Overseas Territories of France (European Parliament constituency)
For elections in the European Union, Overseas Territories (French: Circonscription Outre-Mer) was a European Parliament constituency in France until the 2019 European Parliament election. It consisted of all the inhabited French overseas departments and collectivities (including the sui generis overseas territory of New Caledonia, but excluding the non-permanently inhabited overseas territories that have no registered voters), even if their territory is not part of the European Union. Constitutionally, all French citizens are also granted the same European citizenship, consequently all of them elected representatives in the European Parliament, independently of their area of residence.
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | France |
Created | 2004 |
MEPs | 3 |
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In 2019, France decided to switch to a single constituency for EU elections, putting an end to all regional constituencies, including the Overseas Territory of France constituency.
Composition
According to the provisions of Law No. 2007-224 of 21 February 2007:
The Overseas Territories electoral constituency consists of three sections. Each list in this constituency has at least one candidate per section. [A] decree ... shall allocate seats in the constituency between the three sections. The sections are described as follows:
- Atlantic section: the three overseas departments of Guadeloupe, Guyane and Martinique, and the three overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre and Miquelon;
- Indian Ocean section: the two overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion;
- Pacific section: the two overseas collectivities of French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna, and the special collectivity of New Caledonia.
Those eleven territories have different status with the European Union (none of them are part of the Schengen Area):
- The outermost regions (OMR) are part of the European Union. They include the five overseas departments of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion, and the overseas collectivity of Saint Martin.
- The overseas countries and territories (OCT) are not part of the European Union. They include the four overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna, and the special collectivity of New Caledonia (the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and Clipperton Island do not vote for the European Parliament elections, as they have no permanent inhabitants).
The legal currency in those overseas territories is the Euro since 1999 (before then, it was the French franc), including in OCTs (by special agreement with the European Union) except those in the Pacific section which still use the CFP franc (bound to the Euro by a special agreement between France and the European Union, but with a revocable rate of 8.38 EUR for 1,000 XPF).
Results
2014
European Election 2014: Overseas Territories | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
UMP | Maurice Ponga Yolaine Costes, Laurent Bernier, Sylviane Terooatea, Abdou Ahmad, Karine Mousseau, Yannick Manuofiua, Sandra Sinimale, Rémy Louis Budoc |
76,168 | 26.70 | ||
PS | Louis-Joseph Manscour Philippe Le Constant, Marie-Claude Tjibaou, Marlène Miroite-Melisse, Soilihi Ahamada Ousseni, Yolanie Horth, Tetuahau Temaru, Elisabeth Taofifenua-Sako, Yvès Hoarau |
55,214 | 19.36 | ||
PCR | Younous Omarjee Maeva Salmon, Jean Crusol, Daourina Abdallah, Yves Quiquerez, Mylène Mazia, Gérard Reignier, Sesilia Liufau, Bruno Lorion |
52,017 | 18.23 | ||
