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Does an adult woman of French nationality have the right to vote in elections?

An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.

Resident card no. 109

Une femme majeure de nationalité française a-t-elle le droit de voter aux élections ?

Does an adult woman of French nationality have the right to vote in elections?

Answer. Yes, women vote under the same conditions as men.

Oui, les femmes votent dans les mêmes conditions que les hommes.

French women won the right to vote in 1944. The Constitution gives the right to vote to all adult French citizens, women and men.

The official text that proves it

« Sont électeurs, dans les conditions déterminées par la loi, tous les nationaux français majeurs des deux sexes, jouissant de leurs droits civils et politiques. »

All adult French nationals of both sexes who enjoy their civil and political rights are electors, under the conditions determined by law.

In French, with its English meaning.

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