Politics of Aquitaine
The politics of Aquitaine, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council. Executive. The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council. Legislative branch. The Regional Council of Aquitaine ("Conseil régional d'Aquitaine") is composed of 85 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The  remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold. The council is elected for a six-year term. Elections. Other elections. In the 2007 legislative election, the PS won 16 seats, the UMP won 7, and the MoDem won two. In addition, the New Centre won one seat, as did the Greens.