Thus, 289 seats are required for a majority.

While motions de censure are periodically proposed by the opposition following government actions that it deems highly inappropriate, they are purely rhetorical; party discipline ensures that, throughout a parliamentary term, the government is never overthrown by the Assembly.
In that case, the National Assembly can either take back the text elaborated by the special commission or the last one that they voted for – possibly modified by several amendments by the Senate. During the discussion in the commission or in plenary sessions in the assembly, the government and the parliament can add, modify or delete articles of the proposal.
The electoral law of 1986 specifies that variations of population between constituencies should not, in any case, lead to a constituency exceeding more than 20% the average population of the constituencies of the département. [16], Finally, the laws are promulgated by the President.

The exposé des motifs describe the arguments in favor of a modification of a given law or new measurements that are proposed. [14], The proposition of law may pass through the National Assembly and Senate in an indifferent order, except for financial which must go through the assembly first or territorial organizational laws or laws for French living in foreign countries, which must first pass through the Senate. The National Assembly can overthrow the executive government (that is, the Prime Minister and other ministers) by a motion of no confidence (motion de censure).

There are 577 députés, each elected by a single-member constituency through a two-round voting system. First, a candidate must have French citizenship. Also, one day per month is set by a "minority" (group supporting the government but which is not the biggest group) or "opposition" (group having officially declared it did not support the government) group. [9] Among other controversial measures, it created eleven constituencies and seats for French residents overseas, albeit without increasing the overall number of seats beyond 577.[10][11]. [6], Since 1988, the 577 deputies are elected by direct universal suffrage with a two-round system by constituency, for a five-year mandate, subject to dissolution. A referendum on the previous conditions can also be initiated by a fifth of the member of the parliament, supported by a tenth of the voters inscribed on the electoral lists. For this reason, the prime minister and his cabinet are necessarily from the dominant party or coalition in the assembly. In the case of a president and assembly from opposing parties, this leads to the situation known as cohabitation; this situation, which has occurred three times (twice under Mitterrand, once under Chirac), is likely to be rarer now that presidential and assembly terms are the same length. [13], Projects of propositions of laws will be examined succinctly by the two assembly- National Assembly and the Senate- until the text is identical. Secondly, the minimum age required to run for a seat at the National Assembly is set at 18 years old.

If no candidate comply such conditions, the two highest-placing candidates advance to second round. The official seat of the National Assembly is the Palais Bourbon on the banks of the river Seine; the Assembly also uses other neighbouring buildings, including the Immeuble Chaban-Delmas on the rue de l'Université.

La procédure de dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale est présentée dans l'article 12 de la constitution du 4 octobre 1958, de la façon suivante : Il est néanmoins important de préciser que la dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale devient impossible dès lors que le Président de la République à recours à l'article 16 de la Constituion qui lui confère les pleins pouvoirs.

To be eligible to be elected to the National Assembly, one must be at least 18[17] years old, of French citizenship, and not subject to a sentence of deprivation of civil rights or to personal bankruptcy. The Wednesday afternoon 3 p.m. session of "questions to the Government" is broadcast live on television. Upon appointment to the Government, the elected deputy has one month to choose between the mandate and the office. Deputies may not have more than one local mandate (in a municipal, intercommunal, general, or regional council) in addition to their current mandate.

The sincerity of the results could thus not be regarded as viable and legitimate.

[19] Finally, a candidate under guardianship and curatorship cannot be elected at the assembly. The government has to right to ask the assembly to pronounce themselves in one vote only with the amendments proposed or accepted by the government itself. Under Article 26 of the Constitution, deputies, like Senators, are protected by parliamentary immunity. [15], For an ordinary proposition of law, texts must be first reviewed by a permanent parliamentary commission or a special commission designated for this purpose.