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

Area In terms of area, it is the second smallest of the eleven constituencies (after the sixth: Switzerland and Liechtenstein), covering the three Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In contrast, it is the second most populous (after the first: United States and Canada): 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."Les élections en 2012 à l’étranger: Votre circonscription pour l’élection des députés" , French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs"Décret n° 2011-367 du 4 avril 2011 authentifiant la population des Français établis hors de France au 1er janvier 2011", Légifrance"Français inscrits au registre mondial au 31/12/2010" , French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.

Deputies ElectionMemberParty 2012 Philip Cordery PS 2017Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade LREM 2022 2024 RE

Election results

2024 CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Cécilia GondardPSNFP27,89837.4536,12749.76Pieyre-Alexandre AngladeREEnsemble26,41035.4636,47650.24Charlotte BeaufilsRN6,7369.04Geneviève MachicoteLRUDC4,6046.18Juliette de CausansECO4,3185.80Sacha CourtialECOVolt1,5632.10Patrick BrissetDIV1,4922.00Anne-Catherine GirardREC1,0011.34Aude RossoliniDIV4630.62Valid votes74,485100.0072,603100.00Blank votes7130.953,6094.73Null votes990.131530.20Turnout75,29747.6476,36548.32Abstentions82,74252.3681,67051.68Registered voters158,039158,035Source: ResultRE HOLD

2022

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2017 CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Pieyre-Alexandre AngladeREM52.2773.73Sophie RauszerFI10.9526.27Perrine LedanECO9.78Valérie BrosLR9.08Philip CorderyPS6.28Soraya LemaireFN3.13Caroline LaporteUDI2.82Muriel RéusDVD1.43Denys DhiverDVD1.37Olivier RassonDIV0.58Yves GernigonDIV0.53Juliette SaumierDIV0.46Claire des MesnardsDIV0.43Yann PereiraDIV0.30Philippe LanneyEXD0.29Bertrand de CordierDVG0.15Frédérique PlaisantPRG0.09Sylvain BleubarDIV0.04Votes100.00100.00Valid votes99.4396.50Blank votes0.242.78Null votes0.320.71Turnout22.6620.77Abstentions77.3479.23Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Candidates The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were sixteen candidates:"Arrêté du 14 mai 2012 fixant la liste des candidats au premier tour de l'élection des députés élus par les Français établis hors de France ", Journal Officiel de la République Française, 15 May 2012

The Union for a Popular Movement initially chose Pascale Andréani, former permanent representative of France to NATO, as its candidate."Législatives : l'UMP a désigné ses candidats pour l'étranger", Le Figaro, April 13, 2011 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)."Amérique du Nord : l'UMP désigne Lefebvre" , Journal du dimanche, 25 November 2011

The Socialist Party chose Philip Cordery, a resident of Brussels. His deputy (suppléante) was Hélène Le Moing, a resident of The Hague."Elections législatives 2012 : nos candidates et candidats" , Parti Socialiste - Fédération des Français à l'Etranger

Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Perrine Ledan, with Édouard Gaudot as her deputy (suppléant)., Europe Écologie–The Greens Ledan, a journalist, is a resident of Brussels."Les 11 candidat-e-s EELV sur les circonscriptions législatives hors de France" , EELV, 12 November 2011

The Left Front, which included the French Communist Party, chose Charlotte Balavoine, with Patrick Cavaglieri as her deputy (suppléant). Balavoine was a member of the Communist Party."LEGISLATIVES - Le Parti Communiste Français présente 7 candidats pour le Front de Gauche" , Le Petit Journal

The Democratic Movement chose Tanguy Le Breton, with Raphael Lederer as his deputy.

The National Front chose Sophie Duval. Martine Masse was her deputy.

The Radical Party of the Left chose Nadia Bourahla, with Philippe Loopuyt as her deputy.

The Christian Democratic Party (an associate party of the UMP) chose Stéphane Buffetaut, with Isabelle Soibinet as his deputy. Buffetaut was also endorsed by the National Centre of Independents and Peasants."Présentation de Stéphane Buffetaut", Le Petit Journal

The Pirate Party chose Pablo Martin, with Alix Guillard as his deputy.

Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Guillaume Dubost, a 32-year-old electrical engineer and long-term resident of Brussels. He was a presiding member of Agora Erasmus, the Benelux branch of the LaRouche movement. Romain Drouillon was his deputy."Présentation de Guillaume Dubost", Le Petit Journal

Dominique Paillé, a former spokesman for the Union for a Popular Movement, sought to be the candidate for that party. When he was not chosen, he stated that he would "definitely" be a candidate all the same, standing against Andréani if she did not desist. He eventually became the candidate of the centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance. A resident of Brussels, he was a lawyer in Paris."Présentation de Dominique Paillé", Le Petit Journal His deputy (suppléante) was Anne Monseu Ducarme.Candidates for the fourth constituency, in Le Petit Journal

Virginie Taittinger stood as an independent right-wing candidate. Describing herself as close to the UMP, she presented herself as the "candidate of (Nicolas Sarkozy's) presidential majority", although she ran against the UMP-endorsed candidate. A resident of Brussels, she described herself officially as the candidate of the Union of the Centre and the Right of the French in Benelux. Gaël du Bouëtiez was her deputy."Les Français à la radioscopie", Le Soir, 7 October 2011"4ème circonscription : Benelux", Le Petit Journal

Georges-Francis Seingry, a resident of Brussels who described himself as non-partisan, stood for the Gathering of French Residents Overseas (Rassemblement des Français de l'étranger), a political movement related to the Union for a Popular Movement. Éric Krebs was his deputy."Présentation de Georges-Francis Seingry", Le Petit Journal

Ruben Mohedano-Brèthes had been a French expatriate in Belgium since 1996. He was an official of the European Union (in charge of information and communication since 1996: Eurobarometer opinion polls, audio-visual strategy and youth information) and a trade-unionist. He presented himself as an "independent centrist humanist" candidate, under the Force of Freedom banner. He was endorsed by the Centrist Alliance."Présentation de Ruben Mohedano-Brèthes", Le Petit Journal He was also endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party.

There were two independent candidates: Elisabeth Valenti (with Jean-Marie Soja as her deputy); and Elisabeth Chevalier (with Jeannine Porte as her deputy).

Results As in other constituencies, turnout in the first round was low: 24.4% in Belgium, 24.4% also in Luxembourg, and 22.1% in the Netherlands. Socialist candidate Philip Cordery finished first in all three countries.Official results of the first round , French Ministry for Foreign Affairs"Législatives : tous les résultats des Français de l'étranger", Le Nouvel Observateur, 4 June 2012 He went on to win the second round by a fairly large margin."Résultats du 2nd tour - 17 juin 2012 dans la 4ème circonscription - Benelux", Le Monde

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