Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

is a

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. Martinique elects one deputy to the

national assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

from each of four constituencies. It elects on regional/départemental level a

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, called the

Assembly of Martinique The assembly of Martinique is the deliberative assembly of Martinique, which is a single territorial collectivity of France. In 2015 it replaced both the Regional In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territorie ...

, by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

from each of the national assembly constituencies. The Assembly of Martinique replaced, in 2015, two councils with diverging powers. These were the Regional Council (''

Conseil régional A regional council () is the elected assembly of a region of France. History Regional councils were created by law on 5 July 1972. Originally they were simply consultative bodies consisting of the region's parliamentary representatives plus an ...

'') with 41 members, elected for a four-year term by

and the General Council (''Conseil général'') with members elected for a six-year term in single seat-

constituencies An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

. Martinique has a

multi-party In political science, a multi-party system is a political system where more than two meaningfully-distinct political parties regularly run for office and win elections. Multi-party systems tend to be more common in countries using proportional r ...

system, with numerous

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in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and

must work with each other to form

coalition government A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive. Coalition governments usually occur when no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an ...

Last elections

The first elections for frança é meu piruzão grosso the

were held on 13 December 2015. ''Gran Sanblé pou ba peyi an chans'', a coalition of the

Martinican Independence Movement The Martinican Independence Movement or MIM (; Martinican Creole: ''Mouvman endépandantis matinitjé'' or ''Mouvman endépandantis matiniké'') is a left-wing political party in the overseas department of Martinique, founded July 1, 1978 by Alfr ...

and right-wing parties, led by

Alfred Marie-Jeanne Alfred Marie-Jeanne (; born November 15, 1936, in Rivière-Pilote, Martinique) is a French politician, a leader in the Martinican Independence Movement (MIM) since 1978. He served as mayor of the commune of Rivière-Pilote from 1971 to 2000 and ...

defeated ', a coalition of left-wing parties, led by

Serge Letchimy Serge Letchimy (; born 13 January 1953) is the President of the Executive Council of Martinique and former member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the island of Martinique's 3rd constituency since June 2007, and is a member ...

Last elections

Past elections

2004 Regional Elections

Seats

1998 Regional Elections

1992 Regional Elections

1986 Regional Elections

See also

References