Overseas Territories of France (European Parliament constituency)

Overseas Territories of France
European Parliament constituency
Shown in blue
Member state	France
Created	2004
MEPs	3
Sources
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In European elections, Overseas Territories of France is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists 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 are electing their representants in the European Parliament, independently of their area of residence.

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:

1. 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;
2. Indian Ocean section: the two overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion;
3. 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 inhabitant).

The legal currency in those overseas territories is the Euro since 1999 (before 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 revokable rate of 8.38 EUR for 1,000 XPF).

Results

2009

European Election 2009: Overseas Territories
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
	Communist Party of Réunion	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
	Europe Écologie	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
	Alliance Royale	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
	Independent Ecological Alliance	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
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Communist Party of Réunion	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
	Far-left	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
	Rally for France	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

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)