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The politics of Brittany , France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.
The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.
| Presidents of Brittany | |||
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| President | Party | Term | |
| René Pleven | DC | 1974–1976 | |
| André Colin | CDS | 1976–1978 | |
| Raymond Marcellin | UDF-PR | 1978–1986 | |
| Yvon Bourges | RPR | 1986–1998 | |
| Josselin de Rohan | RPR/UMP | 1998–2004 | |
| Jean-Yves Le Drian | PS | 2004– | |
The Regional Council of Brittany (Conseil régional de Bretagne, Kuzul Rannvroel Breizh) is composed of 83 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.
The council is elected for a six-year term.
| Party | seats | |
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| • | Socialist Party | 28 |
| Republican | 14 | |
| Ensemble ! | 9 | |
| National Rally | 8 | |
| • | French Communist Party | 4 |
| The Ecologists | 6 | |
| Breton Democratic Union | 6 | |
| • | Regionalists | 3 |
| • | Miscellaneous Ecologists | 5 |
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| Year | National winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 47.38% 921,256 | 52.62% 1,023,056 |
| 2002 | 88.56% 1,523,388 | 11.44% 196,712 |
| 1995 | 50.44% 858,100 | 49.56% 843,169 |
| 1988 | 55.10% 929,363 | 44.90% 757,417 |
| 1981 | 48.95% 796,769 | 51.05% 831,034 |
| 1974 | 56.54% 781,563 | 43.46% 600,678 |
| 1969 | 63.95% 692,280 | 36.05% 390,240 |
| 1965 | 63.15% 806,958 | 36.85% 470,839 |
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