French Guiana elects a legislature on the regional and departmental level. The legislature consists of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council (Conseil régional) has 31 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The General Council (Conseil général) has members elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies. French Guiana has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Last elections

2004 Regional Elections

Candidate Party Votes (Round One) % (Round One) Votes (Round Two) % (Round Two)
  Antoine Karam PSG 6,087 22.45% 11,380 37.24%
  Léon Bertrand UMP 6,595 24.32% 9,650 31.58%
  Georges Othily FDG 5,238 19.31% 9,529 31.18%
  Christiane Taubira Walwari-PRG 4,875 17.98% - -
  Maurice Pindard MDES 1,777 6.55% - -
  Brigitte Wyngaarde The Greens 1,316 4.85% - -
  Gladys Robin Miscellaneous 700 2.58% - -
  Léon Jean-Baptiste-Edouard PSG dissident 531 1.96% - -
Total 27,119 100.00% 30,559 100.00%

Seats

Partyseats
• Guianese Socialist Party29
Union for a Popular Movement7
Walwari7

Past elections

1998 Regional election

Partyseats
• Guianese Socialist Party11
Democratic Forces of Guiana9
Rally for the Republic6
Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement3
Walwari2

1992 Regional election

Partyseats
• Guianese Socialist Party26
Miscellaneous Right3
Rally for the Republic2

1986 Regional election

Partyseats
• Guianese Socialist Party15
Rally for the Republic9
Miscellaneous Left4
Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement3

See also


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