§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in descending order information available to him on the percentage of the popular vote received by the main governing party on the latest free elections held in each of the NATO and Warsaw pact countries.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe figures are as follows:
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Per cent. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION (NATO) United States (1988) President Bush as Republican presidential candidate 53 Portugal (1987) Social Democrats 50.15 Greece (1990) New Democracy Party 46.91 Federal Republic of Germany (1987) CDU/CSU 44.3 Canada (1988) Progressive Conservative Party 43 United Kingdom (1987) Conservative Party 42.3 Spain (1989) Socialist Party 39.50 France (1988) Socialist Party (National Assembly elections) 37.5 Turkey (1987) Motherland Party (ANAP) 36.3 Netherlands (1989) Governing coalition: Christian Democratic Alliance 35.3 Labour Party 31.9 Italy (1987) Christian Democrats (largest party in coalition) 34.3 Luxembourg (1989) Governing coalition: Christian Social Party 32.67 Socialists 26.47 Belgium (1987) Governing coalition (with a third smaller party) Christian Social Party 27.5 Socialist Party 30.6
Per cent. Norway (1989) Conservative Party (minority coalition) 22.2 Denmark (1988) Conservative People's Party (minority coalition) 19.3 Iceland (1987) Progressive Party (leading party in coalition) 18.9 WARSAW PACT Romania National Salvation Front 66 Poland Solidarity (Senate elections) 65 Bulgaria Bulgarian Socialist Party 53 Czechoslovakia Czech governing party—Civic Forum Slovak governing party—Public Against 51 Violence 33 German Democratic Republic Christian Democratic Union 41 Hungary Democratic Forum (first round)1 25 1 No percentage of the popular vote is available for the second round, in which the Democratic Forum obtained 43 per cent. of the seats allocated in that round.