List of indirect presidential elections in France

1873 election The 1873 election took place on 24 May following the resignation of incumbent President Adolphe Thiers. At the time of the vote, the Legitimists and Orleanists monarchists held a large majority in Parliament over the Republicans and Bonapartists as a result of the 1871 legislative elections. 1879 election 1885 election 1887 election 1894 election 1895 election 1899 election 1906 election 1913 election January 1920 election September 1920 election 1924 election 1931 election 1932 election 1939 election ==Fourth Republic==

1947 election 1953 election The elections in December 1953 required thirteen rounds of voting before a candidate reached a majority of the vote. The election was eventually won by René Coty of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), who had only entered in the eleventh round. ==Fifth Republic==

1958 election The 1958 election was the first of the French Fifth Republic and took place on 21 December. It was the only French presidential election by the electoral college (gathering the members of the French Parliament, the Conseils Généraux, the overseas assemblies, and tens of thousands of mayors, deputy mayors and city council members). To win, a candidate was required to receive 50% of the vote. This system was used only for this election, and was changed in the 1962 referendum in time for the 1965 presidential election. Source: List of candidates First round result ==References==