David
05-02-2009, 11:02 PM
A new book entry has been added:
Legislative Elections
Legislative Elections
General or legislative elections are held to choose the 577 deputies who sit in the National Assembly; they are elected for a five-year term by direct universal suffrage on the two-ballot, uninominal majority system. Each deputy represents a constituency which may vary in size, but has on average 100,000 inhabitants. First-past-the-post voting was introduced by General de Gaulle as an antidote to the instability which had plagued the governments of the Fourth Republic and which had been largely due to proportional representation. The proportional system was brought back for the 1986 general election by the Socialist government - which was seeking better representation for small political groups - but the first-past-the-post system was reinstated for the 1988 elections and has been retained ever since.
Legislative Elections
Legislative Elections
General or legislative elections are held to choose the 577 deputies who sit in the National Assembly; they are elected for a five-year term by direct universal suffrage on the two-ballot, uninominal majority system. Each deputy represents a constituency which may vary in size, but has on average 100,000 inhabitants. First-past-the-post voting was introduced by General de Gaulle as an antidote to the instability which had plagued the governments of the Fourth Republic and which had been largely due to proportional representation. The proportional system was brought back for the 1986 general election by the Socialist government - which was seeking better representation for small political groups - but the first-past-the-post system was reinstated for the 1988 elections and has been retained ever since.