The Assembly of French Guiana (french: Assemblée de Guyane) is the regional legislature of
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...
. It was first elected in 2015, replacing the
General Council of French Guiana
The General Council of French Guiana (French: ''Conseil général de la Guyane'') was the deliberative executive assembly of the French Department of French Guiana. (French Guiana was also a French region, with a Regional Council
Regional Counci ...
and the
Regional Council of French Guiana
The Regional Council of French Guiana (French: ''Conseil régional de la Guyane'') was the elected regional council of French Guiana. It ceased to exist on 1 January 2016, when it was replaced by the Assembly of French Guiana.
The council was co ...
.
It was established after a 2010 referendum changed the government structure to a
single territorial collectivity
A single territorial collectivity (french: collectivité territoriale unique) is a chartered subdivision of France that exercises the powers of both a region and a department. This subdivision was introduced in Mayotte in 2011, in French Guian ...
. It currently has 55 members.
The current president,
closed list
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proportional representation
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with the highest average method. The lists must have alternation between male and female candidates. There is also a 11-seat
majority bonus
The majority bonus system (MBS) is a form of semi-proportional representation used in some European countries. Its feature is a majority bonus which gives extra seats or representation in an elected body to the party or to the joined parties with ...
given to the most-voted list.
In the first round, if a list receives the absolute majority of the votes in the community, they obtain the majority bonus which is distributed amongst the electoral sections. The rest of the 44 seats are distributed proportionally in each section to the lists who have won at least 5% of the votes at the community level.
A second round is held if no list gets the absolute majority in the first. Only the lists that received 10% or more of the votes in the first round can participate. Lists who won at least 5% of the first round votes could merge into the lists participating in the second round. The
electoral system
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used in the first round is also used by the second. However, the majority bonus is given to the list with the most votes, not necessary to acquire the absolute majority.