Politics of Franche-Comté
# Politics of Franche-Comté

The politics of Franche-Comté, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.

## Executive

The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.

## Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Franche-Comté (Conseil régional de Franche-Comté) is composed of 43 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.

The Council is elected for a six-year term.

### Current composition

| Party | Party | seats |
| - | - | - |
| • | Socialist Party | 16 |
| | Union for a Popular Movement | 12 |
| • | The Greens | 6 |
| | National Front | 5 |
| • | Miscellaneous Left | 3 |
| • | Association for a Republican Left | 1 |

## Elections

### Other elections

In the 2007 legislative election, the UMP won 11 seats and the Socialist Party won two seats.

