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As no candidate won a majority in the first round a runoff was held between the top two candidates emmanuel macron of en marche.

The election hong kong drama. Cnn voters will go to the polls on april 22 to elect the sixth president of the fifth republic of france. The latest election was in 2017. In 2002 and quite exceptionally the left center party the socialists fell just behind the far right party the front national and so was eliminated.

On 29 november prime minister edouard philippe. President vs national assembly. For municipal and european but not national elections citizens aged 18 or older of other european union countries may vote in france.

Both major parties must get enough votes to be in the second round. France is gearing up to vote in the ninth presidential election since the fifth republic was introduced in 1959. The french system does have one flaw.

Frances presidential election system adjust font size. The first round was held on 23 april 2017 the second on 7 may. In france the president is the one who picks the prime minister and also has the power to dissolve the national assembly and call fresh elections.

The presidential election was followed by a legislative election to elect members of the national. What distinguishes the way the french choose their mps from westminster. It is the system of choice for several european countries including finland poland and portugal.

Since 1965 when the current direct election system was introduced every election has gone to a second round. The two round voting system is not unique to france nor its former colonies. Starting from the 2004 elections france was divided into eight large regional electoral constituencies for the purposes of european parliament elections with members elected by proportional representationthe electoral system changed ahead of the 2019 election with broad support in the french political class for a return to a national vote.

The first round takes place on 22 april. Apart from the uk france is the only other european democracy not to use some form of proportional representation for its state wide elections heres a list of voting systems used at the state level in europeinstead french voters use the two round system to elect their president and mps and for regional elections. If there is no clear winner there will be.