Fourth constituency for French residents overseas
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| Department | none (overseas residents) | ||
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| Voters | 150,965 | ||
The Fourth constituency for French residents overseas (quatrième 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.
In terms of area, it is the second smallest of the eleven constituencies (after the Sixth), and covers the three Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In contrast, it is the second most populous (after the First) : As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 150,965 registered French voters. The bulk of these, 101,236, were living in Belgium - the country with the fifth greatest number of registered French residents in the world.
This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.
The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were sixteen candidates:
The Union for a Popular Movement initially chose Pascale Andréani, former permanent representative of France to NATO, as its candidate. When Andréani became France's permanent representative to the OECD, the party named Marie-Anne Montchamp, the then-Secretary of State on Solidarity, as candidate in her place. Jeremy Michel was her deputy (suppléant).
The Socialist Party chose Philip Cordery, a resident of Brussels. His deputy (suppléante) was Hélène Le Moing, a resident of The Hague.
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