The 2nd constituency of French Guiana is a French legislative
constituency in the
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...
''département''. Comprising the western two-thirds of the ''département'', the 2nd constituency contains the major communes of
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (; gcr, Senloran di Maronni) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is one of the three sub-prefectures of French Guiana and the seat ...
(population: 47,621) and
Kourou
Kourou () is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre, the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA). It i ...
(population: 24,903).
The constituency is represented by
Davy Rimane, a left-wing politician aligned with
La France Insoumise
La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims ...
, who won the seat in the
2022 legislative election.
Deputies
Election results
2022
Davy Rimane, aligned to
La France Insoumise
La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims ...
, was elected to the seat in the
2022 French legislative election
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.
* Davy Rimane did not officially stand as an
LFI candidate, but is supported by them and intends to sit with the
NUPES
The New Ecological and Social People's Union (french: Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale, link=no, NUPES) is a left-wing alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance includes La France Insoumise (LFI ...
alliance in the
National Assembly
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.
2018 by-election
2017
2012
2007
2002
References
Sources
* French Interior Ministry results website:
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French legislative constituencies