| French National Assembly circonscription |
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| Deputy | none yet - |
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| Department | none (overseas residents) | |
| Canton | none | |
| Population (2011) | 114,826 | |
The Eleventh constituency for French residents overseas (onzième 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.
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In terms of area, it is the largest of the eleven constituencies, although it also contains fewer registered French citizens than any other constituency bar the Second. It covers all French citizens living in the following forty-nine countries, namely most of Asia, the whole of Oceania, and four countries of Eastern Europe (including Russia): Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burma (Myanmar), Brunei, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, East Timor, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. The constituency does not include Bhutan or North Korea, two countries with which France has no diplomatic relations, and which are therefore not part of any constituency. Taiwan is included as part of China, as France recognises the One China Policy.[1]
It does not include the French overseas collectivities of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna, which have their own constituencies.
As of New Year's Day 2011, the Eleventh constituency contained 114,826 registered French voters - of which 27,207 in China and 15,821 in Australia, the two countries in the region with the greatest number of registered French residents.[2] [3]
This constituency will elect its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.
Six candidates are known at present.
The Union for a Popular Movement has chosen Thierry Mariani, Secretary of State for Transport, as its candidate.[4]
The Socialist Party has chosen Marc Villard, a resident of Ho Chi Minh City and a businessman. His deputy (suppléante) is Laures Desmonts, a resident of Guangzhou.[5]
Europe Écologie–The Greens has chosen Janick Magne, a long-term resident of Tokyo. Her deputy (suppléant) is William Kohler, a resident of China.[6] Magne teaches French at the University of Tokyo, and presents programmes in French on NHK Educational TV.[7]
The French Communist Party has said it will have a candidate in every constituency for overseas residents, but has yet to name them.[8]
The Radical Party (centre-right) and the Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance (centrist) have jointly chosen Paul Dumont, CEO of Francom Asia and a resident of Thailand, as their candidate.[9]
Romain Arcizet, an engineer and resident of Laos, will stand as a candidate representing his own newly established Constructive Independent Party (Parti indépendant constructif).[10]
Francis Nizet is standing as an independent right-wing candidate.[11]
| Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 11 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Romain Arcizet | - | |||
| Radical | Paul Dumont | - | |||
| EELV | Janick Magne | - | |||
| UMP | Thierry Mariani | - | |||
| Miscellaneous right | Francis Nizet | - | |||
| PS | Marc Villard | - | |||
| Turnout | n/a | ||||
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