Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency

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1st constituency of
Charente-Maritime
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French National Assembly
constituency
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Constituency in department
Charente-Maritime-Position.svg
Charente-Maritime in France
Incumbent deputy
 Olivier Falorni
DVG
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
CantonsArs-en-Ré, La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3, La Rochelle-4, La Rochelle-5, La Rochelle-6, La Rochelle-7, La Rochelle-8, La Rochelle-9, Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Registered voters103,197 (2017)

The 1st constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Première circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

The constituency covers the city of La Rochelle and the Isle of Rhé.

Description[]

The constituency is made up of 11 pre-2015 cantons: those of Ars-en-Ré, La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3, La Rochelle-4, La Rochelle-5, La Rochelle-6, La Rochelle-7, La Rochelle-8, La Rochelle-9, and Saint-Martin-de-Ré.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 130,679.

Deputies[]

Election Member Party
1958 CNIP
1962 André Salardaine UNR
1967 André Salardaine UD-5eR
1968 UDR
1973 Michel Crépeau MRG
1978 Michel Crépeau MRG
1981 Michel Crépeau MRG
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Michel Crépeau MRG
1993 Jean-Louis Léonard RPR
1997 Michel Crépeau PRS
2002 Maxime Bono PS
2007 Maxime Bono PS
2012 Olivier Falorni DVG
2017 Olivier Falorni DVG

Election results[]

2007[]

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 1st Constituency[1]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Maxime Bono Socialist Party PS 23,928 40.77% 32,345 55.05%
Dominique Morvant Union for a Popular Movement UMP 21,099 35.95% 26,409 44.95%
Elisabeth Delorme-Blaizot Democratic Movement MoDem 3,479 5.93%
Richard Douard Majorité Presidentielle Maj Pres 1,719 2.93%
Gaëlle Mangin The Greens VEC 1,658 2.83%
Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie Front National FN 1,422 2.42%
Esther Memain Communist PCF 1,349 2.30%
Patrick Vallee Far Left EXG 1,043 1.78%
Serge Lavaud Movement for France MPF 772 1.32%
Jean-Noël Debroise Ecologist ECO 743 1.27%
Michelle Richard Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions CPNT 617 1.05%
Claire Melchiori Independent DIV 375 0.64%
Antoine Colin Far Left EXG 308 0.52%
Jacques Dumerc Far Left EXG 174 0.30%
Total 58,686 100% 58,754 100%
Registered voters 95,906 96,463
Blank/Void ballots 555 0.94% 3,109 5.03%
Turnout 59,241 61.77% 61,863 64.13%
Abstentions 36,665 38.23% 34,600 35.87%
Result PS HOLD

2012[]

Results in the Charente-Maritime's five constituencies in 2012 : pale pink (Miscellaneous left), pink (PS), blue (UMP)
Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 1st Constituency[2]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Olivier Falorni Miscellaneous Left DVG 17,155 28.91% 38,545 62.98%
Ségolène Royal Socialist Party PS 19,005 32.03% 22,661 37.02%
Sally Chadjaa Union for a Popular Movement UMP 11,554 19.47%
Marie-Françoise de Lacoste Lareymondie Front National FN 4,036 6.80%
Brigitte Desveaux Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV 2,186 3.68%
Esther Memain Left Front FG 2,019 3.40%
François Drageon Radical Party PRV 1,117 1.88%
Arnaud Jaulin Centrist CEN 1,061 1.79%
Michèle Coindeau Ecologist ECO 531 0.89%
France Prenat Miscellaneous Right DVD 256 0.43%
Antoine Colin Far Left EXG 197 0.33%
Michel le Creff Miscellaneous Left DVG 137 0.23%
Rodolphe Huguet Other AUT 62 0.10%
Alain Ignacimouttou Miscellaneous Left DVG 18 0.03%
Total 59,334 100% 61,206 100%
Registered voters 98,753 98,754
Blank/Void ballots 570 0.58% 2,041 2.07%
Turnout 59,904 60.66% 63,247 64.05%
Abstentions 38,849 39.34% 35,507 35.95%
Result DVG GAIN FROM PS

2017[]

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Olivier Falorni DVG 19,086 36.54 28,765 69.02
Otilia Ferreira MoDem 14,095 26.99 12,913 30.98
Cédric Ruffié FI 5,703 10.92
Bruno Leal LR 5,134 9.83
Jean-Marc de Lacoste-Lareymondie FN 3,671 7.03
Jean-Marc Soubeste ECO 2,040 3.91
Brahim Jlalji PCF 712 1.36
Hanitra Ratrimo DIV 540 1.03
Patrick Viot ECO 523 1.00
Antoine Colin EXG 290 0.56
Jean-Pierre Ernst DIV 221 0.42
Waël Gribaa DIV 215 0.41
Votes 52,230 100.00 41,678 100.00
Valid votes 52,230 98.93 41,678 93.00
Blank votes 390 0.74 2,173 4.85
Null votes 173 0.33 962 2.15
Turnout 52,793 51.16 44,813 43.42
Abstentions 50,404 48.84 58,384 56.58
Registered voters 103,197 103,197
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/017/circons01.html
  2. ^ https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/017/01701.html

Sources[]

  • "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 2017.
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