Fifth constituency for French residents overseas

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5th constituency for French residents overseas
Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Deputy
Departmentnone (overseas residents)
Cantonsnone
Registered voters116,196

The Fifth constituency for French residents overseas (cinquième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French citizens overseas to the French National Assembly.

This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election - Arnaud Leroy of the Socialist Party.

The election of

LREM
in 2017 was invalidated by the Constitutional Council. Cazebonne was elected at the subsequent by-election.

Area

This constituency covers four countries:

Co-Prince).[1][2][3]

Deputies

Election Member Party
2012 Arnaud Leroy PS
2017 Samantha Cazebonne
LREM
2018 by-election
2021
Stephane Vojetta
2022 RE

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: 5th constituency for French citizens overseas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NUPÉS
)
Renaud Le Berre 6,942 27.89 -8.03
LREM
Stéphane Vojetta* 6,123 24.60 N/A
Ensemble
)
Manuel Valls 4,024 16.17 -8.43
REC Nicolas Chamoux 1,931 7.76 N/A
LR (UDC) Laurent Goater 1,775 7.13 -6.82
ECO
José Sánchez Pérez 1,085 4.36 N/A
RN Serge Bies 999 4.01 N/A
DIV Claire Behar 665 2.67 N/A
FGR Maria Isabel de Sousa Teixeira 510 2.05 N/A
Others N/A 837 3.37 -
Turnout 24,891 23.99 +16.12
2nd round result
LREM
Stéphane Vojetta* 14,836 57.26 N/A
NUPÉS
)
Renaud Le Berre 11,073 42.74 -3.30
Turnout 25,909 25.96 +17.99
LREM
hold

*

LREM
dissident

[4]

2018 by-election

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % +/– Votes % +/–
Samantha Cazebonne
REM–MoDemUDI
2,398 35.15 –15.21 3,623 53.96 –12.25
François Ralle-Andreoli
EELV–PCFG.s
1,941 28.45 +12.93 3,091 46.04 +12.25
Raphaël Chambat
CPNT
952 13.95 –1.15
Jean-Laurent Poitevin DVD 511 7.49 +7.49
Mehdi Benlahcen PS 510 7.47 –0.66
Ludovic Lemoues
EXD
275 4.03 +3.28
Yohann Castro DVD 122 1.79 +1.79
Michel Hunault DVD 63 0.92 +0.92
Samir Sahraoui
SE
51 0.75 +0.75
Votes 6,823 100.00 6,714 100.00
Valid votes 6,823 98.03 –1.15 6,714 95.26 –0.39
Blank votes 87 1.25 +0.76 203 2.88 –0.49
Null votes 50 0.72 +0.39 131 1.86 +0.89
Turnout 6,960 7.87 –8.07 7,048 7.97 –5.57
Abstentions 81,495 92.13 +8.07 81,360 92.03 +5.57
Registered voters 88,455 88,408
Source: Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (first round), (second round)

2017

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Samantha Cazebonne
REM
7,274 50.36 7,828 66.21
François Ralle-Andreoli FI 2,242 15.52 3,995 33.79
Laurence Sailliet LR 2,182 15.11
Gabrielle Siry PS 1,175 8.13
Natacha Barral
FN
818 5.66
Hubert Patural DVD 206 1.43
Alexis Boudaud-Anduaga
ECO
126 0.87
Olivia Tholance
DIV
113 0.78
Éric Morgeau
EXD
108 0.75
Benjamin Leduc DVD 85 0.59
Caroline Guébel
DIV
59 0.41
Venise Jonnet
DIV
51 0.35
Olivier Hennebelle
DIV
6 0.04
Chloé Teyssou DVD 0 0.00
Votes 14,445 100.00 11,823 100.00
Valid votes 14,445 99.18 11,823 95.66
Blank votes 71 0.49 417 3.37
Null votes 48 0.33 120 0.97
Turnout 14,564 15.94 12,360 13.54
Abstentions 76,810 84.06 78,931 86.46
Registered voters 91,374 91,291
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Candidates

The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were thirteen candidates:[5][6]

The

Iberian peninsula, would be its candidate. Francis Huss was her deputy (suppléant).[8]

The

Arnaud Leroy, a resident of Lisbon. He worked for the European Maritime Safety Agency, as an expert on environmental protection and climate change. Formerly a member of The Greens, he joined the Socialist Party, stating that political ecology should become a central issue in the renovation of social-democratic ideas. His deputy (suppléante) was Soledad Margareto, a resident of Madrid.[9]

