Elections in Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe elects a legislature on the regional and departmental level. The legislature consists of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council of Guadeloupe (Conseil régional) has 41 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The Departmental Council of Guadeloupe (Conseil général), known as the General Council until 2015, 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

Party		seats
•	Socialist Party	29
	Union for a Popular Movement	12

Past elections

1998 Regional Elections

Party		seats
•	Miscellaneous Right	14
•	Rally for the Republic	12
	GUSR	6
	Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe	3
	Guadeloupe Communist Party	2
	Socialist Party	3
•	Union for French Democracy	1

1992 Regional Elections

Party		seats
	Socialist Party	16
•	Miscellaneous Right	15
	Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe	5
	Guadeloupe Communist Party	3
	Popular Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe	2

1986 Regional Elections

Party		seats
•	Union for French Democracy	15
	Socialist Party	12
	Guadeloupe Communist Party	10
•	Rally for the Republic	4

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system