Vendée's 4th constituency

4th constituency of Vendée
French National Assembly ; constituency
Deputy	Martine Leguille-Balloy; REM
Department	Vendée
Cantons	Les Herbiers, Montaigu, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Pouzauges, Saint-Fulgent
Registered voters	134,426

The 4th constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée 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[]

Philippe de Villiers resigns on October 24, 1994. Bruno Retailleau is elected on November 26, 1994 in a by-election.
Philippe de Villiers resigned on 19 July 2004 to sit in the European Parliament. Véronique Besse is elected on January 23, 2005 in a by-election.

Deputies[]

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Antoine Guitton	CNIP
	1962	Vincent Ansquer	UNR - UDR - RPR
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Philippe de Villiers	UDF
	1994	Bruno Retailleau	LDI
	1997	Philippe de Villiers	LDI
	2002	Philippe de Villiers	MPF
	2005	Véronique Besse	MPF
	2007
	2012
	2017	Martine Leguille-Balloy	REM

Election results[]

2017[]

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 4th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LREM	Martine Leguille-Balloy	23,508	46.60
	UDI	Wilfrid Montassier	14,005	27.76
	FI	Anita Lavergne	4,197	8.32
	FN	Danise Vicente	3,678	7.29
	EELV	Claudine Goichon	2,449	4.85
	PCF	Marie-Françoise Michenaud	1,123	2.33

	Others	N/A	1,484
Turnout			50,444	51.53
2nd round result
	LREM	Martine Leguille-Balloy	24,129	62.50
	UDI	Wilfrid Montassier	14,475	37.50
Turnout			38,604	39.44
	LREM gain from MPF

2012[]

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée 4th
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MPF	Véronique Besse	31,806	57,04	-3,92
	PS	Maï Haeffelin	14,248	25,55	+9,15
	FN	Maryse Borie	3,555	6,38	+4,72
	MoDem	Christian Ricot	2,253	4,04	-6,82
	PCF	Marie-Françoise Michenaud	1,630	2,92	+2,92
	LV	Daniel Rondeau	1,245	2,23	-2,19
	ECO	Yann Denis	422	0,76	-0,68
	ECO	Laurent Orgeas	352	0,63	+0,63
	EXG	Michel Stambouli	245	0,44	-0,91
Turnout			56,858	60,15	-3,91
	MPF hold		Swing

2007[]

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée 4th
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MPF	Véronique Besse	34,458	60.96
	PS	Jean-François Bolteau	9,269	16.40
	MoDem	Arnold Schwerdorffer	6,137	10.86
	LV	Patrick You	2,501	4.42
	LMR	Martine Aury	1,062	1.88
	FN	Jean-Marie Dieulangard	938	1.66
	ECO	Anita Barbarit	813	1.44
	EXG	Jean-Claude Chevallier	763	1.35
	Workers' Struggle	Michel Stambouli	585	1.03
Turnout			56,525	64.06
	MPF hold		Swing

2002[]

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 4th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MPF	Philippe de Villiers	38,113	67.15
	DVG	Michelle Devanne	9,794	17.26
	DVD	Madeleine Lelievre	2,664	4.69
	DVE	David Lelievre	2,158	3.80
	FN	Georges Kouskoff	1,767	3.11

	Others	N/A	2,258
Turnout			58,636	68.57
	MPF gain from DVD

1997[]

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 4th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DVD	Philippe de Villiers	26,560	47.44
	LV	Philippe Boursier	11,525	20.59
	RPR	Marcel Albert	10,465	18.69
	FN	Christian Proust	3,852	6.88
	DVD	Madeleine Lelièvre	1,806	3.23
	PCF	Magali Burgaud	1,775	3.17
Turnout			60,402	76.62
2nd round result
	DVD	Philippe de Villiers	36,931	68.35
	LV	Philippe Boursier	17,103	31.65
Turnout			57,910	73.47
	DVD hold

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Martine Leguille-Balloy REM
Department	Vendée
Cantons	Les Herbiers, Montaigu, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Pouzauges, Saint-Fulgent
Registered voters	134,426