Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Quatrième 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.

4th constituency of
Charente-Maritime
French National Assembly
constituency
Constituency in department
Incumbent deputy
 Raphaël Gérard
REM
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
CantonsArchiac, Cozes, Gémozac, Jonzac, Mirambeau, Montendre, Montguyon, Montlieu-la-Garde, Pons, Royan-Est, Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, and the communes of Colombiers and La Jard in Saintes-Est
Registered voters89,894
(2017)

Description

The constituency is made up of 11 whole (pre-2015) cantons – those of Archiac, Cozes, Gémozac, Jonzac, Mirambeau, Montendre, Montguyon, Montlieu-la-Garde, Pons, Royan-Est, and Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge – plus two communes (Colombiers and La Jard) belonging to a twelfth: that of Saintes-Est.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 4th constituency had a total population of 101,987.

Deputies
ElectionMemberParty
1958 André Bégouin CNIP
1962 Daniel Daviaud Parti Radical
1967 Daniel Daviaud Parti Radical
1968 Louis Joanne UDR
1973 Louis Joanne RI
1978 Philippe Marchand PS
1981 Philippe Marchand PS
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Philippe Marchand PS
1993 Dominique Bussereau UDF
1997 Dominique Bussereau UDF
2002 Dominique Bussereau UMP
2007 Dominique Bussereau UMP
2012 Dominique Bussereau UMP
2017 Raphaël Gérard REM

Election results

2007
Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charente Maritime’s 4th Constituency[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Dominique Bussereau 26,322 51.73
PS Régine Joly 12,161 23.90
MoDem Céline Alleaume 3,471 6.82
FN Bernard Roy 1,936 3.80
CPNT Chantal Thomazeau 1,630 3.20
EXG Lino Piva 1,113 2.19
LV Danièle Lot 982 1.93
PCF Jean-Marc Langlais 923 1.93
MPF Séverine Werbrouck 723 1.42
DVG Alain Girard 371 0.73
EXG Christophe Bruneteau 371 0.73
ECO Françoise Doucet 353 0.69
Independent Jack Lionet 281 0.55
DVD Grégory Couillaud 250 0.49
Majority 14,161 27.83
Turnout 52,695 61.42
UMP hold Swing

2012
Results in the Charente-Maritime's five constituencies in 2012 : pale pink (Miscellaneous left), pink (PS), blue (UMP)
 Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 4th Constituency[2]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Dominique Bussereau Union for a Popular Movement UMP 20,485 40.01% 26,740 52.15%
Fabienne Dugas-Raveneau Socialist Party PS 18,129 35.41% 24,540 47.85%
Tony Lambert Front National FN 6,946 13.57%
Jean-Yves Boiffier Left Front FG 2,168 4.23%
Jean-Luc Guerbois Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV 1,243 2.43%
Valérie Verduzier Centrist CEN 795 1.55%
Laure Serra Miscellaneous Right DVD 524 1.02%
Martine Gantner Miscellaneous Right DVD 379 0.74%
Valérie Baraud Far Left EXG 348 0.68%
Stéphane Hays Other AUT 182 0.36%
Total 51,199 100% 51,280 100%
Registered voters 87,692 87,675
Blank/Void ballots 873 1.00% 1,617 1.84%
Turnout 52,072 59.38% 52,897 60.33%
Abstentions 35,620 40.62% 34,778 39.67%
Result UMP HOLD

2017
Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Raphaël Gérard REM 15,055 33.85 18,070 51.29
Loic Girard LR 9,872 22.20 17,159 48.71
Isabelle Texier FN 7,556 16.99
Lucie Kirchner FI 5,324 11.97
Fabienne Dugas-Raveneau PS 2,536 5.70
Laurence Marcillaud ECO 1,194 2.68
Benoît Biteau PRG 824 1.85
Éric Devise DLF 782 1.76
Pascal Pellerin PCF 568 1.28
Valerie Barraud EXG 379 0.85
Ingrid Chrismann DIV 298 0.67
Philippe Davril DVG 88 0.20
Votes 44,476 100.00 35,229 100.00
Valid votes 44,476 97.51 35,229 88.70
Blank votes 780 1.71 2,969 7.48
Null votes 357 0.78 1,521 3.83
Turnout 45,613 50.74 39,719 44.18
Abstentions 44,282 49.26 50,175 55.82
Registered voters 89,895 89,894
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References
  1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/017/circons04.html
  2. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/017/01704.html

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