FN | Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marc Guille, Muriel Dauphin, René Tran Van Nghia, Yvette Arnaud,Stéphane Chipault, Faoulati Sandi, Joseph Grondin, Bianca Henin | 29,241 | 10.25 | ||
MoDem | Léonard Sam, Audrey De Fondaumiere, Louis Molinie, Malia Tafili, Yanick Dindjian, Jacqueline Fourlin-Jougon, Gérard Mou-Tham, Afidati Mkadara, Jocelyn Varsovie | 24,059 | 8.43 | ||
EE | Yvette Duchemann, José Gaillou, Jocelyne Hatchi, Ahamada Salime, Florencine Edouard, Christian Civilise, Danon Lutchmee Odayen, Jules Hauata, Janine Maurice-Bellay | 19,167 | 6.72 | ||
LO | Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud, Jean-Marie Nomertin, Corinne Gasp, Jean Luc Payet, Danielle Diakok, Jean-Yves Payet, Marie-Hellen Marthe-Dite-Surelly, Louis Maugee, Lita Dahomay | 9,743 | 3.42 | ||
DLF | Hugues Maillot, Valérie Dambreville, Norman Charles, Elisabeth Ducarouge, Pascal Pagand, Marie-Annick Mavande, William Felicite, Marie-Pierre Goy Martin, Jean-Jack Morel | 4,749 | 1.66 | ||
Regions and Peoples in Solidarity | Jean-Jacob Bicep, Kathy Carime-Jalime, Tony Grava, Véronique Joachim Pamphile, Moumini Oumara, Marie-Gérard Sona, Patrice Christian Langenier, Jeanne Marie Gertrude Docteur, Jean-Max Erapa | 4,467 | 1.57 | ||
UPR | Dominique Frut, Marie-Christine Clevy, Erwan Mutez, Valérie Jung, Philippe Hoareau, Lucie Millet, David Aappadoo, Sylvie Briant, Jacques Marteau | 2,793 | 0.98 | ||
Citizens' Europe | Patricia Pompilius, Simione Vakauliafa, Sanya Youssouf, Gérard Bons, Sylvie Baudoin, Laurent Cobo, Alberte Piquionne, Judes Boubou, Claude Frimat | 1,912 | 0.67 | ||
PP | Marie-France Gallet, Pierre Magnin, Guilaine Sabine, Pierre-Yves Fonteix, Corinne Flavin, Roland Francoise, Stéphanie Lorente, Gilbert Degras, Colette Alvarez | 1,545 | 0.54 | ||
Synergy Europe | Kelly Citadelle-Velin, Henri Ananelivoua, Lysette Chavez-Levy, Carl Agapit, Jacqueline Blancard Epouse Payet, Jean Charles Bury, Margaret Tanger, Jean Claude Clain, Patricia Gerard | 1,192 | 0.42 | ||
Europe–Democracy–Esperanto | Monique Fillat, Jacques Etienne, Jannick Huet, Bert Schumann, Emmanuelle Paris, Robert Allandrieu, Annick Darnet, Gilles Leseigneur, Raphaele Bruyat | 940 | 0.33 | ||
Feminists for Europe in Solidarity | Grace Ndame Mpondo, Rodolphe Battery, Linda Weil-Curiel, Abdoul M'chindra, Dhoiharati Boura, Pierre-Etienne Bouchet, Jeanne Tirolien, Germain Mathieu, Léontine Chard | 862 | 0.30 | ||
Reunionnais Citizens' Movement | Jean Roland Ango, Isabelle Daville, Rosien Duchemann, Marie Lepinay, Didier Lauret, Tasnime Alibay, Bruno Cheron, Nafissati Ali Boina, Jean Dena | 827 | 0.29 | ||
Thank you Overseas! | Jean-Pierre Mapolin, Micheline Mapolin, Bruno Theresine, Cynthia Goula, Paul Capel, Nelly Soubdhan, Judes Ilard, Rose Jeanne, Jean-Philippe Segalas | 225 | 0.08 | ||
AEI | Guy Hadji, Béatrix Arrii, Carmello Scaramozzino, Amandine Dalmasso, Thierry Bardagi, Sylvie Roy, Jean Michel Albanese, Joselane Palmers, Roland Scaramozzino | 93 | 0.03 | ||
European Federalist Party | Roseline Surveillant, Mathieu Verniers, Natalie Jannin, Troy Davis, Naïma Moghir, Gauthier Auclair, Léa Cailloet, Jérôme Sayag, Lucie Morilhat | 48 | 0.02 | ||
Turnout | 303,065 | 17.00 |
2009
European Election 2009: Overseas Territories | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
UMP | Maurice Ponga Marie-Luce Penchard, Yolaine Costes, Boris Chong-Sit, Véronique Papilio-Halagahu, Cyrille Melchior, Chantal Maignan, Tearii Alpha, Daourina Romouli |
103,247 | 29.69 | +4.37 | |
PCR | Élie Hoarau Madeleine de Grandmaison, Hirohiti Tefaarere, Maya Cesari, Georges Bredent, Caroline Machoro-Reignier, Younous Omarjee, Sergine Kokason, Makalio Folituu |
73,110 | 21.01 | -7.86 | |
