Corsican Assembly

Corsican Assembly Assemblea di Corsica L'Assemblée de Corse
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	2 March 1982
Leadership
President of the Assembly	Jean-Guy Talamoni, Corsica Libera Since 17 December 2015
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Pè a Corsica (24) Prima A Corsica (PRG) (12) Le Rassemblent (LR) (11) FN (4)
Elections
Last election	2015
Meeting place
Grand Hôtel d'Ajaccio et Continental, Ajaccio
Website
www.corse.fr/Assemblee-de-Corse-Assemblea-di-Corsica_r8.html (French)

The Corsican Assembly (Corsican: Assemblea di Corsica; French: L'Assemblée de Corse) is the unicameral legislative body of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has its seat at the Grand Hôtel d'Ajaccio et Continental, in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio.

Before 1975, Corsica was a département of the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

On 2 March 1982, a law was passed that gave Corsica the status of territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale), abolishing the Corsican Regional Council which had existed before. Unlike the regional councils, the Corsican Assembly has executive powers over the island.

In 1992, three institutions were formed in the territorial collectivity of Corsica:

Members of the Corsican Assembly were first called "territorial councillors" in reference to Corsica's status as a collectivité territoriale. Members are now called "Councillors of the Corsican Assembly", or in unofficial and everyday speech, just "Councillors".

There are 51 members of the Assembly, elected for a six-year term via a closed party list and two rounds of voting. To pass beyond the first round, a candidate requires an absolute majority, whereas in the second round a plurality is sufficient.

The list that wins in the first or second round automatically obtains three seats as a "premium to the majority". The other seats are distributed based on proportional representation.