Landes's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Landes
French National Assembly ; constituency
	Landes's 2nd Constituency shown within Landes.
Deputy
	Lionel Causse; En Marche!
Department	Landes
Cantons	(pre-2015) Dax-Nord, Dax-Sud, Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, Soustons
Registered voters	120071

The 2nd constituency of the Landes (French: Deuxième circonscription des Landes) is a French legislative constituency in the Landes département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description[]

The 2nd constituency of the Landes lies in the south of the department bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the south. As well as a long stretch of coastline the seat also includes the spa town and Subprefecture Dax.

Politically the constituency has traditionally supported the Socialist Party (France) with the exceptions of the 1993 and 2017 elections.

Assembly Members[]

	Member	Party
1988		PS
1993		UDF
1997	Jean-Pierre Dufau	PS
2002
2007
2012
2017	Lionel Causse	LREM

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Election Results[]

2017[]

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Lionel Causse	REM	25,414	42.96	29,682	62.95
	Caroline Dacharry	FI	6,960	11.77	17,471	37.05
	Sylviane Pacot	LR	6,433	10.87
	Christine Basly-Lapègue	PS	6,163	10.42
	Francis Garcia	FN	5,742	9.71
	Jean-Marc Lespade	PCF	3,881	6.56
	Marie-Ange Delavenne	ECO	2,078	3.51
	Jean-Pierre Pourrut	DLF	1,159	1.96
	Didier Tousis	DVG	514	0.87
	Éric Lavit	DIV	420	0.71
	Pascal Castéra	EXG	394	0.67

Votes			59,158	100.00	47,153	100.00

Valid votes			59,158	97.48	47,153	90.16
Blank votes			1,080	1.78	3,454	6.60
Null votes			447	0.74	1,690	3.23
Turnout			60,685	54.05	52,297	46.58
Abstentions			51,594	45.95	59,976	53.42
Registered voters			112,279		112,273

Source: Ministry of the Interior^[3]

2012[]

2012 legislative election in Landes's 2nd constituency^[4]
Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Pierre Dufau	PS	27,501	44.37%	34,840	60.75%
		UMP	16,065	25.92%	22,513	39.25%
	Jean-Marc Lespade	FG	6,551	10.57%
	Laurence Monteil	FN	6,376	10.29%
	Alain Godot	EELV	1,926	3.11%
	Philippe Mouhel	MoDem	1,480	2.39%
	Jean-Pierre Pourrut	DLR	861	1.39%
	Michel Lefebvre	AEI	433	0.70%
	Pascal Castera	LO	276	0.45%
	Daniel Minvielle	NPA	260	0.42%
	Mélanie Bosquet	??	254	0.41%

Valid votes			61,983	98.03%	57,353	96.04%
Spoilt and null votes			1,246	1.97%	2,363	3.96%
Votes cast / turnout			63,229	60.34%	59,716	56.99%
Abstentions			41,555	39.66%	45,061	43.01%
Registered voters			104,784	100.00%	104,777	100.00%

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
^ "Assemblée nationale : Élections législatives 2002 - Recensement de la population par circonscription". www.assemblee-nationale.fr.
^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

[assemblee-nationale.fr-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.

[2] "Assemblée nationale : Élections législatives 2002 - Recensement de la population par circonscription". www.assemblee-nationale.fr.

[2017int-3] "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

[2012int-4] "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

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