in ne ▁Nar ass igu in ' s ▁strong ▁and ▁active ▁campaign , ▁and ▁local ▁vot ers ' ▁re jection ▁of ▁U MP ▁candidate ▁Fr éd éric ▁Le f eb vre , ▁perce ived ▁as ▁knowing ▁little ▁about ▁North ▁America ▁and ▁as ▁bare ly ▁speaking ▁English . ▁ ▁Turn out ▁was ▁particularly ▁low ▁in ▁every ▁constitu ency ▁( from ▁ 1 3 ▁to ▁ 2 8 %). ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁exp atri ates , ▁living ▁far ▁from ▁any ▁pol ling ▁station , ▁said ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁unable ▁to ▁vote ▁online , ▁because ▁they ▁had ▁not ▁received ▁the ▁necessary ▁login ▁codes , ▁or ▁because ▁of ▁errors ▁when ▁they ▁attempted ▁to ▁log ▁in ▁and ▁cast ▁their ▁vote . ▁O thers ▁said ▁they ▁had ▁ab st ained ▁deliber ately , ▁considering ▁that ▁they ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁voting ▁in ▁an ▁election ▁when ▁the ▁results ▁would ▁primarily ▁affect ▁residents ▁of ▁France . ▁O thers ▁considered ▁that ▁the ▁candidates ▁were ▁necessarily ▁ill - su ited ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁exp atri ates ▁scattered ▁over ▁often ▁vast ▁and ▁diverse ▁territ ories . ▁Based ▁on ▁pro jections ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁president ial ▁election ▁results , ▁the ▁car ving ▁of ▁constitu encies ▁should ▁have ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁ 9 - to - 2 ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁seats ▁between ▁the ▁U MP ▁and ▁the ▁Social ists , ▁however ▁French ▁exp atri ates ▁ended ▁up ▁elect ing ▁seven ▁Social ists , ▁one ▁Green ▁( Europe ▁É colog ie ▁- ▁Les ▁Vert s ) ▁and ▁three ▁U MP ▁deput ies