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184:. The 25 most populous departments – which together held more than 50% of the French population – had one deputy in the National Assembly for every 114,512 inhabitants, while the 25 least populated departments had one deputy for every 80,220 inhabitants. This results in a ratio between the most and the least populated of 143 to 100, or, five residents for the smaller departments are worth seven resident in the major departments. The situation was exacerbated by demographic trends in the 1990s and their resulting disparities within departments. Notably, in the
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more than 20%. The report proposed maintaining the number of constituencies at 577, but this time select a target maximum of 10% deviation in population in relation to the departmental average. According to the method of distribution segments of the population, a parliamentary seat would be awarded for every 116,200 inhabitants instead of for every 108,000 inhabitants, as was the case in the 1986 redistricting. However, the report did not assess the current law that a department cannot have less than two members.
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consideration was raised to 125,000 inhabitants per constituency. The principle of territorial contiguity of constituencies was retained (except for a few enclaves), as well as the contiguity of cantons and communes. The changing of constituencies was planned by order of the
Interior Ministry and was controlled by an ad hoc committee composed of one person appointed by the French President, a one-person appointed by the
122:. Constituencies were divided in proportion to their population, based on 1986 census figures, each consisted of roughly 108,000 inhabitants. In theory, the number of total constituencies located within a department is supposed to be proportional to the larger population within that department compared to the total population of France. In total, there are 101 departments, which are grouped into 22
137:, each department had to have at least two constituencies regardless of population. This, however, distorted the proportionality of national representation, with 23 departments being under-represented (including five of the "two deputies" departments) and 28 departments over-represented. Effectively, 51 out of 101 departments were poorly represented based on the results of the
292:. However, due to the very sensitive political nature of redistricting, neither de Villepin nor Sarkozy wanted to take the risk of subjecting the changing of constituencies borders to political wrangling ahead of the 2007 legislative elections. In fact, the former president of the Constitutional Council,
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The electoral law of 1986 specifies that the population differences between districts shall in no case result that a constituency is more than 20% of the average population of districts of the department. But the report noted that, based on the 1999 national census, 25 districts had a difference of
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Dominique de
Villepin formed a working group in order to assess the legal impact carrying out a redistricting of legislative districts and townships and to define a method that whereby any redistricting would be conducted in compliance with three legal requirements of "neutrality, transparency and
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After the 2002 legislative elections, the
Constitutional Council pointed out that since 1986, two national censuses occurred in 1990 and 1999 and disparities in representation were revealed that contradicted the constitutional principle that the National Assembly should be elected on the basis of
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In accordance with French law, distribution of constituencies should respect the principle of population equality between departments in
Metropolitan France, overseas French territories, and French citizens abroad. Thus, the previous proportioning of 108,000 inhabitants per constituency in 1986
224:. The Council found disparities in representation resulting from the boundaries that were adopted in 1986 on the basis of population figures from the census of 1982. According to the Council, the constituencies were "incompatible with the combined clauses of Article 6 of the
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The combination of differences between districts and the disparity of representation between departments makes the risk of seeing one minority party or a minority coalition party gather a majority of seats in the
National Assembly less theoretical and more of a reality.
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population proportion. Also, the electoral law of 1986 specified that the population differences between districts should not result that a constituency is more than 20% of the average population of districts of the department. But the report noted that, based on the
204:) was 180,153 inhabitants, resulting in a ratio of 1 to 2.44. These causes result in the most extreme expression of representational inequality, where the votes of two people living in the least-populated constituency of France (excluding overseas France),
86:. The population ratio between the most populated and least populated constituencies was reduced from the 1986 redistricting results of 1:3.6 to 1:2. In effect, the number of seats increased in areas held by the centre-right coalition led by
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as well as in July 2005 relating the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2007, the
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94:-led centre-left coalition. The 2010 redistricting process not only brought down the rule of two deputies per
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1497:"Tableau des circonscriptions électorales des départements (élection des députés)"
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used the same 1982 population numbers, but the impact is not as pronounced in the
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and overseas) were affected by "major imbalances" between districts.
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1309:"Le Conseil constitutionnel valide le redécoupage législatif"
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377:. All had to first be approved by the Committees of Laws (
618:
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was worth more than three times the vote of someone in
18:
2010 Redistricting of French
Legislative Constituencies
54:
Metropolitan departments gaining at least one deputy:
32:
Metropolitan departments losing at least one deputy:
226:
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen
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110:After the redistricting effort of 1986, the 577
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215:In observations made in May 2003 regarding the
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100:constituencies for French residents overseas
196:) was 73,946 inhabitants while that of the
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153:Article 2, Law No. 86-825 of 11 July 1986
80:of electoral boundaries in February 2010
26:
1474:(in French). 2008-09-16. Archived from
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1317:(in French). 2010-02-18. Archived from
619:French citizens resident outside France
389:
384:
381:) of the National Assembly and Senate.
