Politics of Guadeloupe

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Guadeloupe sends four deputies to the French National Assembly and three senators to the French Senate. One of the four National Assembly constituencies still includes Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy even though they have seceded from Guadeloupe in 2007. This situation should last until 2012 when Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy will send their own deputies to the French National Assembly.

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National holiday	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Slavery Abolition Day	27 May (1848)
Constitution^[1]	28 September (1958)
Legal system	French
Suffrage	Universal at 18 years old
Executive branch	Chief of state	President Nicolas Sarkozy represented by Prefect Jean-Jacques Brot	since 7 May 2007 since 12 June 2006
	Head of government	President of the General Council Jacques Gillot President of the Regional Council Victorin Lurel	since 26 March 2001 since 22 April 2004
	Elections	French president elected by popular vote for five-year term; Prefect appointed by the French president on advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; General and Regional Council presidents elected by membership of those councils.
	Election results	See regional elections
Legislative branch	Unicameral General Council (Conseil général; 42 seats) Unicameral Regional Council (Conseil régional; 41 seats)		members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms
	Elections^[2]	General Council last held March 2004, next due 2010 Regional Council last held 28 March 2004, next due March 2008^[3]
	Election results	General Council Percent of vote by party: n/a Seats by party: left-wing candidates 11, PS 8, PCG 3, PPDG 6 right-wing candidates 5, RPR 8, UDF 1 Regional Council Percent of vote by party: PS 58.4%, UMP 41.6% Seats by party: PS 29, UMP 12
Judicial branch	Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) in Basse-Terre; Assize Court (Cour d'assises) in Basse-Terre to try felonies, consisting of three judges and a popular jury; Several first instance courts of varying competence levels, in Basse-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint-Martin and Grand-Bourg.
Political parties	Guadeloupe Communist Party (PCG) · FGPS · Progressive Democratic Party (PPDG) · Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) (formerly the Rassemblement pour la Republique, RPR) · Socialist Party (PS) · Union for French Democracy (UDF);· Guadeloupe unie, socialisme et réalités (GUSR)
Pressure groups	Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (ULPG) · General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers (CGT-G) · General Union of Guadeloupe Workers (UGTG) · Movement for Independent Guadeloupe (MPGI) · The Socialist Party
International membership	FZ · WCL · WFTU

See also: Colonial and Departmental Heads of Guadeloupe

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^ French constitution.
^ Guadeloupe elects three representatives to the Sénat; elections last held September 2004, next due September 2013

Seats by party: 1 PS, 1 GUSR, 1 UMP

Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the Assemblée nationale; elections last held June 10-17 2007, next due June 2012

Seats by party: UMP 1, PS 1, 1 GUSR (socialist), 1 left-wing
^ to elect half the membership.

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