Politics of Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe sends four deputies to the French National Assembly and three senators to the French Senate.

National holiday	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Slavery Abolition Day	27 May (1848)
Constitution[1]	28 September (1958)
Legal system	French
Suffrage	Universal at 18 years old
Executive branch	Chief of state	President François Hollande represented by Prefect	since 6 May 2012 since 12 June 2006
	Head of government	President of the General Council Jacques Gillot President of the Regional Council Victorin Lurel	since 26 March 2001 since 22 April 2004
	Elections	French president elected by popular vote for five-year term; Prefect appointed by the French president on advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; General and Regional Council presidents elected by membership of those councils.
	Election results	See regional elections
Legislative branch	Unicameral General Council (Conseil général; 42 seats) Unicameral Regional Council (Conseil régional; 41 seats)		members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms
	Elections Guadeloupe elects three representatives to the Sénat; elections last held September 2011, next due September 2017 Seats by party: 2 PS, 1 GUSR Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the Assemblée nationale; elections last held June 2012, next due June 2017 Seats by party: 2 PS, 1 GUSR, 1 DVG	General Council last held March 2011, next due 2015[2] Regional Council last held 14 March 2010, next due December 2015
	Election results	General Council Percent of vote by party: n/a Seats by party: Miscellaneous Left 10, PS 14, GUSR 7, Guadeloupean Communist Party 2, UPLG 1 Miscellaneous Right 3, UMP 3 Regional Council Percent of vote by party: PS 56.5%, UMP 14.0%, DVG 12.4%, CDI 7%, LO 2.8%, GUSR 2.8%, DVD 2.1%, EXG 1.4%, DVG 1% Seats by party: PS and allies 31, UMP 4, DVG 4, CDI 2
Judicial branch	Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) in Basse-Terre; Assize Court (Cour d'assises) in Basse-Terre to try felonies, consisting of three judges and a popular jury; Several first instance courts of varying competence levels, in Basse-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint-Martin and Grand-Bourg.
Political parties	Guadeloupe Communist Party (PCG) · FGPS · Progressive Democratic Party (PPDG) · Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) (formerly the Rassemblement pour la Republique, RPR) · Socialist Party (PS) · Union for French Democracy (UDF);· Guadeloupe unie, socialisme et réalités (GUSR)
Pressure groups	Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (ULPG) · General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers (CGT-G) · General Union of Guadeloupe Workers (UGTG) · Movement for Independent Guadeloupe (MPGI) · The Socialist Party
International membership	FZ · WCL · WFTU

General Council of Guadeloupe

The general council is composed of 43 seats; whose members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

Composition

Party		seats
•	Miscellaneous Left	22
•	Socialist Party	10
	Miscellaneous Right	7
	Independents	2
	Union for a Popular Movement	2

Regional Council of Guadeloupe

The regional council is composed of 41 seats; whose members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

Composition

Party		seats
•	Socialist Party	31
	Union for a Popular Movement	4

Current Deputies

Guadeloupe also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly, the last elections were held in June 2012.

Constituency		Member	Party
	1st	Éric Jalton	PS
	2nd	Gabrielle Louis-Carabin	PS
	3rd	Ary Chalus	GUSR
	4th	Victorin Lurel	PS

See also

• List of Presidents of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe

References

1. French constitution.
2. to elect half the membership.