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3 unusual facts about Fifth constituency for French residents overseas


Fifth constituency for French residents overseas

The Radical Party (centre-right) and the Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance (centrist) have jointly chosen Richard Onses, a resident of Barcelona, as their candidate.

Charles-Philippe d'Orléans obtained only 3% of the vote overall, but did finish fourth in Portugal, his country of residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.

Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Henri, Count of Paris (the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France until his death), is standing (under the name Charles-Philippe d'Orléans) as an independent candidate, with the expressed hope of joining a "recomposed centre-right party" after the election.


Éric Besson

In April 2011, the Union for a Popular Movement selected him as its candidate in the newly created Fifth constituency for French residents overseas (covering French citizens resident in Andorra, Monaco, Portugal and Spain) for the June 2012 legislative elections.


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