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Political party campaigns 

The Right

UDR- Union of Democrats for the Republic

- A Gaullist Political Party

- Led by Georges Pompidou at the time

UDR experienced a bad relationship between Georges Pompidou and Charles de Gaulle ahead of the legislative elections. This is because De Gaulle did not inform Pompidou of his trip to Baden-Baden in Germany.

Georges Pompidou's campaign included the restoration of law. Additionally, he campaigned for De Gaulle and Republicans in the UDR-RI party asking for the silent people of France to make their voices heard, this was essential in order to keep the left out of power. ⁴

The Left 

During the Campaign period the Left were divided, into three parties; PCF, FGDS and the PSU.                        'Vote Communist'⁵

PCF- French Communist Party

- Led by Waldeck Rochet

- Named as a 'loyal and active ally' of Francois Mitterrand¹

Waldeck Rochet campaign included:

- Liberation of the people

- Real government 

- co-operation with other leftist groups to ensure the smooth running of the government 

- government to create confidence amongst the people of France 

We can witness this from the video below where Rochet denounces his campaign ahead of the first round of legislative elections.²

FGDS- Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left 

- Led by François Mitterrand

- Included the combination of left-wing groups including the PCF.

Campaign included:

- Pardoning of students 

- Contest communal reform

- Dispute the law of assistance to the private education

- Question Social Security  

PSU- Unified Socialist Party

- Led by Édouard Depreux

- The PSU publicly protested against the FGDS (the front-runners for the left). This portrayed to the public and unstable left.

- Furthermore the fact that there were three parties on the left divided the public votes.

Central

PDM- Progress and Modern Democracy

- Created in 1968 after being elected by the National Assembly

- Formed by members of the democratic centre and National Centre of Independents and Peasants.³

¹Tiersky.R, 1974. The French Communism (Page 243). New York:Columbia University Press.

^{2 Institut National de l'Audivisuel, 2012.Waldeck Rochet [online] Available at URL  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuctKf0zCc8 (Accessed: 25th April 2018)}

^{3 wikiperdia.org, Progress and Modern Democracy. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Modern_Democracy (Accessed 26th April 2018)}

⁴ 'Union for the defense of the republic' June 1968 [digital image] Available at: https://mai68inenglish.com/2016/06/26/poster-union-for-the-defense-of-the-republic-june-1968/ (Accessed 1st May, 2018)

⁵ 'Vote Communiste', June 1968 [digital image] Available at: https://mai68inenglish.com/2016/06/20/poster-vote-communiste-mid-june-1968-pcf/ (Accessed 1st May, 2018)