General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

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Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
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The General Council (Conseil Général) has 19 members, elected for a six year term in single-seat constituencies. Elections are held in two stages. The first stage (Premier tour) is open to all candidates and the majority of seats can only be given out if a political group achieves true majority at the ballot box. If no majority is attained on this ballot, a second ballot is held the following Sunday. On the second ballot (Second tour), only a relative majority is necessary to obtain 11 out of the 19 seats. The rest of the seats (save 4 for Miquelon) are distributed through a system of proportional representation.

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**Summary of the 19 and 26 March 2000 **General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon** election results**
	% 1st round	% 2nd round	Seats
Rally for Contruction (Ensemble pour Construire) - Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2000 (Saint Pierre et Miquelon 2000)	41.6	45.9	11
Rally for Contruction (Ensemble pour Construire) - Future Miquelon (Miquelon Avenir)	41.6	45.9	1
Road to the Future (Cap sur l'Avenir)	28.8	25.2	2
Archipelago Tomorrow (Archipel Démain)	27.1	28.3	2
Miquelon Objectives (Objectifs Miquelonnais)	27.1	28.3	3
Total			19
Source: Chroniques Insulaires and Cap sur l'Avenir