2024 legislative elections: what are the voting procedures?

The dissolution of the National Assembly was announced by the President of the Republic, Sunday June 9, 2024. Elections will therefore be organized on June 30 and July 7, 2024 in France and in advance on June 29 and July 6 in our islands . These legislative elections will elect the 577 new deputies who will sit in the National Assembly for the next 3 years.

Residents of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy will vote in advance on Saturdays, June 29 and July 6. They will have to elect a single deputy responsible for representing the two overseas communities. Polling stations will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. non-stop.

1- Face-to-face voting arrangements:

• Be registered on the Saint-Martin electoral list before the closing date of the list.

• Go to the polling station corresponding to your place of domiciliation (inscribed on your electoral card) on polling day, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., with a valid identity document.

• Young people who have carried out their census before the age of 17 and reach the age of majority before June 29, 2024 (1st round) or before July 6, 2024 (2nd round) are automatically registered on the Saint-Martin electoral list.

2- Proxy voting methods:

• Contact the local gendarmerie to establish a manual power of attorney

• The semi-dematerialized process: www.maprocuration.gouv.fr and follow the steps to obtain a power of attorney number: then go to the gendarmerie to finalize your process.

• The dematerialized approach: https://france-identite.gouv.fr/. Validation of fingerprints at the town hall works in all French departments. In Saint-Martin, validation must be done at the gendarmerie.