Legislation
This webpage contains legislative acts concerning topic: Elections, in country: France.
France
Elections
Constitution excerpts
- Constitution (1958) (excerpts) [ 2013-07-08 | en | text ]
- Constitution (1958) (excerpts) (in French) [ 2013-07-08 | en | text ]
Primary legislation
- Act on the Election of the President by Universal Suffrage (1962, as of June 2020) (in French) [ 2020-06-30 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (as amended November 2020) (in French) [ 2020-11-20 | en | pdf ]
- Law relating to the election of the departmental councillors, councilors and community advisers, and modifying the electoral calendar (2013, amended 2015) (in French) [ 2015-01-18 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (Regulatory Part) excerpts on election financing (as amended 2012) (in French) [ 2013-07-18 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (Regulatory Part) (as amended 2013) (in French) [ 2013-07-17 | en | pdf ]
- Law n° 2000-493 aiming at ensuring equal access of women and men to electoral mandates and elective functions (2000, as amended 2009) (in French) [ 2009-05-14 | en | text ]
Secondary legislation
- Decree on increasing the ceilings on campaign expenditures (2007) (in French) [ 2013-07-18 | en | text ]
- Circular on the organization of legislative elections of 10 and 17 June 2012 (2012) (in French) [ 2013-07-17 | en | pdf ]
- Circular on the material organization and proceedings for the election of the President of the French Republic (2012) (in French) [ 2013-07-12 | en | pdf ]
- Decree implementing Act relating to the Election of the President of by Universal Suffrage (2001, as amended 2012) (in French) [ 2013-07-12 | en | pdf ]
- Decree implementing Act relating to the Election of the President of by Universal Suffrage (2001, as amended 2002) [ 2013-07-12 | en | pdf ]
- Ordinance incorporating an institutional act on the Constitutional Council (1958, as amended 2011) [ 2013-07-09 | en | pdf ]
Others
- Overview of the role of the Constitutional Council regarding the French presidential elections (2012) [ 2013-07-10 | en | pdf ]
Archives
- Electoral Code (as amended January 2020) (in French) [ 2020-01-01 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (as amended Aug 2019) (in French) [ 2019-08-03 | en | pdf ]
- Act on the Election of the President by Universal Suffrage (1962, as amended 2019) (in French) [ 2019-03-25 | en | pdf ]
- Organic Law reforming the term of office and age requirements for Senators as well as composition of the Senate (2003, amended 2005) (in French) [ 2005-12-16 | en | pdf ]
- Act on the Election of the President by Universal Suffrage (1962, as amended 2018) (in French) [ 2017-09-17 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (Legislative Part) (as amended 2018) (in French) [ 2018-02-02 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (Legislative Part) excerpts on election financing (as amended 2011) (in French) [ 2013-07-18 | en | pdf ]
- Electoral Code (Legislative Part) (as amended 2013) (in French) [ 2013-07-17 | en | pdf ]
- Act on the Election of the President by Universal Suffrage (1962, as amended 2012) (in French) [ 2013-07-12 | en | pdf ]
- Act on the Election of the President by Universal Suffrage (excerpts) (1962, as amended 2001) (in English) [ 2013-07-12 | en | pdf ]
- Organic Law reforming the term of office and age requirements for Senators as well as composition of the Senate (2003) (in French) [ 2003-08-14 | en | text ]
- Law aiming at ensuring equal access of women and men to electoral mandates and elective functions (in French) (2000) [ 2002-08-05 | en | text ]
- Circulaire n° NOR INT/A/02/00102/C sur Organisation des élections législatives des 9 et 16 juin 2002 (in French) (19 avril 2002) [ 2002-08-05 | en | text ]
- Circular on the material organization and proceedings for the election of the President of the French Republic (in French) (2002) [ 2002-08-05 | en | text ]
- Code Electoral (in French) (Partie Législative) [ 2002-08-05 | en | text ]
- Organic Law on the election of the President of the Republic (2006) (in French) [ 2006-04-06 | en | text ]