrist Alliance 1 Left Front (EUL–NGL, 4) French Communist Party 1 Left Party 1 Communist Party of Réunion 1 Nous Citoyens (ALDE, 1) Radical Party of the Left² (S&D, 1)

Extra-parliamentary/Local	United Republic Movement for France Arise the Republic National Centre of Independents and Peasants Abertzaleen Batasuna Alsace First Breton Democratic Union Breton Party Christian Democratic Party¹ Ecology Generation Independent Ecological Movement Independent Workers' Party Liberal Democratic Party New Anticapitalist Party Occitan Party Pè a Corsica Corsica Libera The Progressives¹ Republican Left of Catalonia Savoyan League Savoy Region Movement Unitarian Left Unser Land Lutte Ouvrière

Notes:¹,²,³ and⁴. Numbers denote party affiliations, 1 is for parties linked to The Republicans, formerly the Union for a Popular Movement, 2 is for parties linked to the Socialist Party's Presidential majority.

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