Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire
Flag of France.svg
French National Assembly
constituency
MapOfMaine-et-Loires5thConstituency.png
Maine-et-Loire's 5th Constituency shown within Maine-et-Loire
Deputy
Denis Masséglia[1]
En Marche
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
CantonsCholet I, Cholet II, Cholet III, Montfaucon
Registered voters77379 [2]

The 5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire (French: Cinquième circonscription de Maine-et-Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Maine-et-Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

Description[]

The 5th Constituency of Maine-et-Loire is situated in the south of the department. It includes the town of Cholet.

Politically the seat has historically favoured centre right candidates until the En Marche! landslide of 2017 when their candidate, Denis Masséglia, came close to winning in the first round.[3]

Assembly members[]

Election Member Party
1988 UDF
2002 Gilles Bourdouleix UMP
2017 Denis Masséglia LREM

[1]

Election results[]

2017[]

Legislative Election 2017: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM Denis Masséglia 17,966 47.63
DVD Patrice Brault 8,017 21.26
FI Kévin Certenais 3,197 8.48
FN Lucie Pineau 2,753 7.30
EELV Franck Louseau 2,101 5.57
PS Jean-Marc Vacher 1,568 4.16
Others N/A 2,115
Turnout 37,717 48.74
2nd round result
LREM Denis Masséglia 20,631 68.37
DVD Patrice Brault 9,545 31.63
Turnout 30,176 39.00
LREM gain from LR

2012[]

Legislative Election 2012: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Gilles Bourdouleix 17,994 42.02
PS Laurence Adrien-Bigeon 15,226 35.55
FN Danielle Duret 2,910 6.80
MoDem Xavier Coiffard 2,247 5.25
FG Aurélie Monrouzeau 1,303 3.04
AC Philippe Renaudet 1,113 2.60
EELV Pierre Chalopin 1,070 2.50
Others N/A 961
Turnout 42,824 56.83
2nd round result
UMP Gilles Bourdouleix 21,287 51.07
PS Laurence Adrien-Bigeon 20,397 48.93
Turnout 41,684 55.32
UMP hold

References[]

  1. ^ a b "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  2. ^ "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  3. ^ http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/elections/circonscription/2017/resultats/49/05

Retrieved from ""