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Senatorial elections took place on 24 September 2023 to renew 172 of the 348 seats in the Senate of the French Fifth Republic. The Republicans , led by Bruno Retailleau , emerged as the largest group for the fourth consecutive cycle, but lost 7 seats.
Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in France by 2029 to elect all 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. [1]The 2024 elections resulted into a hung parliament and a minority government led by Michael Barnier being appointed by president Emmanuel Macron.
French voters in Sunday's presidential election will use the same system that's been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand. ... France doesn’t do mail ...
The campaigns end at midnight the Friday before the election; [2] then, on election Sunday, by law, no polls can be published, [3] and no electoral publications or broadcasts can be made. [4] The voting stations open at 8 am and close at 6 pm in small towns or at 8 pm in cities, depending on prefectoral decisions. By law, publication of results ...
The second-round voting began Saturday in France’s overseas territories from the South Pacific to the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and North Atlantic. The elections wrap up Sunday at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) in mainland France. Initial polling projections are expected Sunday night, with early official results expected late Sunday and early Monday.
Legislative elections in France (French: élections législatives en France), or general elections (French: élections générales) per the Constitution's wording, determine who becomes Members of Parliament, each with the right to sit in the National Assembly, which is the lower house of the French Parliament. [1]
A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, according to near-final results, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The ...
Senators in France are elected by indirect universal suffrage, by a panel of "electors". Half of the Senate seats are up for election every three years; the term of office is six years. The last elections were held on 24 September 2023 for series 1 and 27 September 2020 for series 2.