French legislative elections

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French legislative elections are nationwide polls held to choose the members of the National Assembly, the lower house of France’s Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
administrativeAuthority Ministry of the Interior of France ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
campaignFinance subject to spending limits ⓘ
subject to transparency rules ⓘ
campaignPeriod regulated by French electoral law ⓘ
canBeCalledBy President of France ⓘ
chamberType lower house ⓘ
country France ⓘ
earlyDissolutionPossible yes ⓘ
electoralDistricts legislative constituencies ⓘ
electoralRegister French electoral roll ⓘ
elects deputies ⓘ
lower house of the French Parliament ⓘ
members of the National Assembly ⓘ
firstElectionUnderCurrentRepublic 1958 French legislative election ⓘ
firstRoundRequirement absolute majority of votes cast and at least 25% of registered voters ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalFramework French Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
legislativeBody National Assembly of France ⓘ
levelOfGovernment national ⓘ
mainOutcome determines parliamentary majority ⓘ
mainPoliticalActors independent candidates ⓘ
party coalitions ⓘ
political parties ⓘ
notableFeature can produce cohabitation between President and parliamentary majority of different political orientation ⓘ
numberOfSeats 577 ⓘ
oversightBody National Commission for Campaign Accounts and Political Financing ⓘ
politicalConsequence influences appointment of the Prime Minister ⓘ
shapes government coalition ⓘ
regularity normally held every five years ⓘ
relatedChamber Senate of France ⓘ
relatedInstitution French Parliament ⓘ
rounds up to two rounds ⓘ
seatType deputy ⓘ
secondRoundEligibility candidates with at least 12.5% of registered voters ⓘ
secondRoundWinner candidate with the most votes ⓘ
suffrage universal suffrage ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
voterEligibility French citizens aged 18 or over ⓘ
votingMethods in-person voting ⓘ
proxy voting ⓘ
votingSystem majoritarian system ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
two-round system ⓘ

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French overseas territories → haveVotingRightsIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Left Front (France) → participatedIn → French legislative elections, 2012 ⓘ
linked to: French legislative elections
July Ordinances of 1830 → followed → French legislative elections of 1830 ⓘ
linked to: French legislative elections
Les Républicains → participatesIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Fabien Roussel → participatedIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Stanislas Guerini → participatedIn → French legislative elections, 2017 ⓘ
linked to: French legislative elections
Stanislas Guerini → participatedIn → French legislative elections, 2022 ⓘ
linked to: French legislative elections
Radical Party of the Left → participatesIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Popular Democratic Party → participatedIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Europe Écologie Les Verts → participatesIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Jeunes avec Macron → supportsElection → French legislative elections ⓘ
La majorité présidentielle → associatedWith → French legislative elections ⓘ
Democratic Movement (France) → participatesIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Louis Aliot → officeContested → French legislative elections ⓘ
NUPES → firstMajorElection → 2022 French legislative election ⓘ
linked to: French legislative elections
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire → participatedIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
subject linked to: UMP
Liberal Democracy (France) → competedIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Jean-François Copé → participatedIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
French left → participatesIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
Les Républicains → participatesIn → French legislative elections ⓘ
subject linked to: LR
Christian Jacob → officeContested → French legislative election ⓘ
linked to: French legislative elections
Jean-Christophe Lagarde → officeContested → French legislative elections ⓘ