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Elections in France gives information on election and election results in France. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
- See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.
France elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The Parliament (Parlement) has two chambers. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 577 members, elected for a five year term in single seat-constituencies. The Senate (Sénat) has 331 members, 319 elected for a nine year term from departemental electoral colleges consisting of the national and elected representatives of the department, one third of them renewed every three years, and 12 members by the Conseil Supérieur des Français de l'Étranger (High Counsil of French Citizens living abroad), a 150 members assembly elected by the citizens living abroad.
France has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Presidential elections
Parliamentary elections
French regional elections
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