2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies

Metropolitan departments losing at least one deputy:
  one deputy
  two deputies
  three deputies

Metropolitan departments gaining at least one deputy:
  one deputy
  two deputies

The Constitutional Council of France approved the redistricting of electoral boundaries in February 2010 to reflect France's changing demographics. 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.[1] In effect, the number of seats increased in areas held by the centre-right coalition led by Union for a Popular Movement at the expense of the Socialist-led centre-left coalition.[2] The 2010 redistricting process not only brought down the rule of two deputies per department to one, it also created eleven constituencies for French residents overseas.

  1. ^ "Le Conseil constitutionnel valide le redécoupage législatif". Agence France Presse (in French). 2010-02-18. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  2. ^ "Étude sur le redécoupage électoral: Une initiative de Regards Citoyens" (in French). Regards Citoyens. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-14.