• Source: Assembly of French Guiana

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 established after a 2010 referendum changed the government structure to a single territorial collectivity. It currently has 55 members.
The current president, Gabriel Serville, was elected to a six-year term in 2021.




Electoral system



There are eight multi-member electoral sections whose seats are distributed using closed list proportional representation with the highest average method. The lists must have alternation between male and female candidates. An eleven-seat majority bonus is given to the top-voted list.
In the first round, if a list receives the absolute majority of the votes in the community, they obtain the majority bonus which is distributed amongst the electoral sections. The rest of the 44 seats are distributed proportionally in each section to the lists who have won at least 5% of the votes at the community level.
A second round is held if no list gets the absolute majority in the first. Only the lists that received 10% or more of the votes in the first round can participate. Lists who won at least 5% of the first round votes could merge into the lists participating in the second round. The electoral system used in the first round is also used in the second. The majority bonus is given to the list with the most votes and is not necessary to acquire the absolute majority.




References

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• Guyana
• Assembly of French Guiana
• French Guiana
• Politics of French Guiana
• Flag of French Guiana
• List of political parties in French Guiana
• Elections in French Guiana
• Gabriel Serville
• President of the Regional Council (France)
• Péyi Guyane
• Departmental Council of French Guiana