Elections 2026 to the Governing Bodies of the Institut d’Etudes politiques (IEP)

Several of the IEP’s electoral colleges are invited to vote in elections to determine a new set of representatives on the Institute’s Board of Directors, the Student Life and Education Committee and the Academic Board.

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Seats to be filled

Institute’s Board of Directors

Student Representatives, College D

• 8 seats to be filled
• Term of office: 2 years
• Single-round list election by proportional representation, with the remaining seats allocated according to the highest remainder method. Voters may not split their vote between different lists. 

Doctoral Student Representatives, College F

• 1 seat to be filled
• Term of office: 2 years
• First-past-the-post, two-round system. To be elected in the first round, candidates must receive an absolute majority of votes cast and a vote total equal to at least a quarter of all registered voters.

Student Life and Education Committee

Full professors or equivalent Representatives, College A

• One seat to be filled, within the framework of a by-election for a mandate which will end in September 2028
• First-past-the-post, two-round system. To be elected in the first round, candidates must receive an absolute majority of votes cast and a vote total equal to at least a quarter of all registered voters.

Teaching associate/adjunct community Representatives / public sector, College C2

• Two seats to be filled,  within the framework of a by-election for a mandate which will end in March 2028, by a two-round voting system first-past-the-post majority vote.
• To be elected in the first round, candidates must receive an absolute majority of votes cast and a vote total equal to at least a quarter of all registered voters.

Student Representatives, College D

• 8 seats to be filled
• Term of office: 2 years
• Single-round list election by proportional representation, with the remaining seats allocated according to the highest remainder method. Voters may not split their vote between different lists. 

Academic Board

Doctoral Student Representatives, College F

• 3 seats to be filled
• Term of office: 2 years
• Single-round list election by proportional representation, with the remaining seats allocated according to the highest remainder method. Voters may not split their vote between different lists. 

Post-doc Representatives, College G

• One seat to be filled
• Term of office : 1 year
• First-past-the-post, two-round system. To be elected in the first round, candidates must receive an absolute majority of votes cast and a vote total equal to at least a quarter of all registered voters.

Conseil de l’Ecole doctorale

Doctoral Student Representatives

• 5 seats to be filled
• One-year term
• List-based voting with proportional representation using the highest-average method, with no mixing of candidates between lists (“panachage”) and no preferential voting.

Electoral roll

The electoral roll for each college will be published on 15 September 2026, and can be consulted online (FR) or on display in the main entrances of each campus.

To have your name registered or amended on the electoral roll, please email elections@sciencespo.fr before 14:00 on 5 October 2026.

Standing as a candidate

A list of candidates standing for election in the first round of voting will be communicated to voters at the latest by Wednesday 23 September 2026.

You will also find a full list of candidates, together with their candidacy statements and materials, in the folder linked here (FR).

If a second round of voting is required, a new list of candidates will be communicated to voters at the latest by Monday 13 October 2026.

You will find a full list of candidates in the second round, together with their candidacy statements and materials, in the folder linked here (FR).

How to submit your candidacy

Candidacy declarations must be sent by email to elections@sciencespo.fr by 12:00 (Paris time) on 22 September 2026 at the latest.

Candidates will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of their candidacy. Candidacies will be listed in order of their arrival on displays and online.

A declaration of candidacy is required from each individual candidate.

For every representative elected, a deputy is elected under the same conditions as the incumbent.

Every candidacy must include:

• A declaration of candidacy from each individual candidate, including deputy candidates, with proof of identity attached.
• Optional: a candidate statement (up to one double-sided A4 page in PDF format).
• Optional: a candidate logo (square image in .png or .jpeg format).
• Optional: a link to a downloadable video (up to 60 seconds in length and at least 1280x720 or 1920x1080 image definition, in .mp4 or .mov file format).

We recommend that candidates consult the candidacy templates for each electoral college (FR).

The election campaign period will run from 28 September to 5 October 2026 for the first round, and from 12 October to 19 October if a second round is required.

Voting procedure

Voters are invited to cast their vote electronically by logging in to a specialised voting platform from any PC, tablet, or smartphone with an internet connection. Voting will be open from 09:00 (Paris time) on 6 October 2026 to 17:00 (Paris time) on 8 October 2026, and, in the event of a second round, from 09:00 (Paris time) on 20 October to 17:00 on 22 October. To cast their vote, voters will need to enter the unique login details they receive at their @sciencespo.fr email address.

Vote count and announcement of results

A final count for the first round of voting will be announced on 8 October 2026 at 17:30. A final count for the second round will be announced at 17:30 on 22 October 2026.

In both rounds, Sciences Po’s Electronic Voting Office will seal and secure the voting platform before the votes are counted.

The Electoral Committee

The IEP’s Electoral Committee oversees the operational management of the elections and announces the results. It is composed of the following members:

• The Institute’s Board of Directors executive committee : Xavier Ragot, Diana Marinetti, Adrien Lehman, Nathan Arsac
• The co-presidents of the Student Life and Education Committee : Pierre-Luis Périn, Louis Wagener
• The president of the Academic Board : Florence Haegel

The Electoral Committee is responsible for approving all registrations to the electoral roll, assigning voters to each electoral college, and ruling on complaints brought by parties within three weeks of publication of the electoral roll.

The Electronic Voting Office

The election is supported by an Electronic Voting Office responsible for supervising the operations of the electronic voting system. The office comprises a chair and a secretary appointed by the FNSP Administrator, and one standing candidate from each pair (either representative or deputy).

An official witness (Commissaire de justice) will also be present when the voting platform is sealed, opened, and counted.

Relevant legislation and regulations

• Articles L. 711-7, L. 613-1, D. 712-34, and D. 719-1 to D. 719-4 of the French Education Code.
• Chapter 1, Section 6 of Book II of the Code général de la fonction publique (CGFP) (FR), specifically articles R. 211-503 to R. 211-584.
• Resolution No. 2026-045 (FR) of the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), adopted on 19 March 2026, concerning the security of electronic voting systems, particularly those using the Internet.
• Decree No. 2016-24 of 18 January 2016 (FR) approving the statutes of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, specifically Articles 3, 4, 9, 10, 22, 24 et 31.
• The Rules of Procedure of the IEP (FR), adopted by the Board of Directors on 14 December 2015 and amended by the Board on 7 July 2026.
• Decision of 4 September 2026 (FR) concerning the organisation of elections to the Board of Directors of the FNSP