Elections in Martinique
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
[edit]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 Ensemble pour une Martinique Nouvelle, a coalition of left-wing parties, led by Serge Letchimy, winning 33 out of 51 seats.[1][2][3]
Past elections
[edit]2004 Regional Elections
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes (Round One) | % (Round One) | Votes (Round Two) | % (Round Two) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Marie-Jeanne | MIM | 46,006 | 37.28% | 74,860 | 53.76% | |
| Madeleine de Grandmaison | PPM | 21,232 | 17.20% | 43,170 | 31.00% | |
| Pierre Samont | BPM-FSM-MPF | 19,994 | 16.20% | - | - | |
| Miguel Laventure | UDF (FMP) | 17,177 | 13.92% | 21,227 | 15.24% | |
| Pierre Petit | UMP | 8,367 | 6.78% | - | - | |
| Jean Crusol | Miscellaneous left-wing | 5,864 | 4.75% | - | - | |
| Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud | Combat Ouvrier-LO | 3,866 | 3.13% | - | - | |
| Max Auguste Dufrénot | Divers | 900 | 0.73% | - | - | |
| Total | 123,406 | 100.00% | 139,257 | 100.00% |
Seats
[edit]| Party | seats | |
|---|---|---|
| • | Martinican Independence Movement | 28 |
| Martinican Progressive Party | 9 | |
| UDF (FMP) | 4 | |
1998 Regional Elections
[edit]| Party | seats | |
|---|---|---|
| • | Martinican Independence Movement | 13 |
| Rally for the Republic | 7 | |
| Martinican Progressive Party | 7 | |
| UDF (FMP) | 6 | |
| Build the Martinique Country | 4 | |
| Martinican Socialist Federation | 3 | |
| Miscellaneous Right | 1 | |
1992 Regional Elections
[edit]| Party | seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy | 16 | |
| • | Martinican Progressive Party | 9 |
| Miscellaneous | 9 | |
| • | Martinique Communist Party | 4 |
| • | Martinican Socialist Federation | 3 |
1986 Regional Elections
[edit]| Party | seats | |
|---|---|---|
| • | Martinican Socialist Federation | 21 |
| Rally for the Republic | 11 | |
| Union for French Democracy | 9 | |
See also
[edit]| Assembly elections | |
|---|---|
| Regional Council elections | |
| General Council elections | |
| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
| |
References
[edit]- ^ "La liste d'Alfred Marie-Jeanne remporte les élections territoriales 2015" (in French). 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Pro-independence candidate wins in Martinique, does not want to change status quo (for now)". Nationalia. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "En Martinique, droite et indépendantistes fusionnent pour la première fois". Le Huffington Post (in French). 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
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