Ninth constituency for French residents overseas

9th constituency for French residents overseas
 French National Assembly
circonscription
Deputy       none yet
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Department none (overseas residents)
Canton none
Population (2011) 133,936

The Ninth constituency for French residents overseas (neuvième 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.

Contents

Area

It covers all French citizens living in the following sixteen countries of North-West Africa: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tunisia. (It specifically excludes Western Sahara, which is recognised neither as a part of Morocco nor as a separate country, and is not a part of any constituency.) As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 133,936 registered French voters - of which 41,129 in Morocco, 28,287 in Algeria, 19,995 in Tunisia, 16,817 in Senegal, and 13,094 in Côte d'Ivoire.[1] [2] [3]

This constituency will elect its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.

Deputies

to be determined

Election results

2012

to be determined

Five candidates are known at present.

The Union for a Popular Movement has chosen Khadija Doukkali, a resident of Morocco, as its candidate.[4]

The Socialist Party has chosen Pouria Amirshahi.[5]

Europe Écologie–The Greens has chosen Guilhem Calvo, with Laurence Bonneterre as his deputy (suppléante).[6] A resident of Morocco, Calvo is a consultant on issues of biodiversity and climate change.[7]

Karim Dendène, a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, had sought the endorsement of that party. When he did not obtain it, he decided to stand nonetheless. Having been suspended from the party as a consequence, he is standing as an independent.[8]

Yannick Urrien is an independent right-wing candidate.[9]

Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Pouria Amirshahi -
EELV Guilhem Calvo -
Miscellaneous right Karim Dendène -
UMP Khadija Doukkali -
Miscellaneous right Yannick Urrien -
Turnout n/a

References

  1. ^ "Les élections en 2012 à l’étranger: Votre circonscription pour l’élection des députés", French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
  2. ^ "Décret n° 2011-367 du 4 avril 2011 authentifiant la population des Français établis hors de France au 1er janvier 2011", Légifrance
  3. ^ "Français inscrits au registre mondial au 31/12/2010", French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
  4. ^ "Législatives : l'UMP a désigné ses candidats pour l'étranger", Le Figaro, April 13, 2011
  5. ^ "Elections législatives 2012 : nos candidates et candidats", Parti Socialiste - Fédération des Français à l'Etranger
  6. ^ "Motion 13: Législatives 2012: Hors de France", Europe Écologie–The Greens
  7. ^ "Les 11 candidat-e-s EELV sur les circonscriptions législatives hors de France", EELV, 12 November 2011
  8. ^ "LEGISLATIVES – L’UMP s’attaque aux dissidents", Le Petit Journal, 7 December 2011
  9. ^ Yannick Urrien's official website

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