What is 1974 French presidential election?
{{Infobox election | election_name = 1974 French presidential election | country = France | type = presidential | ongoing = no | previous_election = 1969 French presidential election | previous_year = 1969 | next_election = 1981 French presidential election | next_year = 1981 | election_date = 5 May 1974 (first round)<br />19 May 1974 (second round) | image1 = [[File:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1976 White House.jpg|200x200px]] | candidate1 = '''[[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]]''' | party1 = Independent Republicans | popular_vote1 = '''13,396,203''' | percentage1 = '''50.8%''' | image2 = [[File:Conferentie van leiders sociaal-democratische partijen EEG-landen in Den Haag, Bestanddeelnr 927-5559 (cropped).jpg|200x200px]] | candidate2 = [[François Mitterrand]] | party2 = Socialist Party (France) | popular_vote2 = 12,971,604 | percentage2 = 49.2% |map_image = French presidential election result map second round 1974.svg |map_size = 250px |map_caption = Results of the second round: the candidate with the plurality of votes in each administrative division. {{legend|#4169E1|Valéry Giscard d'Estaing}}{{legend|#FF69B4|François Mitterrand}} | title = President | before_election = [[Alain Poher]]<br /> <small>(acting President after [[Georges Pompidou]] died in April)</small> | before_party = Democratic Centre (France) | after_election = [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] | after_party = Independent Republicans }} '''[[Presidential elections in France|Presidential elections]]''' were held in [[:France]] in 1974, following the death of President [[Georges Pompidou]]. They went to a second round, and were won by [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] by a margin of 1.6%. It is to date the closest presidential election in French history. ==Other websites== * [http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&from=fulltext&full=d%E9bat+g