Editing Nièvre (section)

== Politics ==
The President of the Departmental Council is [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]] Fabien Bazin, elected in July 2021. The Departmental Council of Nièvre has 34 seats. The left-wing coalition led by the Socialist Party has 20 seats.

Nièvre is traditionally a left-wing department. The results of the second round of voting in presidential elections reflect this consistently:
* In the [[2007 French presidential election|2007 presidential election]], [[Ségolène Royal]] received 52.91% of the department's votes, as against a national per centage of just 46.94%.
* In the [[1995 French presidential election|1995 presidential election]], [[Lionel Jospin]] received 57.07% of the department's votes, as against a national per centage of just 47.36%.
* In the [[1981 French presidential election|1981 presidential election]], [[François Mitterrand]] received 62.91% of the department's votes, as against a national per centage of 51.76%.

This historical tendency has been recently and dramatically reversed as the far-right Front National party has come out ahead in all the elections since 2015. In the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections, Marine le Pen won most votes in the first rounds. However the two députés of the department belong to République En Marche, the party of Emmanuel Macron.

Nièvre's best-known political representative was [[François Mitterrand]] who served as a senator and a deputy for the department, as well as mayor of [[Château-Chinon (Ville)|Château-Chinon]] for 22 years before his election to the presidency of France in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burgundytoday.com/historic-places/famous-names/mitterrand.htm|title=History of Burgundy, Famous Names|website=www.burgundytoday.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

===Representation in Parliament===
====National Assembly====
In the [[2017 French legislative election|2017 legislative election]], Nièvre elected the following representatives to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]:

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!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|En Marche!}}" |
| [[Nièvre's 1st constituency]]
| [[Perrine Goulet]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|En Marche!}}" |
| [[Nièvre's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Patrice Perrot]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|}

====Senate====
In the [[2017 French Senate election|2017 Senate election]], Nièvre elected Patrice Joly ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]) and Nadia Sollogoub ([[miscellaneous right]]) to the [[Senate (France)|Senate]].