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Number of parliamentarians in the Fifth French Republic

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The number of members of the two houses of the French Parliament, deputies to the National Assembly (lower house) and members of the Senate (upper house), is set by law, in the Electoral Code, with a cap introduced in the Constitution in 2008. There have been 577 deputies since 1986 and 348 senators since 2011, which is the constitutional cap, for a total of 925.[1]

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More information Legislatures, MPs ...
Legislatures 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Number of MPs 579 482 487 487 490 491 491 577
Legislatures 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Number of MPs 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577
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