French Guiana's 1st constituency

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.

1st constituency of French Guiana
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Deputy	Jean-Victor Castor MDES
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
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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
	2024

Recent election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Jean-Victor Castor	MDES	GDR	12,895	42.01	+1.0	14,302	76.11	+19.61
	Boris Chong Sit	DVD		3,308	16.10	+4.61	4,490	23.89
	Yvane Goua	REG		2,158	10.51	-10.26
	Olivier Taoumi	RN		1,916	9.33	+3.9
	Jean-Yves Mirakoff	DVG		264	0.45	new
Votes				20,541	100.00		18,792	100.00
Valid votes				20,541	97.35	+0.63	18,792	96.87	+3.13
Blank votes				314	1.49	-0.46	406	2.09	-1.94
Null votes				245	1.16	-0.17	201	1.04	-1.18
Turnout				2,100	35.61	+8.34	19,399	32.73	+2.81
Abstentions				38,145	64.39	-8.34	39,866	67.27	-2.81
Registered voters				59,245			59,265
Source:
Result				MDES HOLD

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]

Legislative Election 2022: French Guiana's 1st constituency

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

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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]

Legislative Election 2012: French Guiana 1st - 2nd round

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]

Legislative Election 2007: French Guiana 1st - 2nd round

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