1970 Agrestiumontian general election

1970 Agrestiumontian general election

12 February 1970
All 376 seats in the National Assembly 188 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	90.0% ( 2.0 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Party PU/RPP Social Democrats Communist Leader's seat Middle Mountains The Suburbs Thousand Lakes Last election 45.7%, 179 seats 42.8%, 164 seats 6.0%, 21 seats Seats won 160 154 34 Seat change 19 10 13 Percentage 41.8% 40.6% 8.6% Swing 3.9% 2.2% 2.6%
Largest political party by municipality   SD   PU   RPP   Communist   LSR

The 1970 election was influenced by the May 68-protests in France. The incumbent centre-right government lost heavily. The Communists won their best result ever, winning 34 seats. The Communists became the largest party in the Thousands Lakes-region, winning 32.3% of votes (up from 16.2% in 1966).

The Social Democrats were able to form a left-wing majority government with the Communists and the Radical Left.

Results

1970 Agrestiumontian general election
Party				%	Seats	+/–
		People's Union	PU	34.1%	131	19
		Regionalist People's Party	RPP	7.7%	29
'62 Alliance				41.8%	160	19
	Social Democrats		SD	40.6%	154	10
	Communist Party		KPA	8.6%	34	13
	League of Independents and Regionalists		LSR	5.3%	20	11
	National Bloc		NB	2.3%	5	4
	Radical Left		RM	1.2%	3	1
	Others			0.2%	0
Total				100%	376

By Region

Regions	SD	PU	RPP	KPA	LSR	NB	RM	Others
Region of the Capital	50.4	25.1	-	7.0	10.0	0.6	6.6	0.3
The Suburbs	54.3	31.0	-	6.6	6.2	1.2	0.4	0.3
Middle Mountains	30.7	50.0	-	3.4	5.2	10.0	0.4	0.3
Spitsberg	30.4	-	61.7	3.4	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.4
Northern Pass	43.2	45.0	-	5.1	4.6	1.5	0.3	0.3
Southern Pass	40.4	48.0	-	4.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	0.2
Thousand Lakes	31.0	30.7	-	32.3	4.3	1.6	-	0.2
Yellow Mountain	44.5	42.6	-	6.4	3.3	2.0	1.0	0.2