2012 French legislative election

2012 French legislative election

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All 577 seats in the National Assembly
289 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.2% (Decrease3.2 pp) (1st round)
55.4% (Decrease1.8 pp) 2nd round)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Jean-Marc Ayrault 2012.jpg
Jean-François Copé 2011.jpg
Cécile Duflot 2011.JPG
Leader Jean-Marc Ayrault Jean-François Copé Cécile Duflot
Party PS UMP EELV
Leader since 15 May 2012 17 November 2010 16 November 2006
Leader's seat Loire-Atlantique-3rd Seine-et-Marne-6th Paris-6th
Last election 186 seats 313 seats 4 seats
Seats won 280 194 17
Seat change Increase94 Decrease119 Increase13
1st round
% and swing
7,618,326
29.35% Increase 4.7%
7,037,268
27.12% Decrease 16.3%
1,418,264
5.46% Increase 2.21%
2nd round
% and swing
9,420,889
40.91% Decrease 1.4%
8,740,628
37.95% Decrease 8.4%
829,036
3.60% Increase 3.15%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Le Pen, Marine-9586 (cropped).jpg
Leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon Marine Le Pen
Party FG FN
Leader since 18 November 2008 16 January 2011
Leader's seat None (stood in Pas-de-Calais's 11th) none (stood in Pas-de-Calais's 11th)
Last election 18 seats 0 seats
Seats won 10 2
Seat change Decrease8 Increase2
1st round
% and swing
1,793,192
6.91% Increase 2.62%
3,528,663
13.60% Increase 9.31%
2nd round
% and swing
249,498
1.08% Decrease 0.55%
842,695
3.66% Increase 3.58%


Prime Minister before election

Jean-Marc Ayrault
PS

Elected Prime Minister

Jean-Marc Ayrault
PS

Official campaign posters in the 5th constituency of Val-de-Marne. (One of the posters has been partly torn off: a not infrequent occurrence.)

Legislative elections were held in France on 10 and 17 June 2012 (and on other dates for small numbers of voters outside metropolitan France) to select the members of the 14th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a little over a month after the presidential election run-off held on 6 May.[1][2]

All 577 single member seats in the assembly, including those representing overseas departments and territories and French residents overseas, were contested using a two-round system.

  1. ^ "France sets 2012 presidential election dates". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Les dates de la présidentielle 2012 fixées". Le Figaro (in French). 11 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.