Socialist Party presidential primary, 1995

5 February 1995 2006 →

Nominee Lionel Jospin Henri Emmanuelli Party PS PS Popular vote 52,250 27,095 Percentage 65.85% 34.15%

Previous Socialist nominee François Mitterrand Socialist nominee Lionel Jospin

The 1995 Socialist Party presidential primary was the selection process by which members of the Socialist Party of France chose their candidate for the 1995 French presidential election.

Lionel Jospin won the primary by a huge margin.^[1] He later lost the presidential election to conservative candidate Jacques Chirac on 7 May 1995, obtaining 47% of the vote in the runoff.

• 1995 French presidential election