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
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Votes (Round One)
|
% (Round One)
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Votes (Round Two)
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% (Round Two)
|
|
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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
Past elections
1998 Regional election
1992 Regional election
1986 Regional election
See also