Editing Gard (section)

==Politics==
In the closely contested first round of the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 presidential election]], Gard was the only department to vote for the [[National Rally (France)|National Front]] candidate [[Marine Le Pen]] by a slim plurality, with 25.51% of the vote. The incumbent President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] party received 24.86% of the vote, while [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]] candidate [[François Hollande]] received 24.11% of the vote share.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/occitanie/gard/|title=Résultats Gard - Présidentielle 2012 - 1er et 2nd tour|website=Le Monde.fr|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref>

===Departmental Council===

The President of the Departmental Council has been Françoise Laurent-Perrigot of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS) since 2021.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!colspan=2| Party || Seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
|[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR) ||align="right"| 12
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS) ||align="right"| 10
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union of Democrats and Independents}}" |
|[[Union of Democrats and Independents]] (UDI) ||align="right"| 7
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[French Communist Party]] (PCF) ||align="right"| 6
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous left}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Miscellaneous left]] (DVG) ||align="right"| 4
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|National Front (France)}}" |
|[[National Rally (France)|National Rally]] (FN) ||align="right"| 4
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Europe Ecology – The Greens]] (EELV) ||align="right"| 2
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous right}}" |
|[[Miscellaneous right]] (DVD) ||align="right"| 1
|}

===Members of the National Assembly===
In the [[2022 French legislative election|2022 legislative election]], Gard elected the following representatives to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Gard's 1st constituency]]
| [[Yoann Gillet]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Gard's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Nicolas Meizonnet]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Gard's 3rd constituency]]
| [[Pascale Bordes]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Gard's 4th constituency]]
| [[Pierre Meurin]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |
| [[Gard's 5th constituency]]
| [[Michel Sala]]
| [[La France Insoumise]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |
| [[Gard's 6th constituency]]
| [[Philippe Berta]]
| [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|}