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The 2012 legislative election resulted in the election of the very first National Assembly members representing French residents overseas. Voting occurred over a week, from 23 to 29 May or on 2 or 3 June for the first round, well in advance of voting in metropolitan France (10 June) or certain French overseas territories and departments (9 June).
[1] As of New Year's Day 2011, the Tenth constituency contained 140,310 registered French voters - of which 19,725 in Lebanon and 19,930 in Madagascar, the two countries in the region with the greatest number of registered French residents. [2] [3] This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.
As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 140,731 registered French voters. By far the greatest number of these (113,655) were living in the United Kingdom, the country with the third greatest number of registered French residents in the world. (In contrast, there were only 146 in Estonia, and just one in Greenland.) [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 2010, a new set of constituency boundaries was adopted, with the dual purpose of ensuring a more equal number of voters per constituency, and of providing seats in the National Assembly to representatives of French citizens resident outside France. 33 constituencies were abolished, and 33 new ones created.
It represents all French citizens living abroad in Mexico, the Caribbean (except Puerto Rico), South America and Central America. It is the least populous constituency of its kind, containing 81,786 registered French voters as of 2024. [1]
The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises), including the National Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie nationale) had a different registration plate with: a number to identify the army unit (2 for Gendarmerie, 6 for the Army (French: Armée de terre), 7 for the Air Force (French: Armée de l'air), 7 for the Navy (French: Marine ...
Those units which fought in the Caribbean included: [1] [2] Régiment d'Armagnac; Volontaires Libres (served in Guadeloupe and Martinique) 1ére Légion, Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine (also saw service in the States) Cannoniers Bombardiers (served in Saint-Domingue, Martinique, and Guadeloupe) Garrison of Guadeloupe Garnison de Guadeloupe