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{{Politics of Martinique}}
[[Martinique]] is an overseas [[Territorial collectivity]] of France, with the same political status as regions and departments in mainland France. The administrative centre of Martinique is located in [[Fort-de-France]].

During the referendum of 24 January 2010, the residents of Martinique approved by 68.4% the creation of a new and unique territorial collectivity which is governed by the section 73 of the [[Constitution of France|French Constitution]]. The territorial collectivity of Martinique replaces and exercises all the related power and duties of the department's General Council and the Regional Council.

''Gran Sanblé pou ba peyi an chans'', a coalition of the [[Martinican Independence Movement]] and right-wing parties, led by [[Alfred Marie-Jeanne]] defeated ''{{ill|Ensemble pour une Martinique Nouvelle|fr|Parti progressiste martiniquais#Coalition Ensemble pour une Martinique nouvelle}}'', a coalition of left-wing parties, led by [[Serge Letchimy]], winning 33 seats out of 51 seats of the new [[Territorial collectivity|Territorial Collectivity]]'s [[Assembly of Martinique|assembly]] during the election held on December 13, 2015 in Martinique.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/2015/12/13/la-liste-d-alfred-marie-jeanne-remporte-les-elections-territoriales-2015-314735.html|title=La liste d'Alfred Marie-Jeanne remporte les élections territoriales 2015|date=14 December 2016|language=fr}}</ref>

On December 18, 2015 Alfred Marie-Jeanne was elected the first president of the Executive Council of the [[Territorial collectivity|Territorial Collectivity]] of Martinique.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/actualite/politique/alfred-marie-jeanne-je-serai-le-president-de-tous-les-martiniquais-337927.php|title=Alfred Marie-Jeanne : " je serai le président de tous les Martiniquais "|date=18 December 2015|language=fr}}</ref>

== Assembly of Martinique ==
The Assembly of the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique is composed of 51 members elected by proportional representation in two rounds with each list having an equal number of male and female candidates. The term of the Assembly is 6 years. The current president of the assembly is [[Serge Letchimy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/actualite/politique/ctm-claude-lise-elu-president-de-l-assemblee-les-4-vice-presidents-connus-337927.php|title=CTM : Claude Lise élu président de l'Assemblée, les 4 vice-présidents connus|date=18 December 2016|language=fr}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="2" | Party || seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Independence Movement}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|Gran Sanblé pou pa peyi an chans|| align="center" | 33
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Progressive Party}}" |
|Ensemble pour une Martinique Nouvelle|| align="center" | 18
|}

==General Council of Martinique==
The [[General councils (France)|General Council]] of Martinique was composed of 45 seats whose members were elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms. The last President of the General Council was [[Josette Manin]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|+<big>'''Composition'''</big>
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
!colspan=2| Party || seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Left}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|Miscellaneous Left ||align="right"| 21
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Progressive Party}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Martinican Progressive Party]] ||align="right"| 10
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |
|Miscellaneous Right ||align="right"| 4
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
|[[Union for a Popular Movement]] ||align="right"| 3
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Regionalism (politics)}}" |
|Other regionalists ||align="right"| 3
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Independence Movement}}" |
|[[Martinican Independence Movement]] ||align="right"| 2
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] ||align="right"| 2
|-
|}

==Regional Council of Martinique==
{{Main|Elections in Martinique}}

The [[Regional Council of Martinique|Regional Council]] was composed of 41 seats whose members were elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms. The last President of the Regional Council was Serge Letchimy.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|+<big>'''Composition'''</big>
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
!colspan=2| Party || seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Independence Movement}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Martinican Independence Movement]] ||align="right"| 28
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Progressive Party}}" |
|[[Martinican Progressive Party]] ||align="right"| 9
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for French Democracy}}" |
|[[Union for French Democracy|UDF (FMP)]] ||align="right"| 4
|-
|}

==Parliamentary representation==
:''Notable representatives may be found in [[:Category:Martiniquais politicians]]''

===French Senate, 2 seats===
Martinique elects 2 seats to the [[French Senate]]; indirect elections were last held in September 2004. The [[Martinican Progressive Party]]  won 1 senator and one other left-wing candidate was elected.

===French National Assembly, 4 seats===
Martinique also elects 4 seats to the [[French National Assembly]], the last elections were held in June 2007. The [[Union for a Popular Movement]] elected 1 deputy (Alfred Almont), the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] elected 1 (Louis-Joseph Manscour), the nationalist [[Martinican Independence Movement]] elected 1 (Alfred Marie-Jeanne), and the [[Martinican Progressive Party]] also elected 1 (Serge Letchimy, mayor of [[Fort de France]]).

{| class="wikitable"
|+<big>'''Current Deputies'''</big>
|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}"|
| [[Martinique's 1st constituency|1st]]
| [[Louis-Joseph Manscour]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}"|
| [[Martinique's 2nd constituency|2nd]]
| [[Alfred Almont]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Progressive Party}}"|
| [[Martinique's 3rd constituency|3rd]]
| [[Serge Letchimy]]
| [[Martinican Progressive Party|PPM]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Martinican Independence Movement}}"|
| [[Martinique's 4th constituency|4th]]
| [[Alfred Marie-Jeanne]]
| [[Martinican Independence Movement|MIM]]
|}

==Judicial system==
In Martinique, the French system of justice is in force with there being two lower courts (''[[Tribunal d'instance|tribunaux d’instance]]''), one higher court (''tribunal de grande instance''), one administrative court, a commercial court, and a [[Court of appeal (France)|court of appeal]] at Fort-de-France.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Martinique|title=Martinique {{!}} Island|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-12-28|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uK6bR9byVIC&pg=RA1-PA216&dq|title=Crime and Punishment around the World [4 volumes]: [Four Volumes]|last=Newman|first=Graeme R.|date=2010-10-19|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313351341|language=en}}</ref>

With regard to the legal profession, it is known that women have been practicing law since 1945 when Andrée Pierre-Rose Bocaly became an attorney. She would be followed by Marcelle Yang-ting, Marie-Thérèse Yoyo-Likao, and Marie-Alice André-Jaccoulet (1969) in sequence.

==See also==
*[[List of presidents of the Regional Council of Martinique]]

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