The constituency of the
Lozère
Lozère (; oc, Losera ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, ...
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French
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: ''Circonscription de la Lozère'') is a French legislative
constituency
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in the Lozère ''
département
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''. 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 (; oc, Losera ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, ...
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). 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, 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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