French Guiana's 1st constituency
| 1st constituency of French Guiana | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Map of National Assembly constituencies in French Guiana | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | French Guiana |
| Cantons | Approuague-Kaw, Cayenne-1-Nord-Ouest, Cayenne-2-Nord-Est, Cayenne-3-Sud-Ouest, Cayenne-4-Centre, Cayenne-5-Sud, Cayenne-6-Sud-Est, Matoury, Remire-Montjoly, Roura, Saint-Georges-Oyapock |
| Registered voters | 65,803 |
The 1st constituency of French Guiana is one of two French National Assembly constituencies in the French Guiana département. Located in the eastern third of the department, the constituency contains the capital city of Cayenne.
The constituency has been represented by Jean-Victor Castor of the Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement since 2022.
Deputies
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Elie Castor | PS | |
| 1993 | Christiane Taubira | Walwari | |
| 1997 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Gabriel Serville | PSG | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Jean-Victor Castor | MDES | |
Recent election results
2022
In 2022, Jean-Victor Castor of the pro-independence Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement was elected over Yvane Goua. Castor was supported by the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), while Goua was supported by La France Insoumise.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REG | Yvane Goua | 3,122 | 20.77 | N/A | |||
| Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement | Jean-Victor Castor | 2,601 | 17.30 | N/A | |||
| DVC | Boris Chong-Sit | 2,349 | 15.62 | N/A | |||
| DVD | Joëlle Prevot-Madere | 1,728 | 11.49 | N/A | |||
| DVG | Thibault Lechat-Vega | 970 | 6.45 | N/A | |||
| RN | Jérôme Harbourg | 817 | 5.43 | N/A | |||
| DVG | Philippe Bouba | 812 | 5.40 | N/A | |||
| DVG | Line Letard | 436 | 2.90 | −7.50 | |||
| DVG | Emmanuel Felissaint | 385 | 2.56 | N/A | |||
| DVG | Rudy Stephenson | 383 | 2.55 | N/A | |||
| DVC | Alix Madeleine | 344 | 2.29 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 1,087 | - | − | |||
| Turnout | 15,034 | 27.27 | +3.42 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement | Jean-Victor Castor | 9,038 | 56.5 | ||||
| REG | Yvane Goua | 6,951 | 43.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 15,989 | 29.92 | +0.64 | ||||
| Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement gain from DVG | |||||||
2017
In 2017, Serville was narrowly reelected against 2012 rival Joëlle Prévot-Madère, who was running this time as a member La République En Marche!.[3][4]
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Gabriel Serville | DVG | 3,595 | 29.77 | 7,546 | 51.33 | |
| Joëlle Prévot-Madère | REM | 3,572 | 29.58 | 7,156 | 48.67 | |
| Jemetree Guard | DVG | 1,262 | 10.45 | |||
| Line Letard | DVG | 1,256 | 10.40 | |||
| Claire Albanesi | FI | 1,082 | 8.96 | |||
| Michel Quammie | DVD | 743 | 6.15 | |||
| Armand Achille | REG | 216 | 1.79 | |||
| Sylvio Leon Letard | REG | 139 | 1.15 | |||
| Julien Deroche | DVG | 126 | 1.04 | |||
| Michel Sabas | DVG | 85 | 0.70 | |||
| Arlette Feuillié | DIV | 1 | 0.01 | |||
| Votes | 12,077 | 100.00 | 14,702 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 12,077 | 94.36 | 14,702 | 93.56 | ||
| Blank votes | 469 | 3.66 | 632 | 4.02 | ||
| Null votes | 253 | 1.98 | 380 | 2.42 | ||
| Turnout | 12,799 | 23.85 | 15,714 | 29.28 | ||
| Abstentions | 40,858 | 76.15 | 37,948 | 70.72 | ||
| Registered voters | 53,657 | 53,662 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
In 2012, Christiane Taubira chose not to run for reelection following her appointment as Minister of Justice. Gabriel Serville, a former mayor of Matoury running as a member of the Guianese Socialist Party, defeated Joëlle Prévot-Madère, the president of CPGME Guyana.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSG | Gabriel Serville | 8,369 | 54.70 | ||
| DVG | Joëlle Prévot-Madère | 6,931 | 45.30 | ||
| Turnout | 16,332 | 35.21 | |||
| PSG gain from PRG | |||||
2007
In 2007, Taubira was elected for a fourth and final term versus Rémy-Louis Budoc (UMP), who she also faced in 2002. During the 2007 contest, which took place just weeks after Nicolas Sarkozy's election as president, Taubira stated that she was "approached" by Sarkozy's associates about the possibility of joining the government of François Fillon. Budoc pushed back against the claim, arguing that "[Taubira] criticized Nicolas Sarkozy too unfairly to deserve to enter this government".[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRG | Christiane Taubira | 5,695 | 63.41 | ||
| UMP | Rémy-Louis Budoc | 3,286 | 36.59 | ||
| Turnout | 9,476 | 42.46 | |||
| PRG hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Législatives 2022 : ce qu'il faut savoir sur Jean-Victor Castor, candidat dans la 1ère circonscription de Guyane". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Guyane". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ a b "Joëlle Prévot-Madère en ordre de marche pour les législatives". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Législatives : Gabriel Serville et Joëlle Prévot-Madère au coude à coude dans la 1ère circonscription". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Christiane Taubira affirme "avoir été approchée" par l'entourage de Nicolas Sarkozy". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
Sources
- French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
- "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 2017.