Sixth constituency for French residents overseas
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| Department | none (overseas residents) | ||
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| Voters | 145,108 | ||
The Sixth constituency for French residents overseas (sixième 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.
This constituency is the smallest of the eleven by area. It covers two countries: Switzerland and Liechtenstein. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 145,108 registered French voters. Virtually all of these live in Switzerland, which has a greater number of registered French residents than any other country 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 twenty-one candidates:
The Socialist Party chose Nicole Castioni, a resident of Geneva, as its candidate. She was a magistrate in the Criminal Court of Geneva, and, having dual French and Swiss citizenship, was an elected representative in the Parliament of Geneva from 1993 to 2001. Her deputy (suppléant) was Louis Lepioufle, also a resident of Geneva.
The Union for a Popular Movement chose Claudine Schmid. Sébastien Brack was her deputy (suppléant).
Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Ximena Kaiser Morris, with Jean Rossiaud as her deputy (suppléant). A resident of Lausanne, Kaiser Morris was also a member of the Green Party of Switzerland.
The Left Front (which unites several parties, most notably the French Communist Party and the Left Party) chose Magali Orsini, a long-term resident of Geneva and active participant in that city's left-wing politics. She was a Chartered Accountant, former lecturer in tax law and former assessor. Pierre Gauthier was her deputy (suppléant).
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