Fifth French legislative constituency for citizens abroad

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5th constituency for French people domiciled outside France
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Deputy
Stéphane Vojetta
DVC
Departmentnone (residents abroad)
Cantonsnone
Registered voters115,497

The fifth French legislative constituency for citizens abroad (cinquième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French citizens abroad to the French National Assembly.

This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election - Arnaud Leroy of the Socialist Party.

The election of Samantha Cazebonne of LREM in 2017 was invalidated by the Constitutional Council. Cazebonne was elected at the subsequent by-election.

Area

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This constituency covers four countries: Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Monaco. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 116,196 registered French voters. The bulk of these, 89,391, were living in Spain, while 15,049 were living in Portugal, 8,302 in Monaco (a microstate which has a border only with France), and 3,454 in Andorra (a microstate, between Spain and France, of which the President of France is ex officio Co-Prince).[1][2][3]

Deputies

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Election Member Party
2012 Arnaud Leroy PS
2017 Samantha Cazebonne LREM
2018 by-election
2021 Stéphane Vojetta
2022 LREM diss.
2024 DVC
2025 Nathalie Coggia RE

Election results

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2025 by-election

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On 11 July 2025, after invalidating his campaign accounts, the Constitutional Council declared Stéphane Vojetta, a member of parliament representing various centrist parties, ineligible for one year, resulting in his automatic resignation.[4][5] Vojetta supported ‘as sponsor’ his deputy in 2024, Nathalie Coggia, who ran on a Renaissance list in the elections newly organised in September and October of the same year.[6]

The partial legislative elections took place on 28 September 2025, with a second round on 12 October.[7]

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Nathalie Coggia RE 5,277 26.4 11,806 65.0
Martha Peciña LFI 3,164 15.8 6,364 35.0
Johana Maurel RN 2,808 14.0
Christophe Sougey de Funès LR 1,986 9.9
Guillaume Horn PS 1,890 9.4
Johan Chermette-Wagner PP 1,599 8.0
José Sanchez Perez ECO 1,130 5.6
Sébastien Tavera R! 1,037 5.2
Sandra Krief PA 298 1.5
Alexis Vallee RPS 285 1.4
Patrice Da’Aarras SE 186 0.9
Alexandre Marie Volt 130 0.6
Christopher Brenier PLIB 86 0.4
Thomas Brant DVC 84 0.4
Benoit Simian DVC 37 0.2
Frédéric Chaouat DVG 26 0.1
Valid votes 20,023 100.00 18,170 100.00
Blank votes 518 2.5 1,648 8.3
Null votes 27 0.1 67 0.3
Turnout 20,568 17.0 19,885 16.5
Abstentions 100,267 82.9 100,884 83.5
Registered voters 120,835 120,769
Source:[8][9]
Result RE HOLD

2024

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Candidate Party Alliance First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Stéphane Vojetta DVC Ensemble 14,492 33.68 25,894 61.47
Maxime Da Silva LFI NFP 11,267 26.18 16,230 38.53
Johana Maurel RN 8,385 19.49
José Sanchez Perez LR UDC 2,227 5.17
Jeremie Fosse DVG 2,161 5.02
Yohann Castro DVD 2,069 4.81
Béatrice Mazel REC 794 1.85
Sarah Millot DVG 587 1.36
Alexandre Marie Volt 353 0.82
Jean-François Calvet DSV 308 0.72
Maud Lagarde DIV 187 0.43
Christophe Brenier DIV 132 0.31
David Nataf DIV 70 0.16
Valid votes 43,031 100.00 42,124 100.00
Blank votes 591 1.35 2,957 6.54
Null votes 70 0.16 123 0.27
Turnout 43,692 37.83 45,204 39.14
Abstentions 71,810 62.17 70,293 60.86
Registered voters 115,502 115,497
Source: [1][2]
Result DVC HOLD

