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.

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Socialist Party presidential primary, 1995

5 February 1995 2006 
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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

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Results

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.

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