PS | Patrice Tirolien Ericka Bareigts, Catherine Neris, Keitapu Maamaatuaiahutapu, Abouchirou Said, Henri-Michel Pene, Kalala Kulifekai Dit Sako, Daniel Roneice, Denise Zettor |
70,514 | 20.26 | +1.21 | |
EE | Harry Durimel, Rahiba Dubois, Vetea Jacques Bryant, Marie-Odile Walter, Ahamada Salime, Janine Arnell, Michel Dubouille, Marie Grondin, Maximilien Vaea Hauata | 56,502 | 16.24 | +7.61 | |
MoDem | Gino Ponin-Ballom, Nicole Bouteau, Max Orville, Sophia Hafidou, Raymond Esdras, Sandrine Ligatai, Thierry Robert, George Habran-Mery, Didier Leroux | 32,322 | 9.29 | -1.15 | |
Libertas | Erika Kuttner-Perreau, Yohan Noel, Arlette Gelanor, Jules Simana, Juliette Nubret, Vincent Sabattier, Hélène Gilot, Jean-André Senailles, Maguy Maurinier | 10,015 | 2.88 | +2.88 | |
Europe–Democracy–Esperanto | Jacques Etienne, Aline Mori, Vincent Jegat, Sandrine Voelcker, Georges Garnier, Sandrine Martin, Yves Le Prioux, Soana Duron, Patrick Neveux | 1,537 | 0.44 | ||
CNIP | Daniel Mugerin, Catherine Bouchy, Alain Chaumet, Annaïk Glanton, Thierry Abraham, Sylvie Blaise, Hervé Liechty, Michèle Morin, Patrick Cros | 225 | 0.07 | ||
AR | Grégoire Andriantslama, Joëlle Corette, Patrice Joly, Sandrine Obadia, Albert Ventrillard, Dominique Fitremann, Vianney Gremmel, Patricia Favas, Népomucène Guiraud | 127 | 0.05 | ||
Rally for the Citizens' Initiative | Annie Marciniak, Roger Touron Renée Spanoudis, Jean-Michel Barreyre, Michèle Brun, Laurent Barreyre, Jeannine Fernandez, Pierre Savel, Colette Tinel | 102 | 0.03 | ||
AEI | Amandine Dalmasso, Roland Scaramozzino, Béatrix Arri, El Had Danouni, Joselane Palmers, Guy Hadji, Cécile Pinault, Jean-Marie Gautier, Sylvie Roy | 95 | 0.03 | ||
Turnout | 375,624 | 22.96 |
2004
European Election 2004: Overseas Territories | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
PCR | Paul Vergès Madeleine de Grandmaison, Paul Naprix, Nicole Moeabouteau |
109,529 | 28.87 | ||
UMP | Margie Sudre Georges Puchon, Georges Servier, Jean-Marc Aimabl, Claudy Movrel, Mohamed Moustoifa |
96,062 | 25.32 | ||
PS | Jean-Claude Fruteau Catherine Neris, Ateleno Moleana, Moimoudou Madi, Siliako Lauhea, Martine Vassuer |
72,291 | 19.05 | ||
UDF | Jean-Marcel Maran, Nalini Veloupoule, Jean-Yves Flejo, Marie-Laure Banisette, Adballah Hassani, Clodine Lacave | 39,622 | 10.44 | ||
LV | Harry Durimel, Brigitte Wyngaarde, Didier Baron, Isabelle Urban, Louis Léonce Lecurieux-Lafferronay, Gladys Lintz | 32,760 | 8.63 | ||
FN | Huguette Fatna, Guy George, Emmanuelle Monie, Hamada Oousseni, Alexandrine Hugron, Roger Rode | 10,774 | 2.84 | ||
EXG | Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud, Jean-Yves Payet, Danielle Diakok, Jean-Marie Nomertin, Angèle Laupa-Cledor, Didier Lombard | 7,421 | 1.96 | ||
Rally of French Taxpayers | Jean-Manuel Neves, Christine Miguet, Frédéric Lefevre, Viviane Allart | 4,013 | 1.06 | ||
RPF | Jean Jean-Joseph, Juliette Adonicam, Abraham Wamo Bole, Madeleine Etheve, Yvon Elisabeth-Flora, Maryse Taurus | 3,119 | 0.86 | ||
Say No to Racism! | Bernard Law Wai, Marie-Claire Sernont, Louis-David Ferblantier, Antoinette Souprayen Cataye | 2,578 | 0.68 | ||
Better Living with Europe | André Fages, Laurence Acitno, Achille Birba, Marie Nicole Valmy | 1,179 | 0.31 | ||
Federalist Party | Lionel Guinault, Anne Benoit, Roland Nativel, Anne Claeyssen | 42 | 0.01 | ||
Socio-professional Party | Francioli Dancrade, Danielle Elima, Sylvain Venumiere, Sophie Lambeaux | 9 | 0.00 | ||
United France | Séverine Lallouette, Gérard Combal, Nadine Ramos, Grégory Richarte | 8 | 0.00 | ||
France from Below | Nadine Dabancens Baillivet, Dominique Granjon, Béatrice Jouvenceau, Emmanuel Laurent | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Turnout | 379,407 | 27.77 |