France
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly
- Seats: 577
- Term of office: 5 years
· Senate
- Seats: 348
- Term of office: 6
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 65,000
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 7 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 47,582,183 (2017 elections)
· Voter turnout: 77.77% (2017 presidential elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: two-round system, an absolute majority
- National Assembly: two-round system, an absolute majority
- Senate
1. 328 members elected by an electoral college consisting of elected representatives of 96 departments.
2. 8 elected from other dependencies.
3. 12 elected by citizens living abroad.
· Voting process
1. Verify identity document
2. Take several ballots in order to preserve the confidentiality of his choice.
3. Mark Ballots
4. Cast Ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. The result is announced in public by the president of the office and displayed by him in full in the voting room.