Juliette Estivil, originally from Spain and a member of the Left Party, was the chosen candidate of the Left Front, which also included the French Communist Party. She was a teacher of Spanish. Her deputy (suppléant) was Bruno Fialho.[10][11]

Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Carolina Punset, with Stéphane Etcheverry as her deputy (suppléant).[12] A resident of Altea, in Spain, Punset was a municipal councillor in her home town.[13]

The

National Front chose Alain Lavarde, with Jacques Struzynski as his deputy (suppléant).[6]

The centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Richard Onses, a resident of Barcelona, as their candidate. He was also a member of the centre-right Catalan party Convergence and Union. Guy-Michel Sembres was his deputy (suppléant).[14]

The Radical Party of the Left chose Muriel Guenoux, with Stéphane Grandpierre as her deputy (suppléant).[15]

Jean-Bastien Urfels, a resident of Spain working as headmaster in a French school, was the candidate endorsed by

Arise the Republic. Norman Ledoux was his deputy (suppléant).[16]

Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Sébastien Drochon, with Karim Bakouri as his deputy (suppléant).[6]

The Liberal Democratic Party chose Sophie Levamis. A resident of Hendaye, in the French Pyrenees, she argued that expatriates should choose a candidate who lived in France and would thus be "independent from every country" in their constituency. Jan Laarman was her deputy (suppléant).[17]

Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Henri, Count of Paris (the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France until his death), stood (under the name Charles-Philippe d'Orléans) as an independent candidate, with the expressed hope of joining a "recomposed centre-right party" after the election. He was a resident of Portugal, and former resident of Spain. Sylvie Gourgeon was his deputy (suppléante).[18]

Bernard Soulier, an economist and resident of Madrid, stood as an independent candidate. Pascale Lagneaux was his deputy (suppléante).[19]

Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh was an independent candidate, with Michel Rioche as her deputy.[6]

Results

As in other constituencies, turnout in the first round was low: 19.5% in Portugal, 20% in Monaco, 20.5% in Spain, and 22.1% in Andorra. The result was the closest of any of the eleven expatriate constituencies, with UMP candidate Laurence Sailliet taking a 1.33% lead (217 votes). She finished first in Andorra and Monaco, while her Socialist rival Arnaud Leroy was first in Spain and Portugal. (Leroy was only third in Monaco, behind National Front candidate Alain Lavarde.) Juliette Estivil obtained the Left Front's joint best result abroad (fourth with 8.61%), matched by Raquel Garrido in the first constituency.

Charles-Philippe d'Orléans obtained only 3% of the vote overall, but did finish fourth in Portugal, his country of residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.[20][21]

Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS
Arnaud Leroy
8,485 52.67 -
UMP Laurence Sailliet 7,624 47.33 -
Turnout
PS win (new seat)
Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 - 1st round[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Laurence Sailliet 5,087 31.88 -
PS
Arnaud Leroy
4,870 30.52 -
EELV
Carolina Punset 1,514 9.49 -
FG Juliette Estivil 1,374 8.61 -
FN
Alain Lavarde 1,035 6.49 -
Radical
Richard Onses 745 4.67 -
DVD
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans
486 3.05 -
Independent
Bernard Soulier 347 1.37 -
PLD Sophie Levamis 218 0.99 -
PRG Muriel Guenoux 124 0.78
SP
Sébastein Drochon 101 0.63 -
Independent
Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh 64 0.40 -
DLR
Jean-Bastien Urfels 21 0.13 -
Turnout 16 185 20.4 -

References

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  5. Journal Officiel de la République Française
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  14. ^ "INTERVIEW - Richard Onses, candidat Parti Radical pour la 5e circonscription" Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, Le Petit Journal, 12 December 2011
  15. ^ "Présentation de Muriel Guenoux", Le Petit Journal
  16. ^ "Présentation de Jean-Bastien Urfels", Le Petit Journal
  17. ^ "Présentation de Sophie Levamis", Le Petit Journal
  18. ^ "Présentation de Charles-Philippe d'Orleans", Le Petit Journal
  19. ^ "INTERVIEW - Bernard Soulier, candidat indépendant pour la 5e circonscription" Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Le Petit Journal, 21 November 2011
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  21. ^ "Législatives : tous les résultats des Français de l'étranger", Le Nouvel Observateur, 4 June 2012