Politics of Alsace

The politics of Alsace, France, takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of the Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.

Executive

See also: List of presidents of Alsace

The executive of the region is led by the President of the Regional Council.

Legislative branch

Main article: Alsace Regional Council

The Regional Council of Alsace (Conseil régional d'Alsace) is composed of 37 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.

The Council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

Party		seats
•	Union for a Popular Movement	18
	Socialist Party	8
	National Front	8
•	Union for French Democracy	7
	The Greens	4
•	Miscellaneous Right	2

Elections

Main article: Elections in Alsace

Other elections

Presidential runoff elections results

Year	Regional winner	Runner-up
2007	65.50% 641,319	34.50% 337,780
2002	78.63% 686,758	21.37% 186,661
1995	58.26% 463,391	41.74% 331,973
1988	50.88% 424,626	49.12% 409,929
1981	62.88% 518,413	37.12% 306,043
1974	65.32% 474,364	34.68% 251,834
1969	65.75% 376,821	34.25% 196,269
1965	77.37% 502,971	22.63% 147,147

In the 2007 legislative election, thirteen out of the sixteen Alsatian deputies were from the UMP, one was from the opposition PS, and one was from the UMP's coalition partner, the New Centre. One deputy, Éric Straumann, was a UMP dissident.

External links

• Alsace Region Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine