Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency
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 Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th Constituency shown within Lorraine | |
| Deputy | Dominique Potier PS |
|---|---|
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Cantons | Colombey-les-Belles, Domèvre-en-Haye, Haroué, Neuves-Maisons, Thiaucourt-Regniéville (part), Toul-Nord, Toul-Sud, Vézelise. |
| Registered voters | 76,718 |
The 5th constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département.
Description[]
Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th Constituency consists of the south west portion of the department based around the small town of Toul, which lies on the river Moselle.
Historically the seat has swung between right and left leaning parties. Since 1988 it has had no fewer than six different representatives, changing hands at every election with the exception of 2007 and 2017. After the 2017 election it became the only seat held by the Socialist Party in the department.
Historic Representation[]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | PS | ||
| 1993 | UDF | ||
| 1997 | PS | ||
| 2002 | Nadine Morano | UMP | |
| 2008 | Philippe Morenvillier | UMP | |
| 2012 | Dominique Potier | PS | |
Election results[]
2017[]
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Dominique Potier | PS | 11,150 | 28.56 | 20,461 | 63.13 | |
| Marion Buchet | REM | 10,558 | 27.04 | 11,951 | 36.87 | |
| Billy Winkens | FN | 7,225 | 18.50 | |||
| Philippe Morenvillier | LR | 4,098 | 10.50 | |||
| Rodolphe Bauer | FI | 3,131 | 8.02 | |||
| Patrick Baranger | ECO | 797 | 2.04 | |||
| Gilbert Canteri | DLF | 739 | 1.89 | |||
| Jean-Philippe Roy-Moreau | EXD | 423 | 1.08 | |||
| Lauranne Witt | PCF | 409 | 1.05 | |||
| Gérard Neis | EXG | 235 | 0.60 | |||
| Christiane Gelly | DIV | 208 | 0.53 | |||
| Kévin Husson | DIV | 74 | 0.19 | |||
| Votes | 39,047 | 100.00 | 32,412 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 39,047 | 98.19 | 32,412 | 91.40 | ||
| Blank votes | 546 | 1.37 | 2,116 | 5.97 | ||
| Null votes | 175 | 0.44 | 933 | 2.63 | ||
| Turnout | 39,768 | 50.50 | 35,461 | 45.03 | ||
| Abstentions | 38,981 | 49.50 | 43,290 | 54.97 | ||
| Registered voters | 78,749 | 78,751 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Dominique Potier | 18,056 | 39.29 | ||||
| UMP | Nadine Morano | 15,777 | 34.33 | ||||
| FN | Olivier Prugneau | 7,559 | 16.45 | ||||
| FG | Annie Levi-Cyferman | 1,518 | 3.30 | ||||
| EELV | Jacqueline Fontaine | 980 | 2.13 | ||||
| MoDem | Hervé Brosseau | 933 | 2.03 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 1,132 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,955 | 59.97 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Dominique Potier | 25,122 | 55.67 | ||||
| UMP | Nadine Morano | 20,006 | 44.33 | ||||
| Turnout | 45,128 | 58.82 | |||||
| PS gain from UMP | |||||||
Sources[]
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
Categories:
- French legislative constituencies of Meurthe-et-Moselle