| French National Assembly circonscription |
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| Deputy | none yet - |
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| Department | none (overseas residents) | |
| Canton | none | |
| Population (2011) | 138,329 | |
The Seventh constituency for French residents overseas (septième 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 sixteen countries in Central and Eastern Europe - specifically, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo (recognised by France), Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Slovakia. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 138,329 registered French voters. By far the greatest number of these (111,742) were living in Germany. (In contrast, there were only 121 in Albania.)[1][2][3]
This constituency will elect its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.
Three candidates are known at present.
The Socialist Party has chosen Pierre-Yves Le Borgn', whose work in the field of solar energy is based in Brussels, but who also works in Germany, as its candidate. His deputy (suppléante) is Pascale Seux, a resident of Warsaw.[4]
The Union for a Popular Movement has chosen Ronan Le Gleut. Living in Berlin where he was born in 1976, he currently serves as Patent examiner at the European Patent Organisation.[5][6]
Europe Écologie–The Greens has chosen Pierrette Stephan-Letondor, with Florian Chiron as her deputy (suppléant).[7] A resident of Baden-Württemberg, Stephan-Letondor is a radio-journalist for Südwestrundfunk, and a member of the German party Alliance '90/The Greens.[8]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PS | Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' | ||||
| UMP | Ronan Le Gleut | ||||
| EELV | Pierrette Stephan-Letondor | ||||
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