Editing Aude (section)

==Politics==
{{See also|Departmental Council of Aude}}[[File:Arrondissements et cantons de l'Aude.svg|thumb|400px|Map of arrondissements and cantons of Aude]]
The people of Aude expressed [[royalist]] opinions until the end of the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]]. In 1830 [[Republicanism|republican]] ideas began to develop and made this department a bastion of the [[left-wing politics|left]]. This growth is symbolized by two men, [[Armand Barbès]] and Theophile Marcou. Armand Barbès is a symbol of the struggle for a [[social democratic]] Republic.

It was in Aude that [[François Mitterrand]] had his highest score in the 1981 presidential election with just over 63% of the vote.

Only affluent coastal areas surrounding [[Narbonne]] and the department's prefecture, [[Carcassonne]] give consideration to the right.

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

===National Assembly Representatives (before 2022)===

{| 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 République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Aude's 1st constituency]]
| [[Danièle Hérin]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Aude's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Alain Péréa]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Aude's 3rd constituency]]
| [[Mireille Robert]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!colspan=2| Party || seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |<span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span>
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] ||align="right"| 26
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
|[[Union for a Popular Movement]] ||align="right"| 4
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |<span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span>
|[[French Communist Party]] ||align="right"| 2
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Left Radical Party}}" |<span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span>
|[[Left Radical Party]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Left}}" |<span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span>
|[[Miscellaneous Left]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Workers' Party}}" |
|[[Independent Workers' Party]] ||align="right"| 1
|}