On 24 June 2016, the members of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council voted in favor of a proposal by Marie-Guite Dufay, president of the regional council, to designate Dijon as the prefecture of the newly unified region and agreed to select the Hôtel de Région at 4 square Castan in Besançon as the seat of the regional council. The previous seat of the regional council of Burgundy, located at 17 boulevard de la Trémouille in Dijon, became the meeting place of assemblies of the regional council. The plan was approved with 79 votes in favor, 18 votes against, and 3 abstentions.
Election results
2015 regional election
The current regional council was elected in regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015, with the list of Marie-Guite Dufay consisting of the Socialist Party, the Radical Party of the Left, and Cap21 securing an absolute majority of 51 seats.
Composition
Political groups
The regional council currently consists of three political groups. In March 2017, Jacqueline Ferrari left the socialist group, reducing it to 50 members, before ultimately rejoining it a year later. The ranks of the National Front group in the regional council were also considerably reduced from its original total of 24. Its losses followed internal disputes and the formation of The Patriots by Florian Philippot, close to Sophie Montel, former president of the FN group, who was subsequently replaced by Julien Odoul as group president on 7 September 2017.
Executive
Presidents
On 4 January 2016, Marie-Guite Dufay of the Socialist Party, who presided over the regional council of Franche-Comté before its merger, was elected president of the regional council. Despite the fact the left held a majority, Dufay was not elected in the first round of the ballot, securing only 49 votes against Sophie Montel with 24 votes and 27 blank votes, because two members of the Radical Party of the Left withheld their support for Dufay in the first round in order to secure vice presidencies. She was subsequently elected with 51 votes in a second ballot.
Vice presidents
In addition to the president, the executive of the regional council also includes 15 vice presidents, as well as regional councillors serving as advisers on certain policy areas.
Committees
The regional council includes 5 thematic committees responsible for examining files on policy areas and submitting their deliberations to the vote of the 33-member standing committee or a plenary session.
