Politics
The President of the General Council is Damien Alary of the Socialist Party.
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| • | Socialist Party | 17 |
| Union for a Popular Movement | 9 | |
| • | French Communist Party | 8 |
| • | Miscellaneous Left | 6 |
| Far-left | 2 | |
| Miscellaneous Right | 2 | |
| New Centre | 1 | |
In the closely contested first round of the 2012 French Presidential elections, Gard was the only department to vote in the National Front candidate Marine Le Pen by a slim relative majority, with 25.51% of the vote. The incumbent President Sarkozy of the Union for a Popular Movement party received 24.86% of the vote, while Socialist Party candidate François Hollande received 24.11% of the vote share.
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