Triangular election in France

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In French politics, a triangular election (French: élection triangulaire) is a characteristic of the French electoral system, due to the two-round voting system for elections to the National Assembly.^[1] A triangular election occurs when three candidates from the first round have reached the retention threshold and do not withdraw in the second round. The winner of this election is determined by a relative majority. Depending on the elimination thresholds adopted for the first round, the second round may also give rise to a quadrangular election (4), or even a quinquangular (5) or sexangular election (6).

Triangular elections were particularly notable in the 2024 French legislative election between the Ensemble pour la République, New Popular Front, and the Union of the Far-Right.^[2]