Departmental elections and the changing landscape of French politics

James Shields

doi:10.1080/13597566.2016.1160224

Departmental elections and the changing landscape of French politics

James Shields^*

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Abstract

The departmental elections of March 2015 redrew the French political landscape, setting the new terms of electoral competition in advance of the regional elections of December 2015 and, more critically, the presidential election of April–May 2017. These elections saw the far-right National Front (FN) come top in both rounds only to be outmanoeuvred by the mainstream parties and prevented from winning a single department. As a case study in vote–seat distortion, the elections highlighted a voting system effective in keeping the FN out of executive power but deficient in terms of democratic representation and inadequate as a response to the new tripartite realities of France's changing political landscape.

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Journal	Regional and federal studies
Volume	Latest article
Early online date	14 Mar 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2016.1160224
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 14 Mar 2016

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Regional & Federal Studies on 14/3/16, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13597566.2016.1160224

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