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Have any polls been conducted? 68.42.243.198 ( talk) 21:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
User:Lihaas deleted several parts of the article, and tagged the Ethnic and gender diversity one. I didn't see it at once, but he also transformed full links in raw links in references. Is it a coincidence that "Lihaas" proudly states on his user page that he is a staunch partisan of the fascist and racist parties Front National and Ataka ? I think all his edits in this article (and probably in others) should be reviewed. -- Minorities observer ( talk) 08:30, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Please someone explain why there are two rounds in this election. For a president this is ok, a 2-round parliamentary election is not all that common... Perhaps someone better-acquainted should elaborate in a couple of sentences in the article how it works (& perhaps even why this system was chosen?). BigSteve ( talk) 12:35, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
I've added a section explaining how the two-round system works. Aridd ( talk) 10:47, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
I think that the left front should not be counted in the same coalition as the socialists, because they are not in the presidential majority coalition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.58.62.73 ( talk) 16 June 2012
The total amount of seat results reported (e.g. 333 for the Left, and 224 for the Right, plus some others) equals only 564, when there are a total of 577 seats in the National Assembly. What about the missing seats? If the result has not yet been totaled, some mention should be made in the section. 68.42.243.198 ( talk) 01:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article really be entitled "French legislative elections, 2012" (rather than "...election..."), given that 577 separate elections have just been held (one in each constituency – each to elect a single representative in the National Assembly)? This truth is more accurately conveyed by the title of the corresponding French-language article: Élections législatives françaises de 2012. -- Picapica ( talk) 15:31, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Eregli bob, I pointed out the title of the corresponding French-language article only to say that it seems more objectively to reflect the facts of the case. I wasn't arguing that we should consider amending the title of the English-language article simply because that of the French one differs. You beg the question, however, in calling "election" (in this context, I take you to mean) the "normal form" of the word in English!
I quite agree with you, nevertheless, that the "normal form", as used in English-language sources, should be our guiding principle – as per Wp guidelines. And that principle would seem to indicate that, in the context of the recent elections to the French National Assembly, "legislative elections" beats "legislative election" by more than four times to one in the UK media (websites examined: BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times). Perhaps others might like to comment concerning English-language sources in other countries? -- Picapica ( talk) 14:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
This article uses the term "other far left" in its summary of election results, which implies that the Left Front is far left. This is not correct. In French political culture, Communists and the Left Front are not normally considered far left (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_left#Definitions_and_characteristics ). There have been some recent attempts by rightwing figures to paint them as such, but this characterization is highly POV (unlike the characterization of the FN as far right, which is generally accepted by reputable news sources and both rightwing and leftwing politicians). "dans la tradition politique française, l'extrême gauche commence à gauche du PCF et regroupe notamment les mouvements trotskistes." "In the French political tradition, the far left begins to the left of the Communists and groups together notably the Trotskyists." ( http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/2012/06/12/les-contorsions-rhetoriques-de-nkm-sur-le-ni-ni_825684 ) 86.166.40.220 ( talk) 20:38, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
"Far left" and "Other far right" is what makes the most sense, if we want to reflect common French understandings of the political spectrum. Or "Far left" and "Miscellaneous far right". Aridd ( talk) 07:15, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
So government ministers are supposed to win a seat in the national legislature, and then immediately resign ? And they are replaced by ?? The current explanation is unclear. If they are replaced by the runner-up from the election, won't that normally be a person from the opposing side of politics ? How can it be democratic for the people in the election district to elect a socialist, who becomes a minister, resigns from the legislature, and then the right-wing candidate who came second in the election for that district becomes the elected representative of the people there ? How does that work then ? Eregli bob ( talk) 08:37, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
"As no person may simultaneously be a member of the executive and the legislature, any government minister elected to Parliament must immediately resign from their newly obtained seat in the Assembly, in order to remain a minister.[100] Their running mate then takes their seat, and holds it until and unless they cease to be a minister, whereupon they revert to being a member of the Assembly."
What is the meaning of "their running mate" here ? Is this a relic of some previous implementation of multi-member or "list" based legislative electoral districts? Eregli bob ( talk) 08:43, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I propose a rank per seats won in the infobox as per discussion ongoing on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Elections_and_Referendums#Seat_order_or_vote_order_in_an_infobox. My change has been reverted (Explanation by Impru20 is "Change done without consultation just to make a point in an ongoing discussion. Doesn't seems fair play" while the discussion was about the specific case of Spain with arguments around Spanish context. That shouldn't be a surprise since I wrote specifically in the discussion that I would suggest the change for France). As Impru20 contests now also for France, I will wait for the outcome of the discussion for further edits. Other comments are welcome on the ongoing discussion. Wykx 00:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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