Editing Ariège (department) (section)

== Politics ==
The department has two [[parliamentary constituencies]] and 13 cantons. In general it can be said that:
"With a republican and secular tradition since the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]], Ariège is firmly held by the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS) even though in recent years the right has managed to sink a few corners of the fortress".<ref name="Atlaspol">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.atlaspol.com/MDPY/ariege.htm ''Description and Political Atlas of the department of Ariège''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213140729/http://www.atlaspol.com/MDPY/ariege.htm |date=13 February 2009 }}, Atlaspol Cartographic geopolitical website, consulted on 4 December 2007</ref>

This resulted in a parliamentary representation until 2017 was dominated by the PS and a General Council where 19 of the 22 members were PS or close to this party – the political orientation of the department is therefore clearly identified. In 2007 it was the department with the most votes for [[Ségolène Royal]] (59.56%). In 2012 it had the third most voters for [[François Hollande]] in France with 64.69% after [[Corrèze]] and [[Seine Saint-Denis]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France insoumise}}" |
| [[Ariège's 1st constituency]]
| [[Bénédicte Taurine]]
| [[La France insoumise]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France insoumise}}" |
| [[Ariège's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Michel Larive]]
| [[La France insoumise]]
|}

Although male/female parity is well respected by MPs (Mrs. [[Frédérique Massat]] and Mr. Alain Fauré), all 22 councillors were men until 2011 when two women were elected.

The President of the Departmental Council is Christine Tequi of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!colspan=2| Party || seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] ||align="right"| 18
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
|[[Union for a Popular Movement]] ||align="right"| 2
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |
|[[Miscellaneous Right]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Left}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Miscellaneous Left]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
|}