Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency
 constituency | |
 Constituency in department | |
 Charente-Maritime in France | |
| Incumbent deputy | |
|---|---|
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Cantons | Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Aytré, Courçon, La Jarrie, Marans, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, Surgères |
| Registered voters | 104,292 (2017) |
The 2nd constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Deuxième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of Charente-Maritime, 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.
Description[]
The constituency is made up of nine cantons: those of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Aytré, Courçon, La Jarrie, Marans, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, and Surgères.
At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 112,535.
Deputies[]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | UNR | ||
| 1962 | UNR | ||
| 1967 | UD-5eR | ||
| 1968 | UDR | ||
| 1973 | UDR | ||
| 1978 | Non attached | ||
| 1981 | Non attached | ||
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | UDF | ||
| 1993 | UDF | ||
| 1997 | PS | ||
| 2002 | Jean-Louis Léonard | UMP | |
| 2007 | Jean-Louis Léonard | UMP | |
| 2012 | PS | ||
| 2017 | Frédérique Tuffnell | REM | |
| 2020 | EDS | ||
Election results[]
2007[]
| Candidate | Party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Jean-Louis Leonard | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 23,432 | 42.98% | 27,321 | 50.20% | |
| André Bonnin | Socialist Party | PS | 16,351 | 29.99% | 27,101 | 49.80% | |
| Jacques Maret | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 2,756 | 5.05% | |||
| Corinne Cap | The Greens | VEC | 2,170 | 3.98% | |||
| Gérard Blanchier | Communist | PCF | 1,905 | 3.49% | |||
| Thierry Joulin | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | CPNT | 1,828 | 3.35% | |||
| Marie-Françoise Catalan | Front National | FN | 1,713 | 3.14% | |||
| Denis Poulain | Far Left | EXG | 1,411 | 2.59% | |||
| Dominique Droin | Movement for France | MPF | 1,091 | 2.00% | |||
| Michel Bel | Independent | DIV | 602 | 1.10% | |||
| Anne Bernon | Far Left | EXG | 461 | 0.85% | |||
| Laurent Talbot | Independent | DIV | 380 | 0.70% | |||
| Jean-Claude Deborde | Far Left | EXG | 271 | 0.50% | |||
| Fabrice Restier | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 153 | 0.28% | |||
| Total | 54,524 | 100% | 54,422 | 100% | |||
| Registered voters | 92,261 | 92,262 | |||||
| Blank/Void ballots | 992 | 1.79% | 1,289 | 2.31% | |||
| Turnout | 55,516 | 60.17% | 55,711 | 60.38% | |||
| Abstentions | 36,745 | 39.83% | 36,551 | 39.62% | |||
| Result | UMP HOLD | ||||||
2012[]
Results in the Charente-Maritime's five constituencies in 2012 : pale pink (Miscellaneous left), pink (PS), blue (UMP)
| Candidate | Party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Suzanne Tallard | Socialist Party | PS | 17,711 | 31.50% | 29,752 | 52.99% | |
| Jean-Louis Leonard | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 19,238 | 34.22% | 26,391 | 47.01% | |
| David Baudon | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 7,086 | 12.60% | |||
| Joan Desire | Front National | FN | 5,261 | 9.36% | |||
| Gérard Blanchier | Left Front | FG | 2,685 | 4.78% | |||
| Patrick Angibaud | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 2,144 | 3.81% | |||
| Dominique Droin | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 806 | 1.43% | |||
| Victor Domingues | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 472 | 0.84% | |||
| Jean-Luc Delcampo | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 381 | 0.68% | |||
| Frédéric Castello | Far Left | EXG | 240 | 0.43% | |||
| Claude Billot Zeller | Far Right | EXD | 195 | 0.35% | |||
| Total | 56,219 | 100% | 56,143 | 100% | |||
| Registered voters | 97,490 | 97,489 | |||||
| Blank/Void ballots | 879 | 0.90% | 1,559 | 1.60% | |||
| Turnout | 57,098 | 58.57% | 57,702 | 59.19% | |||
| Abstentions | 40,392 | 41.43% | 39,787 | 40.81% | |||
| Result | PS GAIN FROM UMP | ||||||
2017[]
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Frédérique Tuffnell | REM | 19,612 | 38.48 | 21,859 | 57.27 | |
| Sylvie Marcilly | LR | 9,878 | 19.38 | 16,307 | 42.73 | |
| Maud Assila | FI | 7,915 | 15.53 | |||
| Jean-Louis Leygonie | FN | 6,292 | 12.34 | |||
| Brigitte Desveaux | ECO | 3,369 | 6.61 | |||
| Michèle Grenier | PCF | 828 | 1.62 | |||
| Dominique Droin | DLF | 736 | 1.44 | |||
| Jean-Claude Wallard | DIV | 655 | 1.29 | |||
| Catherine Deneuve | DIV | 576 | 1.13 | |||
| Frédéric Castello | EXG | 373 | 0.73 | |||
| Dominique Raby | DIV | 365 | 0.72 | |||
| Guy Burguin | DIV | 320 | 0.63 | |||
| Philippe Riché | DVG | 52 | 0.10 | |||
| Votes | 50,971 | 100.00 | 38,166 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 50,971 | 98.12 | 38,166 | 88.31 | ||
| Blank votes | 683 | 1.31 | 3,634 | 8.41 | ||
| Null votes | 292 | 0.56 | 1,419 | 3.28 | ||
| Turnout | 51,946 | 49.80 | 43,219 | 41.44 | ||
| Abstentions | 52,353 | 50.20 | 61,073 | 58.56 | ||
| Registered voters | 104,299 | 104,292 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
References[]
Sources[]
- Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
- 2012 French legislative elections: Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior
Categories:
- French legislative constituencies of Charente-Maritime