Politics of Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe sends four deputies to the French National Assembly and three senators to the French Senate. One of the four National Assembly constituencies still includes Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy even though they seceded from Guadeloupe in 2007. This situation should last until 2012 when Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy will send their own deputies to the French National Assembly.

National holiday	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Slavery Abolition Day	27 May (1848)
Constitution	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	General Council last held March 2004, next due 2011 Regional Council last held 14 March 2010, next due March 2014/2016
	Election results	General Council Percent of vote by party: n/a Seats by party: Miscellaneous Left 22, PS 10, 2 Independents Miscellaneous Right 7, UMP 2 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

See also: Colonial and Departmental Heads of Guadeloupe

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
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" |•	Miscellaneous Left	22
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |•	Socialist Party	10
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	Miscellaneous Right	7
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Independents	2
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	Union for a Popular Movement	2

Regional Council of Guadeloupe

The regional council is composed of 31 seats; whose members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

Composition

Party		seats
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |•	Socialist Party	29
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	Union for a Popular Movement	2

Current Deputies

Guadeloupe also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly, the last elections were held in June 2007.

Constituency		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color"|	1st	Éric Jalton	PS
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color"|	2nd	Gabrielle Louis-Carabin	UMP
style="background-color: Template:United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities/meta/color"|	3rd	Jeanny Marc	GUSR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color"|	4th	Victorin Lurel	PS

See also

• List of Presidents of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe