French Guiana's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of French Guiana is a French legislative constituency in the French Guiana département. Comprising the western two-thirds of the département, the 2nd constituency contains the major communes of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (population: 47,621) and Kourou (population: 24,903).

2nd constituency of French Guiana
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Deputy	Davy Rimane DVG
Department	French Guiana
Cantons	Iracoubo, Kourou, Macouria, Mana, Maripasoula, Montsinéry-Tonnegrande, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Sinnamary
Registered voters	101,346
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The constituency is represented by Davy Rimane, a left-wing politician aligned with La France Insoumise, who won the seat in the 2022 legislative election.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Léon Bertrand	RPR
	1993
	1997
	2002		UMP
	2007	Chantal Berthelot	DVG
	2012
	2017	Lénaïck Adam	LREM
	2018
	2022	Davy Rimane	DVG

Election results

2024

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Davy Rimane	DVG	8,307	60.21	8,422	16.95
	Sophie Charles	DVC	3,516	25.49
	Jean-Philippe Dolor	DVC	1,110	8.05
	Aldo Neman	DVG	594	4.31
	Sébastien Caugant	LO	269	1.95
Votes			13,796	100.00	8,422	100.00
Valid votes			13,796	96.06	8,422	91.94
Blank votes			296	2.06	616	6.72
Null votes			270	1.88	122	1.33
Turnout			14,362	28.92	9,160	18.44
Abstentions			35,293	71.08	40,524	81.56
Registered voters			49,655		49,684
Source:							DVGHOLD

2022

Davy Rimane, aligned to La France Insoumise, was elected to the seat in the 2022 French legislative election.

Legislative Election 2022: French Guiana's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM (Ensemble)	Lénaïck Adam	3,754	31.87	-11.23
	DVG	Davy Rimane	2,131	21.31	−13.81
	REG	Manuel Victor Jean-Baptiste	1,425	12.10	N/A
	DVG	Christophe Yanuwana Pierre	1,312	11.14	N/A
	LR (UDC)	Jean-Philippe Dolor	1,303	11.06	N/A
	DVG	Gillermo Joje	484	4.11	N/A
	RN	Virgine Thomas	425	3.61	+1.81
	DVG	Wender Karam	416	3.53	N/A
	DLF (RPR)	Jenny Bunch	149	1.27	N/A
Turnout			11,778	26.08	−8.68
2nd round result
	DVG	Davy Rimane*	8,276	54.12	+4.77
	LREM (Ensemble)	Lénaïck Adam	7,015	45.88	−4.77
Turnout			15,291	33.58	−8.94
	DVG gain from LREM		Swing	4.77

* Davy Rimane did not officially stand as an LFI candidate, but is supported by them and intends to sit with the NUPES alliance in the National Assembly.

2018 by-election

Main article: 2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election

Candidate		Party	First round			Second round
			Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Lénaïck Adam	REM–UDI	5,927	43.10	+6.65	8,320	50.65	+0.44
	Davy Rimane	FI	4,830	35.12	+14.84	8,107	49.35	–0.44
	David Riché	PSG	1,385	10.07	+10.07
	José Makébé	DVD	683	4.97	+4.97
	Richard Joigny	PPG	305	2.22	–3.58
	Jean-Philippe Dolor	DVG	271	1.97	+1.97
	Jérôme Harbourg	FN	248	1.80	+1.80
	Georges Mignot	UPR	104	0.76	–1.02
	Mylène Mazia	DVG	0	0.00	–
Votes			13,753	100.00	–	16,427	100.00	–
Valid votes			13,753	97.47	+1.57	16,427	97.48	+1.47
Blank votes			183	1.30	–1.35	258	1.53	–0.80
Null votes			174	1.23	–0.22	166	0.67	–0.99
Turnout			14,110	34.76	+8.67	16,851	41.52	+6.42
Abstentions			26,477	65.24	–8.67	23,737	58.48	–6.42
Registered voters			40,587			40,588
Source: Préfecture de la Guyane, Préfecture de la Guyane

2017

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Lénaïck Adam	REM	3,595	36.44	6,670	50.21
	Davy Rimane	REG	2,001	20.28	6,614	49.79
	Chantal Berthelot*	DVG	1,919	19.45
	Jean-Étienne Antoinette	DVG	934	9.47
	Richard Joigny	PPG	571	5.79
	Juliana Rimane	LR	429	4.35
	Paul Persdam	FI	241	2.44
	Bernard Taddeï	UPR	175	1.77
Votes			9,865	100.00	13,284	100.00
Valid votes			9,865	95.90	13,284	96.01
Blank votes			272	2.64	323	2.33
Null votes			150	1.46	229	1.66
Turnout			10,287	26.10	13,836	35.10
Abstentions			29,134	73.90	25,586	64.90
Registered voters			39,421		39,422
Source: Ministry of the Interior, political parties * Incumbent deputy

2012

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVG	Chantal Berthelot	7,081	61.00
	UMP	Léon Bertrand	4,528	39.00
Turnout			12,078	39.19
	DVG hold		Swing

2007

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVG	Chantal Berthelot	9,012	52.87
	UMP	Léon Bertrand	8,034	47.13
Turnout			17,901	44.21
	DVG hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: French Guiana 2nd - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Léon Bertrand	7,169	64.46
	DVG	Jean-Etienne Antoinette	3,952	35.54
Turnout			11,791	36.52
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

• French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
• "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 2017.