#2025-883 DCLaw to Harmonize Voting System in Municipal Elections
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The law harmonizes the voting system for municipal elections in France to ensure democratic vitality, municipal cohesion, and gender parity. It extends the proportional voting system with a majority premium to municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, requiring gender balance on candidate lists. The law also allows the government to adapt electoral rules for certain overseas territories.
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Key Changes
- Proportional representation applied to municipalities with less than 1,000 residents.
- Mandatory gender parity in electoral lists for these municipalities.
- Empowerment for the government to make regulatory adjustments via ordinance for implementation in specific territories.
Obligations
What this law requires
Implement proportional voting system with majority premium for municipal elections in municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
Ensure gender balance on candidate lists for municipal elections
Apply the harmonized voting system rules to achieve democratic vitality, municipal cohesion, and gender parity objectives
Government may adapt electoral rules for overseas territories subject to constitutional authority under Article 74 of the Constitution