The constituency of the
Lozère
Lozère (; ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the ...
(
French: ''Circonscription de la Lozère'') is a French legislative
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in the Lozère ''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
Description
The constituency of
Lozère
Lozère (; ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the ...
is the only constituency within Lozère, making it one of only two such departments in metropolitan
France
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with a single constituency (along with
Creuse
Creuse (; or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the east, Cor ...
). The
second constituency was abolished as a result of the
2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies. Despite this adjustment the electorate in the seat remains low when compared to other constituencies.
The last deputy of the second constituency,
Pierre Morel-À-L'Huissier
Pierre Morel-À-L'Huissier (; born December 21, 1958, in Strasbourg) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Lozère department, as a member of UMP, then the Republicans (France), the Republicans, then UDI.
He was dep ...
, was elected the deputy for the entire department constituency.
See also
*
Lozère's 1st constituency
Deputies
Election results
2024
2022
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2017
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2012
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