Elections in Guadeloupe

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Guadeloupe

Elections in Guadeloupe gives information on election and election results in Guadeloupe.

Guadeloupe elects on regional/départemental level a legislature. The legislature consists out of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council (Conseil régional) has 41 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. Guadeloupe 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)
  Victorin Lurel PS-PPDG 65,962 44.29% 99,805 58.23%
  Lucette Michaux-Chevry UMP 56,024 37.62% 71,602 41.77%
  Daniel Marsin GUSR 8,158 5.48% - -
  Ary Broussilon Independentists 5,874 3.94% - -
  Harry Durimel The Greens 4,306 2.89% - -
  Octavie Losio Miscellaneous left-wing 3,085 2.07% - -
  Juliette Nubret Miscellaneous right-wing 2,302 1.55% - -
  Jean-Marie Nomertin Combat Ouvrier-LO 1,759 1.18% - -
  Gérard Lauriette Miscellaneous 1,470 0.99% - -
Total 148,940 100.00% 171,407 100.00%

Seats

Partyseats
Socialist Party29
Union for a Popular Movement12

Past elections

1998 Regional Elections

Partyseats
Miscellaneous Right14
Rally for the Republic12
GUSR6
Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe3
Guadeloupe Communist Party2
Socialist Party3
Union for French Democracy1

1992 Regional Elections

Partyseats
Socialist Party16
Miscellaneous Right15
Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe5
Guadeloupe Communist Party3
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe2

1986 Regional Elections

Partyseats
Union for French Democracy15
Socialist Party12
Guadeloupe Communist Party10
Rally for the Republic4

See also


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