2022

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Legislative Election 2022: 5th constituency for French citizens overseas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
EELV (NUPÉS) Renaud Le Berre 6,942 27.89 -8.03
LREM Stéphane Vojetta* 6,123 24.60 N/A
LREM (Ensemble) Manuel Valls 4,024 16.17 −8.43
REC Nicolas Chamoux 1,931 7.76 N/A
LR (UDC) Laurent Goater 1,775 7.13 −6.82
DVE José Sánchez Pérez 1,085 4.36 N/A
RN Serge Bies 999 4.01 N/A
DIV Claire Behar 665 2.67 N/A
FGR Maria Isabel de Sousa Teixeira 510 2.05 N/A
Les Patriotes Marc Ridelle 396 1.59 N/A
Volt Robin Fontaine 375 1.51 N/A
Abertzale Garbiñe Eraso 66 0.27 N/A
Turnout 24,891 23.99 +16.12
2nd round result
LREM Stéphane Vojetta* 14,836 57.26 N/A
EELV (NUPÉS) Renaud Le Berre 11,073 42.74 −3.30
Turnout 25,909 25.96 +17.99
LREM hold

* LREM dissident

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2018 by-election

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Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % +/– Votes % +/–
Samantha Cazebonne REM–MoDem–UDI 2,398 35.15 –15.21 3,623 53.96 –12.25
François Ralle-Andreoli FI–EELV–PCF–G.s 1,941 28.45 +12.93 3,091 46.04 +12.25
Raphaël Chambat LR–LC–CPNT 952 13.95 –1.15
Jean-Laurent Poitevin DVD 511 7.49 +7.49
Mehdi Benlahcen PS 510 7.47 –0.66
Ludovic Lemoues EXD 275 4.03 +3.28
Yohann Castro DVD 122 1.79 +1.79
Michel Hunault DVD 63 0.92 +0.92
Samir Sahraoui SE 51 0.75 +0.75
Votes 6,823 100.00 – 6,714 100.00 –
Valid votes 6,823 98.03 –1.15 6,714 95.26 –0.39
Blank votes 87 1.25 +0.76 203 2.88 –0.49
Null votes 50 0.72 +0.39 131 1.86 +0.89
Turnout 6,960 7.87 –8.07 7,048 7.97 –5.57
Abstentions 81,495 92.13 +8.07 81,360 92.03 +5.57
Registered voters 88,455 88,408
Source: Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (first round), (second round)

2017

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Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Samantha Cazebonne REM 7,274 50.36 7,828 66.21
François Ralle-Andreoli FI 2,242 15.52 3,995 33.79
Laurence Sailliet LR 2,182 15.11
Gabrielle Siry [fr] PS 1,175 8.13
Natacha Barral FN 818 5.66
Hubert Patural DVD 206 1.43
Alexis Boudaud-Anduaga ECO 126 0.87
Olivia Tholance DIV 113 0.78
Éric Morgeau EXD 108 0.75
Benjamin Leduc DVD 85 0.59
Caroline Guébel DIV 59 0.41
Venise Jonnet DIV 51 0.35
Olivier Hennebelle DIV 6 0.04
Chloé Teyssou DVD 0 0.00
Votes 14,445 100.00 11,823 100.00
Valid votes 14,445 99.18 11,823 95.66
Blank votes 71 0.49 417 3.37
Null votes 48 0.33 120 0.97
Turnout 14,564 15.94 12,360 13.54
Abstentions 76,810 84.06 78,931 86.46
Registered voters 91,374 91,291
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

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Candidates

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The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were thirteen candidates:[11][12]

The Union for a Popular Movement initially chose Minister of Industry Éric Besson as its candidate. A former Socialist MP, Besson joined the UMP in 2007 and was appointed to President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.[13] In December 2011, however, the party announced that Laurence Sailliet, its national secretary for the Iberian Peninsula, would be its candidate. Francis Huss was her deputy (suppléant).[14]

