Territorial Council elections were held in the French

overseas collectivity The French overseas collectivities (''collectivité d'outre-mer'' or ''COM'') are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonie ...

of Saint Martin on 20 March 2022.

Results

Analysis

As expected, the elections were hotly contested, with five of the six lists managing to qualify for the second round. The latter is necessary, as none of the lists having managed to win the absolute majority of the votes cast in the first round. The

Rassemblement Saint-Martinois The Saint-Martinois Rally (, RSM), formerly Movement for Justice and Prosperity (, MJP) from 2016 to 2021 and Movement for the Advancement of the People (, MAP) until 2016, is a Saint-Martinois political party, previously close to the Socialist ...

led by

Louis Mussington Louis Mussington is a French politician from Rassemblement Saint-Martinois The Saint-Martinois Rally (, RSM), formerly Movement for Justice and Prosperity (, MJP) from 2016 to 2021 and Movement for the Advancement of the People (, MAP) until 2 ...

finished first with 16 seats (an increase of 11), ahead of the

Union for Democracy Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** Union ...

list of the outgoing chairman of the council,

Daniel Gibbs Daniel Gibbs (born 8 January 1968 in Saint-Martin) is a French Saint-Martinois politician. Political career In 2011, he founded Union for Democracy. He was elected MP to the French National Assembly on 17 June 2012 representing the cons ...

, which lost 13 seats.

References

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