2015 French departmental elections

To elect the membership of the Departmental Councils of France's departments May 2026 Party affiliation of the Departmental Council Presidents after the elections|right|thumb Departmental elections to elect the membership of the departmental councils of France's 100 departments were held on 22 and 29 March 2015 (first and second round). In 2015 for the first time, the term "departmental elections" (French: élections départementales) replaced "cantonal elections" (élections cantonales); as did the term "Departmental Council" (conseil départemental), replacing "General Council" (conseil général). The right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) won 27 new departments and lost one, resulting in it holding a majority in 67 departmental councils. 62 candidates were elected for the National Front (FN) nationwide although the party won no departments. Electoral system Like the previous cantonal elections, the departmental elections used a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections. One change was that the election adopted paired voting known as binomial voting. 2 councillors (a man and a woman) were elected from the reconfigured cantons adopted in 2014. A pair securing the votes of at least 25% of the canton's registered voters and more than 50% of the total number of votes actually cast in the first round of voting would be thereby elected. If no candidate satisfies these conditions, then a second round of voting would be held one week later. The two pairs who received the highest number of votes in the first round, plus any other pair of candidates who received the votes of at least 12.5% of those registered to vote in the canton, would be eligible to stand in the second round.How the French elections work http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-elections-explained-government-local-regional-news-article.html The Connexion 4 October 2016 In the second round, the pair receiving the highest number of votes would be elected. Neither the city of Paris, the Lyon Metropolis, nor Martinique and French Guiana took part in this election due to their particular statuses.October 2018 needs to explain what these "particular statuses" are Opinion polls Opinion polling for the French departmental elections, 2015 Results thumb|right|280px|Leading single party or grouping after the first round in Metropolitan France, broken down by department. Colour key: #030e40 National Front #0066cc Union for a Popular Movement #0080ff Union of the Right #4c4cb0 Miscellaneous right #ff3366 Socialist Party #ff8080 Union of the Left #da7b8b Miscellaneous left #808080 No election PartyFirst round Second roundTotal seatsVotes%SeatsVotes %SeatsLeft Front (Front de Gauche) 962,394 4.72 1 266,896 1.44 7 19Union of the Left (Union de la Gauche) [Socialist Party and its allies] 1,667,533 8,19 - 1,679,890 9,09 - -Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) 2,708,427 13.30 24 2,967,883 16.06 925 954Europe Écologie – Les Verts 412,729 2.03 0 29,888 0.16 35 35Communist Party (Parti communiste français) 269,285 1.32 5 100,413 0.54 167 121Miscellaneous left (Divers gauche) 1,383,318 6.79 27 828,537 4.48 376 403Radical Party of the Left (Parti radical de gauche) 62,372 0.31 4 64 110 0.35 59 63 Left Party (Parti de gauche) 12,027 0.06 0 2,498 0.01 2 2Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) 1,339,412 6.57 74 1,596,391 8.64 1006 1080 Miscellaneous right (Divers droite) 1,386,466 6.81 115 1,279,623 6.92 784 899 Union of Democrats and Independents (Union des Démocrates Indépendants) 263,209 1.29 30 247,714 1.34 334 364Union of the Right (Union de la Droite) [Union pour un Mouvement Populaire and its allies] 4,254,050 20.88 - 5,102,317 27.61 - - National Front (Front national) 5,141,897 25.24 8 4,108,404 22.23 54 62Others (Divers) 271,065 1.33 4 98,781 0.53 45 49 Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate) 72,410 0.36 1 48,038 0.26 47 48 Far-right (Extrême droite) 13,382 0.07 0 12,851 0.07 4 4Totals 21,419,393 50.17 528 20,160,862 49.98Turnout References External links Complete first round results 2015 Category:2015 elections in France Category:March 2015 in France