The council has 19 members, elected to five year terms.

The Territorial Council building is a two-story structure located at Church Square in Saint-Pierre.

The Territorial Council has 19 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies.

The rest of the seats (four reserved for Miquelon) are distributed through a system of proportional representation.

The president of the Territorial Council has held executive power since March 2, 1982.