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June 19, 2022 Held

France
French Republic
Election for Assemblée Nationale (French National Assembly)

Results

Voter Participation


Cast Votes:22,464,299
Valid Votes:None
Invalid Votes:None
Voter
Turnout*

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Ensemble (Ensemble) 244 8,002,407

New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nouvelle union populaire écologique et sociale) 127 6,555,984

National Front (Front National) 89 3,589,269

Union of the Right and Centre (l’Union de la droite et du centre) 64 1,512,281

Election Results Modified: Jul 09, 2024

General Information

At Stake in this Election

  • 577 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) of the French Republic

Government Structure:

  • Chief of State: President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Élisabeth BORNE (since 16 May 2022)
  • Assembly: The French Parliament (Parlement français) is a bicameral legislature consisting of an indirectly elected upper house, the Senate (Sénat), and a lower chamber, the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale).

Electoral System:

  • The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) consists of 577 members: 556 for metropolitan France, 10 for overseas departments, and 11 for French citizens residing abroad. Members are directly elected using a single-member majoritarian system, which occurs in two rounds. A candidate may win their seat in the first round if they win an absolute majority, under the condition that this number is equal to or greater than a quarter of registered voters in their constituency. Candidates are eligible for a second round of voting should they have obtained a vote share equal to at least 12.5% of the total number of registered voters. If only one candidate meets this benchmark, then the candidate with the second highest vote share qualifies for the second round of voting.[1]
  • The 348 seats in the Senate (Sénat) are determined through indirect election and serve for six years. Using a mixed system of voting, senators are elected through indirect universal suffrage by electoral colleges. A two-round, first-past-the-post method is applied to the 70 metropolitan and overseas departments that fill one-three senatorial seats. Proportional representation is applied to the remaining 39 metropolitan and overseas departments filling four or more senatorial seats.[2]
  • The President of the Republic is elected for a five-year term using a two-round system. If a candidate fails to receive a majority of the ballot during the first round of voting, a second round is held between the two candidates who received the most votes to determine the winner.[3]
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Republic.[4]

Last Election:

Main Parties in this Election:

  • Alliance: Ensemble*
    • Leader: Richard FERRAND
    • Seats won in 2018 election: New (constituent parties secured 356 seats)
    • Percentage of vote won in first round: 25.75
  • Alliance: Union of the Right and the Center (UDC) / l’Union de la droite et du centre**
    • Leader: Christian JACOB
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 135 (includes all aligned parties)
    • Percentage of vote won in first round: 11.29
  • Alliance: New People’s Ecological and Social Union (NUPES) / Nouvelle union populaire écologique et sociale***
    • Leader: Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
    • Seats won in 2018 election: New (constituent parties secured 68 seats)
    • Percentage of vote won in first round: 25.26
  • Party: National Rally (RN) / Rassemblement national
    • Leader: Marine LE PEN
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 8
    • Percentage of vote won in first round: 18.68

*The main parties which constitute Ensemble are the following:

  • Party: Renaissance (formerly Republic on the Move) / Renaissance (formerly La République En Marche! Often shortened to En Marche!, LREM, LaREM, REM)
    • Leader: Stanislas GUERINI
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 308
  • Party: Democratic Movement (MoDem) / Mouvement démocrate
    • Leader: François BAYROU
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 42
  • Party: Horizons
    • Leader: Édouard PHILIPPE
    • Seats won in 2018 election: New

**The main parties which constitute the Union of the Right and the Center (l’Union de la droite et du centre) are the following:

  • Party: The Republicans / Les Républicains
    • Leader: Stanislas GUERINI
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 112
  • Party: Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) / Union des démocrates et indépendants
    • Leader: Jean-Christophe LEGARDE
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 18

***The main parties which constitute the Union of the Right and the Center (l’Union de la droite et du centre) are the following:

  • Party: Unsubmissive France (FI, LFI) / La France Insoumise
    • Leader: Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 17
  • Party: Socialist Party (PS) / Parti socialiste
    • Leader: Olivier FAURE
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 30
  • Party: French Communist Party (PCF) / Parti communiste français
    • Leader: Fabien ROUSSEL
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 10
  • Party: Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) / Europe Écologie Les Verts
    • Leader : Julien BAYOU
    • Seats won in 2018 election: 0

Population and Registered Voters:

  • Population: 68,305,148 (2022 est.)[6]
  • Registered Voters: 48,803,175 (9 March 2022)[7]

Gender Data:

  • Female Population: 34,621,892 (2020 est.)[8]
  • Is France a signatory to CEDAW: yes (signed 17 July 1980)[9]
  • Has France ratified CEDAW:  Yes (ratified 14 December 1983)[10]
  • Gender Quota: For the directly elected National Assembly (Assemblée nationale), the difference between the number of candidates of each sex presented by a party within France’s 577 single-member constituencies cannot exceed two percent.[11]
  • Female candidates in this election: 2,779 out of 6,293[12]
  • Number of Female Legislators: 228 out of 577 (40 percent) in the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)[13]
  • Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 26 at 0.901 (2020)[14]
  • Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very low[15]

Disability Data:

  • Is France a signatory to CRPD: Yes (signed on 30 March 2007)[16]
  • Has France ratified CRPD: Yes (ratified on 18 February 2010)[17]
  • Estimated population with a disability: 9,422,135 (2022 est.)[18]

 

 

Election Modified: Oct 26, 2023

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