The Seventh French legislative constituency for citizens abroad (septième 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 It covers all French citizens living in two countries in Western Europe (Germany and Austria) and fourteen countries in Eastern Europe – specifically, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, 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.)"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 Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' PS2017Frédéric PetitMoDem20222024

Election results

2024 CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Frédéric PetitMoDemEnsemble21,92937.7834,51658.21Asma Rharmaoui-ClaquinLFINFP18,91432.5824,78441.79Mathilde Naveys--DumasRN4,5207.79Isabelle HuquetDVC3,8616.65Cécile RichardVolt3,2115.53Dominique Mier-GarrigouLRUDC2,7024.65Jérôme ChambonDIV1,9483.36Julie AlexandreREC7201.24Fanny GeffrayDIV2450.42Valid votes58,050100.0059,300100.00Blank votes4280.732,4663.98Null votes810.141190.19Turnout58,55944.7661,88547.31Abstentions72,26555.2468,93052.69Registered voters130,824130,815Source: ResultMoDem HOLD

2022

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2017 CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Frédéric PetitMoDem54.0362.94Pierre-Yves Le Borgn'PS13.8837.06Anna Deparnay-GrunenbergECO9.95Philippe GustinLR8.16François-Jérôme LallemandFI7.20Jean-Pierre HottingerFN1.99Benoît MayrandUDI1.00Pierre RommevauxDIV0.71Laurence ThierryDIV0.67Maëva DurandPCF0.55Mélanie LegrandDIV0.52Ludovic LemouesEXD0.48Bruno ScriveDVD0.46Delphine LyonDIV0.40Marie-Claire SébastienDVD0.02Votes100.00100.00Valid votes98.5895.64Blank votes0.193.30Null votes1.231.06Turnout25.4422.13Abstentions74.5677.87Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Candidates The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were fifteen 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 Socialist Party chose Pierre-Yves Le Borgn', whose work in the field of solar energy was based in Brussels, but who also worked in Germany, as its candidate. His deputy (suppléante) was Pascale Seux, a resident of Warsaw."Elections législatives 2012 : nos candidates et candidats", Parti Socialiste – Fédération des Français à l'Etranger Le Borgn' was also endorsed by Europe Écologie–The Greens. (Europe Écologie–The Greens initially chose Pierrette Stephan-Letondor, with Florian Chiron as her deputy (suppléant)."Motion 13: Législatives 2012: Hors de France" , Europe Écologie–The Greens A resident of Baden-Württemberg, Stephan-Letondor was a radio-journalist for Südwestrundfunk, and a member of the German party Alliance '90/The Greens."Les 11 candidat-e-s EELV sur les circonscriptions législatives hors de France" , EELV, 12 November 2011 The party subsequently withdrew its candidate, however, as part of an agreement whereby Europe Écologie–The Greens and the Socialist Party endorsed each other's candidate in several constituencies."Nicolas Jeanneté : le 3e homme ?", La Gazette de Berlin)

The Union for a Popular Movement chose Ronan Le Gleut. Living in Berlin where he was born in 1976, he served as patent examiner at the European Patent Organisation. Martine Schöppner was his deputy (suppléante)."Législatives : l'UMP a désigné ses candidats pour l'étranger", Le Figaro, 13 April 2011"LEGISLATIVES 2012 – Vos deux premiers candidats !", Le Petit Journal, 25 April 2011

Éric Bourguignon, of the French Communist Party, was the chosen candidate of the Left Front. His deputy (suppléant) was Michel Cullin."LEGISLATIVES – Le Parti Communiste Français présente 7 candidats pour le Front de Gauche", Le Petit Journal

The Democratic Movement chose Xavier Fourny, with Mathieu Baudier as his deputy.

The National Front did not present a candidate of its own, but endorsed Agnès Dejouy, of the small, new far-right party Sovereignty, Independence and Freedoms, which is allied to the National Front as part of the "Marine blue gathering" (rassemblement bleu Marine). Matthieu Petit is her deputy.

The centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Nicolas Jeanneté, a "cultural entrepreneur" and resident of Germany, as their candidate. Elisabeth Duda was his deputy.

The centre-left Radical Party of the Left chose Sylvie Olympe-Moreau. Her deputy was Jean-Marie Langlet"7ème circonscription : Europe centrale et orientale", Le Petit Journal

The centrist green party Cap 21 chose Bruno Pludermacher, a resident of Munich. He was a freelance engineering consultant. His deputy was Odette Barbosa de Lima."Présentation de Bruno Pludermacher", Le Petit Journal

Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Elodie Viennot, with Théo Genot as her deputy.

The Liberal Democratic Party chose Denis Matton. He was also endorsed by the Christian Democratic Party. Joël Bros was his deputy.

The Pirate Party chose Isabelle Robin, a teacher, who lived partly in Brittany and partly near Wiesbaden, in Germany. Pointing out that the party had no funds, she campaignrf entirely online, through social media. Julien Hue was her deputy."Présentation de Isabelle Robin", Le Petit Journal

Jean-Claude Wambre, a commercial agent established in Nieder-Olm near Mainz, ran as an independent candidate. His deputy was Hervé Messmer."Présentation de Jean-Claude Wambre", Le Petit Journal

Jacques Régnier, who had "lived and worked more than half his life" abroad, primarily in Germany, stood as an independent candidate, arguing that expatriates have specific needs best served by an independent. Frédéric Halfort was his deputy."Présentation de Jacques Régnier", Le Petit Journal

Hyacinthe Muller, a student of economics and music who had been living almost all his life in Germany, stood as an independent candidate, with Raphaëlle Deliancourt as his deputy."Présentation de Hyacinthe Muller", Le Petit Journal

Jacques Werckmann was an independent candidate, with Clément Renaudet as his deputy.

Results As in other constituencies, turnout in the first round was low, with a low point of 14.8% in Serbia. Only in Albania did more than half of all registered French citizens vote (59.5%). In Slovakia, turnout was 42.3%; elsewhere, it was below 40%. Socialist candidate Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' finished first by a large margin. He was first in every country except Bulgaria, Kosovo (where he received 3 votes to Ronan Le Gleut's 5), Montenegro (7 votes to Le Gleut's 8), Poland, Romania and Slovakia.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

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