Submitted by christian on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 15:57
French voters head to the polls on March 15 and 22 to elect some 35,000 mayors and more than ten times as many councilors. Just over 500,000 council seats are up for grabs in the country’s 34,970 municipalities. All mayoral candidates are required to present gender-balanced “lists”, or tickets, for their council. The seats are allocated on a proportional basis, with a “majority bonus” for towns of more than 1,000 inhabitants. If a single ticket wins more than 50% of votes in the first round, there is no need for a run-off.
