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The Senate (Sénat) has 348 members, elected for six-year terms. 328 members are elected by an electoral college consisting of elected representatives from each of 96 departments in metropolitan France, 8 of which are elected from other dependencies, and 12 of which are elected by the French Assembly of French Citizens Abroad (Assemblée des ...
There were two presidential elections in France during the republican government known as the Fourth Republic (1946–1958). They were held in 1947 and 1953. The president was elected by the Congress of the French Parliament, a joint meeting of both houses of the French Parliament [11] (the National Assembly and the Council of the Republic).
Currently, the President of the French Republic is elected to a five-year term in a two-round election under Article 7 of the Constitution: if no candidate secures an absolute majority (including blank and void ballots) of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. [3]
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The first round of these elections is scheduled for 30 June and the second on 7 July. How does the vote work? Candidates in the 577 seats of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of France’s ...
1792 French National Convention election; 1946 French India local elections; 1946 French India Representative Assembly election; 1951 French India Representative Assembly election; 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election; 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election; 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies
The 1958 election was the first of the French Fifth Republic and took place on 21 December. It was the only French presidential election by the electoral college (gathering the members of the French Parliament, the Conseils Généraux, the overseas assemblies, and tens of thousands of mayors, deputy mayors and city council members). To win, a ...
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in France in early 2027, with a second round two weeks later, if required. The elections may be held earlier under exceptional circumstances if the presidency falls vacant before then. The incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron, is term-limited and cannot seek a third consecutive term in office.