14:
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1198:Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency
1193:Meurthe-et-Moselle's 7th constituency
910:
228:of 1789 and Articles 3 and 24 of the
993:Seine-Saint-Denis' 13th constituency
254:French legislative elections of 2007
3361:Electoral redistributions in France
1301:
1077:one constituency for the department
1024:, with some minor boundary changes)
998:Seine-Saint-Denis' 3rd constituency
24:
1357:
1346:from the original on 29 April 2011
1265:Seine-Maritime's 12th constituency
1253:Seine-Maritime's 11th constituency
567:
367:President of the National Assembly
25:
3372:
1258:Seine-Maritime's 6th constituency
1246:SaĂ´ne-et-Loire's 4th constituency
1241:SaĂ´ne-et-Loire's 6th constituency
1128:Hautes-Pyrénées' 1st constituency
1123:Hautes-Pyrénées' 3rd constituency
309:June 2005 report by Pierre Bordry
1538:
981:Val-de-Marne's 12th constituency
972:
936:Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency
931:Pas-de-Calais' 14th constituency
919:Pas-de-Calais' 13th constituency
281:fairness." Three months later,
250:Constitutional Council of France
73:Constitutional Council of France
1375:French Ministry of the Interior
1342:(in French). Regards Citoyens.
1140:Haute-Vienne's 1st constituency
1135:Haute-Vienne's 4th constituency
986:Val-de-Marne's 7th constituency
924:Pas-de-Calais' 3rd constituency
98:to one, it also created eleven
1489:
1429:
1234:Puy-de-DĂ´me's 2nd constituency
1229:Puy-de-DĂ´me's 6th constituency
1096:Haute-SaĂ´ne's 3rd constituency
1049:
369:, one person appointed by the
357:, and presented a bill to the
84:France's changing demographics
13:
1:
1294:
1089:Deux-Sèvres' 3rd constituency
1084:Deux-Sèvres' 4th constituency
210:Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency
1116:Haut-Rhin's 4th constituency
1111:Haut-Rhin's 7th constituency
632:Number of countries included
427:Bretagne et Pays-de-la-Loire
272:2005 report on redistricting
217:2002 parliamentary elections
88:Union for a Popular Movement
7:
1377:(in French). Archived from
1205:Moselle's 10th constituency
1101:Charente's 4th constituency
135:French Republican tradition
118:were distributed among the
116:National Assembly of France
10:
3377:
3356:National Assembly (France)
1210:Moselle's 8th constituency
1106:Corrèze's 3rd constituency
481:Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te-d'Azur
401:Aquitaine et Midi-Pyrénées
337:In 2008, at the behest of
3320:Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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3090:
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2767:
2494:
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1989:
1636:
1556:
1222:Nièvre's 2nd constituency
1217:Nièvre's 3rd constituency
1174:Manche's 4th constituency
1169:Manche's 5th constituency
1164:Lozère's 2nd constituency
1073:Creuse's 1st constituency
1068:Creuse's 2nd constituency
1061:Allier's 3rd constituency
1056:Allier's 4th constituency
1034:Paris's 15th constituency
1029:Paris's 21st constituency
1022:Paris's 16th constituency
1017:Paris's 20th constituency
1010:Paris's 17th constituency
1005:Paris's 19th constituency
906:Eliminated constituencies
635:(as recognised by France)
349:for the elections to the
258:2008 election of senators
206:Lozère's 2nd constituency
172:were worth five votes in
1275:Somme's 4th constituency
1270:Somme's 6th constituency
1186:Marne's 3rd constituency
1181:Marne's 6th constituency
1157:Loire's 6th constituency
1152:Loire's 7th constituency
1147:Indre's 3rd constituency
965:Nord's 12th constituency
960:Nord's 24th constituency
955:Nord's 23rd constituency
943:Nord's 22nd constituency
188:, the population of the
180:were equivalent to five
1418:(in French). 2007-06-06
1287:Tarn's 1st constituency
1285:(areas now merged with
1282:Tarn's 4th constituency
1273:(areas now merged with
1256:(areas now merged with
1244:(areas now merged with
1232:(areas now merged with
1220:(areas now merged with
1208:(areas now merged with
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984:(areas now merged with
963:(areas now merged with
948:Nord's 3rd constituency
946:(areas now merged with
934:(areas now merged with
922:(areas now merged with
371:President of the Senate
333:Creating the commission
139:then-most recent census
106:Demographic differences
503:Languedoc - Roussillon
304:
230:Constitution of France
192:(the southern city of
148:
90:at the expense of the
68:
347:boundary delimitation
299:
242:Dominique de Villepin
176:; and three votes in
144:
120:departments of France
30:
1314:Agence France Presse
1036:, with parts in new
390:Added constituencies
385:Constituency changes
379:Commissions des lois
319:1999 national census
238:Jean-Pierre Raffarin
50: three deputies
3346:Elections in France
3287:See also: Indirect
1321:on October 23, 2011
395:Metropolitan France
351:Assemblée Nationale
912:Nord-Pas-de-Calais
69:
66: two deputies
44: two deputies
3333:
3332:
3325:Wallis and Futuna
903:
902:
827:North-west Africa
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361:on September 24.
341:Nicolas Sarkozy,
278:Interior Minister
252:. Thus, even the
168:; three votes in
133:. However, using
16:(Redirected from
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3300:French Polynesia
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283:State Councillor
198:6th constituency
190:1st constituency
166:Bouches-du-RhĂ´ne
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435:Ille-et-Vilaine
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