Martinique is a Single territorial collectivity of France. Martinique elects one deputy to the national assembly from each of four constituencies. It elects on regional/départemental level a legislature, called the Assembly of Martinique, by proportional representation from each of the national assembly constituencies.
The Assembly of Martinique replaced, in 2015, two councils with diverging powers. These were the Regional Council (Conseil régional) with 41 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation and the General Council (Conseil général) with members elected for a six-year term in single seat-constituencies.
Martinique 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 The first elections for the Assembly of Martinique were held on 13 December 2015. Gran Sanblé pou ba peyi an chans, a coalition of the Martinican Independence Movement and right-wing parties, led by Alfred Marie-Jeanne defeated , a coalition of left-wing parties, led by Serge Letchimy, winning 33 out of 51 seats.
Past elections
2004 Regional Elections
CandidatePartyVotes (Round One)% (Round One)Votes (Round Two)% (Round Two) Alfred Marie-JeanneMIM46,00637.28%74,86053.76% Madeleine de GrandmaisonPPM21,23217.20%43,17031.00% Pierre SamontBPM-FSM-MPF19,99416.20% - - Miguel LaventureUDF (FMP)17,17713.92%21,22715.24% Pierre PetitUMP8,3676.78% - - Jean CrusolMiscellaneous left-wing5,8644.75% - - Ghislaine Joachim-ArnaudCombat Ouvrier-LO3,8663.13% - - Max Auguste DufrénotDivers9000.73% - -Total123,406100.00%139,257100.00%
Seats Party seats•Martinican Independence Movement 28Martinican Progressive Party 9UDF (FMP) 4
1998 Regional Elections
Party seats•Martinican Independence Movement 13Rally for the Republic 7Martinican Progressive Party 7UDF (FMP) 6Build the Martinique Country 4Martinican Socialist Federation 3Miscellaneous Right 1
1992 Regional Elections Party seatsRally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy 16•Martinican Progressive Party 9Miscellaneous 9•Martinique Communist Party 4•Martinican Socialist Federation 3
1986 Regional Elections Party seats•Martinican Socialist Federation 21Rally for the Republic 11Union for French Democracy 9
See also Electoral calendar Electoral system
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