In 2012, Victorin Lurel was elected to a governmental position in Jean-Marc Ayrault's cabinet, however, in 2014, he lost the local elections in Vieux-Habitants, and in 2015, he lost the regional elections in Guadeloupe.
In May 2012, he was made the Minister of Overseas France in Jean-Marc Ayrault's cabinet and was replaced in the national assembly by his supplementary candidate Helene Vainqueur-Christophe. 
