Réunion elects on regional/départemental level a legislature. The legislature consists out of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council (Conseil régional) has 45 members, elected for a six-year term by proportional representation. The General Council (Conseil général) has members elected for a five-year term in single seat-constituencies.Reunion has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
See main article: 2010 Réunionese Regional Council election.
| Party | First round | Second round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Alliance for Réunion (PCR–FD–MoDem) | 71,602 | 30.23 | 112,201 | 35.55 | 12 | –15 | |
| OR–UMP–NC–LGM | 62,581 | 26.42 | 143,485 | 45.56 | 27 | +16 | |
| PS–MRC | 30,941 | 13.06 | 59,933 | 8.99 | 6 | –1 | |
| Réunion Nout'Fierté | 15,952 | 6.73 | 0 | New | |||
| Better Future for the People of Réunion in France and Europe | 14,014 | 5.92 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miscellaneous Right Movement | 12,734 | 5.38 | 0 | New | |||
| For Total Equality | 11,809 | 4.99 | 0 | New | |||
| Europe Écologie | 11,685 | 4.93 | 0 | New | |||
| Nasion Rénioné | 2,097 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lutte Ouvrière | 1,944 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Réunionese Democratic Union | 231 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 1,297 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,015 | – | 13,005 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 249,872 | 100 | 328,624 | 100 | 45 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 550,442 | 45.35 | 550,480 | 59.70 | – | – | |
| align=left colspan=7 | Source: French Politics,[1] La Réunion | ||||||