5th constituency for French people domiciled outside France
Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Deputy	Stéphane Vojetta DVC
Department	none (residents abroad)
Cantons	none
Registered voters	115,497
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Thefifth French legislative constituency for citizens abroad (cinquième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one ofeleven constituencies each electing one representative ofFrench citizens abroad to the FrenchNational Assembly.

This constituency elected its first ever representative at the2012 French legislative election -Arnaud Leroy of theSocialist Party.

The election ofSamantha Cazebonne ofLREM in 2017 was invalidated bytheConstitutional Council. Cazebonne was elected at thesubsequent by-election.

This constituency covers four countries:Portugal,Spain,Andorra andMonaco. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 116,196 registered French voters. The bulk of these, 89,391, were living in Spain, while 15,049 were living in Portugal, 8,302 in Monaco (amicrostate which has a border only with France), and 3,454 in Andorra (a microstate, between Spain and France, of which thePresident of France isex officioCo-Prince).^[1][2][3]

On 11 July 2025, after invalidating his campaign accounts, the Constitutional Council declaredStéphane Vojetta, a member of parliament representing various centrist parties, ineligible for one year, resulting in his automatic resignation.^[4][5] Vojetta supported ‘as sponsor’ his deputy in 2024,Nathalie Coggia, who ran on aRenaissance list in the elections newly organised in September and October of the same year.^[6]

The partial legislative elections took place on 28 September 2025, with a second round on 12 October.^[7]

*LREM dissident

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The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were thirteen candidates:^[11][12]

TheUnion for a Popular Movement initially chose Minister of IndustryÉric Besson as its candidate. A formerSocialist MP, Besson joined the UMP in 2007 and was appointed to PresidentNicolas Sarkozy's government.^[13] In December 2011, however, the party announced thatLaurence Sailliet, its national secretary for theIberian Peninsula, would be its candidate. Francis Huss was herdeputy (suppléant).^[14]

TheSocialist Party choseArnaud Leroy, a resident ofLisbon. He worked for theEuropean Maritime Safety Agency, as an expert on environmental protection andclimate change. Formerly a member ofThe Greens, he joined the Socialist Party, stating thatpolitical ecology should become a central issue in the renovation ofsocial-democratic ideas. His deputy (suppléante) was Soledad Margareto, a resident ofMadrid.^[15]

Juliette Estivil, originally from Spain and a member of theLeft Party, was the chosen candidate of theLeft Front, which also included theFrench Communist Party. She was a teacher of Spanish. Her deputy (suppléant) was Bruno Fialho.^[16][17]

Europe Écologie–The Greens choseCarolina Punset, with Stéphane Etcheverry as her deputy (suppléant).^[18] A resident ofAltea, in Spain, Punset was a municipal councillor in her home town.^[19]

TheNational Front chose Alain Lavarde, with Jacques Struzynski as his deputy (suppléant).^[12]

The centre-rightRadical Party and the centristRepublican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Richard Onses, a resident ofBarcelona, as their candidate. He was also a member of the centre-rightCatalan partyConvergence and Union. Guy-Michel Sembres was his deputy (suppléant).^[20]

TheRadical Party of the Left chose Muriel Guenoux, with Stéphane Grandpierre as her deputy (suppléant).^[21]

Jean-Bastien Urfels, a resident of Spain working as headmaster in a French school, was the candidate endorsed byArise the Republic. Norman Ledoux was his deputy (suppléant).^[22]

Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of theLaRouche movement, was represented by Sébastien Drochon, with Karim Bakouri as his deputy (suppléant).^[12]

TheLiberal Democratic Party chose Sophie Levamis. A resident ofHendaye, in the FrenchPyrenees, she argued that expatriates should choose a candidate who lived in France and would thus be "independent from every country" in their constituency. Jan Laarman was her deputy (suppléant).^[23]

Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson ofHenri, Count of Paris (theOrléanist claimant to the throne of France until his death), stood (under the name Charles-Philippe d'Orléans) as an independent candidate, with the expressed hope of joining a "recomposed centre-right party" after the election. He was a resident of Portugal, and former resident of Spain. Sylvie Gourgeon was his deputy (suppléante).^[24]

Bernard Soulier, an economist and resident ofMadrid, stood as an independent candidate. Pascale Lagneaux was his deputy (suppléante).^[25]

Catherine N'Guyen Thi Minh was an independent candidate, with Michel Rioche as her deputy.^[12]

As in other constituencies, turnout in the first round was low: 19.5% in Portugal, 20% in Monaco, 20.5% in Spain, and 22.1% in Andorra. The result was the closest of any of the eleven expatriate constituencies, with UMP candidate Laurence Sailliet taking a 1.33% lead (217 votes). She finished first in Andorra and Monaco, while her Socialist rival Arnaud Leroy was first in Spain and Portugal. (Leroy was only third in Monaco, behind National Front candidate Alain Lavarde.) Juliette Estivil obtained the Left Front's joint best result abroad (fourth with 8.61%), matched by Raquel Garrido in the first constituency.Charles-Philippe d'Orléans obtained only 3% of the vote overall, but did finish fourth in Portugal, his country of residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.^[26][27]

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