Elections are held in

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...

for the French president, a member of the National Assembly, a member of the Senate, and a territorial legislature.

Presidential elections

Electors from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon vote in all French presidential clections.

Member of the National Assembly

Elections are held at the same time as in France. The current deputy is

Annick Girardin Annick Girardin (born 3 August 1964) is a French politician of the Radical Party who served as Minister of the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022), Minister of Overseas France in the government of Prime Minis ...

, affiliated with the

Left Radical Party The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Soc ...

in the National Assembly. She was first elected in 2007.

Member of the Senate

Senators are only elected by a small college of electors, delegates of the General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and delegates of the two Municipal Councils. The current Senator is

Karine Claireaux Karine Claireaux (born 15 November 1963) was a member of the Senate of France. She was first elected in 2011, and represented Saint Pierre and Miquelon. A customs officer by profession, she was a member of the Socialist Party, before joining ...

, who until 2020 also was the Mayor of St Pierre.

General Council

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon elects on territorial level a

legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...

. The General Council (''Conseil Général'') has 19 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat

constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon has a

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system, with numerous

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. Elections are held in two stages. The first stage (Premier tour) is open to all candidates and the majority of seats can only be given out if a political group achieves true majority at the ballot box. If no majority is attained on this ballot, a second ballot is held the following Sunday. On the second ballot (Second tour), only a relative majority is necessary to obtain 11 out of the 19 seats. The rest of the seats (save 4 for Miquelon) are distributed through a system of proportional representation.

Latest elections

Municipal elections

Both municipalities have elected councils.

External links

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Cap sur l'avenir

Saint-Pierre & Miquelon Information

Saint-Pierre & Miquelon Community website, includes political discussions
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