The Socialist Party chose Arnaud Leroy, a resident of Lisbon. He worked for the European Maritime Safety Agency, as an expert on environmental protection and climate change. Formerly a member of The Greens, he joined the Socialist Party, stating that political ecology should become a central issue in the renovation of social-democratic ideas. His deputy (suppléante) was Soledad Margareto, a resident of Madrid.[15]

Juliette Estivil, originally from Spain and a member of the Left Party, was the chosen candidate of the Left Front, which also included the French Communist Party. She was a teacher of Spanish. Her deputy (suppléant) was Bruno Fialho.[16][17]

Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Carolina Punset, with Stéphane Etcheverry as her deputy (suppléant).[18] A resident of Altea, in Spain, Punset was a municipal councillor in her home town.[19]

The National Front chose Alain Lavarde, with Jacques Struzynski as his deputy (suppléant).[12]

The centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Richard Onses, a resident of Barcelona, as their candidate. He was also a member of the centre-right Catalan party Convergence and Union. Guy-Michel Sembres was his deputy (suppléant).[20]

The Radical Party of the Left chose Muriel Guenoux, with Stéphane Grandpierre as her deputy (suppléant).[21]

Jean-Bastien Urfels, a resident of Spain working as headmaster in a French school, was the candidate endorsed by Arise the Republic. Norman Ledoux was his deputy (suppléant).[22]

Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Sébastien Drochon, with Karim Bakouri as his deputy (suppléant).[12]

The Liberal Democratic Party chose Sophie Levamis. A resident of Hendaye, in the French Pyrenees, she argued that expatriates should choose a candidate who lived in France and would thus be "independent from every country" in their constituency. Jan Laarman was her deputy (suppléant).[23]

Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Henri, Count of Paris (the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France until his death), stood (under the name Charles-Philippe d'Orléans) as an independent candidate, with the expressed hope of joining a "recomposed centre-right party" after the election. He was a resident of Portugal, and former resident of Spain. Sylvie Gourgeon was his deputy (suppléante).[24]

Bernard Soulier, an economist and resident of Madrid, stood as an independent candidate. Pascale Lagneaux was his deputy (suppléante).[25]

Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh was an independent candidate, with Michel Rioche as her deputy.[12]

Results

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As in other constituencies, turnout in the first round was low: 19.5% in Portugal, 20% in Monaco, 20.5% in Spain, and 22.1% in Andorra. The result was the closest of any of the eleven expatriate constituencies, with UMP candidate Laurence Sailliet taking a 1.33% lead (217 votes). She finished first in Andorra and Monaco, while her Socialist rival Arnaud Leroy was first in Spain and Portugal. (Leroy was only third in Monaco, behind National Front candidate Alain Lavarde.) Juliette Estivil obtained the Left Front's joint best result abroad (fourth with 8.61%), matched by Raquel Garrido in the first constituency. Charles-Philippe d'Orléans obtained only 3% of the vote overall, but did finish fourth in Portugal, his country of residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.[26][27]

Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Arnaud Leroy 8,485 52.67 −
UMP Laurence Sailliet 7,624 47.33 −
Turnout
PS win (new seat)
Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 - 1st round[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Laurence Sailliet 5,087 31.88 −
PS Arnaud Leroy 4,870 30.52 −
EELV Carolina Punset 1,514 9.49 −
FG Juliette Estivil 1,374 8.61 −
FN Alain Lavarde 1,035 6.49 −
Radical Richard Onses 745 4.67 −
DVD Charles-Philippe d'Orléans 486 3.05 −
Independent Bernard Soulier 347 1.37 −
PLD Sophie Levamis 218 0.99 −
PRG Muriel Guenoux 124 0.78
SP Sébastein Drochon 101 0.63 −
Independent Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh 64 0.40 −
DLR Jean-Bastien Urfels 21 0.13 −
Turnout 16 185 20.4 −

References

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