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The politics ofAlsace,France, takes place in a framework of apresidentialrepresentative democracy, whereby the President of the Regional Council is thehead of government, and of a pluriformmulti-party system.Legislative power is vested in the regional council.
The executive of the region is led by thePresident of the Regional Council.
The Regional Council of Alsace (Conseil régional d'Alsace) is composed of 37 councillors, elected byproportional representation in atwo-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 throughproportional representation with a 5%threshold.
The Council is elected for a six-year term.
| 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 |
| 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 the2007 legislative election, thirteen out of the sixteen Alsatian deputies were from theUMP, one was from the oppositionPS, and one was from the UMP's coalition partner, theNew Centre. One deputy,Éric Straumann, was aUMP dissident.[1]
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