Elections in French Guiana


Elections in French Guiana gives information on election and election results in French Guiana.
French Guiana elects on regional/departmental level a legislature. The legislature consists of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council has 31 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The General Council has members elected for a six-year term in single seat-constituencies.
French Guiana has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Last elections

2004 Regional Elections

CandidatePartyVotes % Votes %
Antoine KaramPSG6,08722.45%11,38037.24%
Léon BertrandUMP6,59524.32%9,65031.58%
Georges OthilyFDG5,23819.31%9,52931.18%
Christiane TaubiraWalwari-PRG4,87517.98%--
Maurice PindardMDES1,7776.55%--
Brigitte WyngaardeThe Greens1,3164.85%--
Gladys RobinMiscellaneous7002.58%--
Léon Jean-Baptiste-EdouardPSG dissident5311.96%--
Total27,119100.00%30,559100.00%

Seats

Past elections

1998 Regional election

1992 Regional election

1986 Regional election