French Guiana is not a separate territory but a region of

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The parties

Most of the French political parties are active in French Guiana. In addition to these there are a number of regional parties: *

Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement The Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement (french: Mouvement de décolonisation et d'émancipation sociale, MDES) is a pro-independence political party in French Guiana. Platform The principal platform of the party is the demand for in ...

(''Mouvement de Décolonisation et d'Émancipation Sociale'', MDES) *

Guianese Socialist Party The Guianese Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste guyanais, PSG) is a political party in the French '' overseas région'' of French Guiana, in South America. History It was founded in 1956 by Justin Catayée, beforehand the founder of the G ...

(''Parti Socialiste Guyanais'', PSG) *

Democratic Forces of Guiana The Democratic Forces of Guiana (french: Forces democratiques de Guyane, FDG) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in the French '' overseas région'' of French Guiana, in South America South America is a continent entirely ...

(''Forces démocratiques de Guyane'', FDG) * To the Left in Guiana (''À gauche en Guyane'', AGEG)( fr) *

Walwari Walwari () is a political party in the French overseas department and region of French Guiana, founded in 1992 by Christiane Taubira and her husband Roland Delannon.December 2015 territorial elections, all the regional parties and the branches of the metropolitan parties hitherto represented in the former regional and general councils have been eliminated from the new

Guianese Assembly The Assembly of French Guiana (french: Assemblée de Guyane) is the regional legislature of French Guiana. It was first elected in 2015, replacing the General Council of French Guiana and the Regional Council of French Guiana. It was establis ...

. Only two lists, both labeled "miscellaneous left" (''LDVG'') by the Interior Ministry, concurred for the second round, none of them from a party or coalition of parties, both of them including unaffiliated candidates from left and right. Many local officeholders are also "miscellaneous left" or "miscellaneous right".La région Guyane - Les résultats du second tour des élections régionales
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The parties

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