Elections in French Guiana
Elections in French Guiana gives information on election and election results in French Guiana.
French Guiana elects on regional/departmental level a legislature. The legislature consists of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council has 31 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The General Council has members elected for a six-year term in single seat-constituencies.
French Guiana 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 | % | Votes | % | |
Antoine Karam | PSG | 6,087 | 22.45% | 11,380 | 37.24% | |
Léon Bertrand | UMP | 6,595 | 24.32% | 9,650 | 31.58% | |
Georges Othily | FDG | 5,238 | 19.31% | 9,529 | 31.18% | |
Christiane Taubira | Walwari-PRG | 4,875 | 17.98% | - | - | |
Maurice Pindard | MDES | 1,777 | 6.55% | - | - | |
Brigitte Wyngaarde | The Greens | 1,316 | 4.85% | - | - | |
Gladys Robin | Miscellaneous | 700 | 2.58% | - | - | |
Léon Jean-Baptiste-Edouard | PSG dissident | 531 | 1.96% | - | - | |
Total | 27,119 | 100.00% | 30,559 | 100.00% |