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Elections to the Territorial Council were held in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin for the first time on 1 July and 8 July 2007. As no list received an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, all lists with more than 10% of the vote contested a second round, in which the list of Louis Constant-Fleming obtained a relative majority.
| Party | First round | Second round | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Union for Progress–UMP | 2,829 | 40.35 | 3,753 | 48.96 | 16 | |
| Rally Responsibility Success | 2,237 | 31.90 | 3,231 | 42.15 | 6 | |
| Succeed Saint Martin | 767 | 10.94 | 681 | 8.88 | 1 | |
| Alliance | 635 | 9.06 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Alliance for Saint Martin | 544 | 7.76 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7,012 | 100.00 | 7,665 | 100.00 | 23 | |
| Valid votes | 7,012 | 97.46 | 7,665 | 97.20 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 183 | 2.54 | 221 | 2.80 | ||
| Total votes | 7,195 | 100.00 | 7,886 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,519 | 46.36 | 15,522 | 50.81 | ||
| Source: Le Journal, RFO2 | ||||||
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