| French National Assembly circonscription |
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| Deputy | none yet - |
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| Department | none (overseas residents) | |
| Canton | none | |
| Population (2011) | 92,633 | |
The Second constituency for French residents overseas (deuxième 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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It covers all French citizens living in Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chili, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republican, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Thus it covers every country in the Americas - other than Canada and the United States, which together constitute the First constituency. Nor does it include the French overseas departments and territories in the Americas, which are part of France and form constituencies of their own: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (one constituency), Guadeloupe (four), Martinique (four) and French Guiana (two).[1]
It is the least populous constituency of its kind, as it contained, as of New Year's Day 2011, 92,633 registered French voters.[2]
This constituency will elect its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.
Four candidates are known at present.
The Union for a Popular Movement has chosen Pascal Drouhaud, formerly the party's director of international relations, as its candidate.[3]
Europe Écologie–The Greens has chosen Sergio Coronado (born in Chili and raised in Argentina), with Cécile Lavergne as his deputy (suppléante). Coronado has been endorsed by the Socialist Party, which will not be presenting a candidate of its own.[4] [5]
The French Communist Party has said it will have a candidate in every constituency for overseas residents, but has yet to name them.[6]
The Radical Party (centre-right) and the Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance (centrist) have jointly chosen Joel Doglioni, a resident of Bogota, as their candidate. Doglioni is an adviser to France's foreign trade.[7]
Françoise Lindemann, affiliated to the Union for a Popular Movement, is running as an independent candidate against the UPM-endorsed candidate. A resident of Brazil, she owns and runs a hotel outside Rio de Janeiro. Her deputy (suppléant) is Francis Javelly.[8] [9]
| Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 2 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| EELV | Sergio Coronado | ||||
| Radical | Joel Doglioni | ||||
| UMP | Pascal Drouhaud | ||||
| Miscellaneous right | Françoise Lindemann | ||||
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