Charente-Maritime's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Cinquième 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.

5th constituency of
Charente-Maritime
French National Assembly
constituency
Constituency in department
Incumbent deputy
 Didier Quentin
LR
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
CantonsLe Château-d'Oléron, Marennes, Royan-Ouest, Saint-Agnant, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Saint-Porchaire, Saujon, Tonnay-Charente, La Tremblade
Registered voters111,434
(2017)

Description

The constituency is made up of nine (pre-2015) cantons: those of Le Château-d'Oléron, Marennes, Royan-Ouest, Saint-Agnant, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Saint-Porchaire, Saujon, Tonnay-Charente, and La Tremblade.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 5th constituency had a total population of 112,002.

Deputies
ElectionMemberParty
1958 André Lacaze CNIP
1962 Jean de Lipkowski UNR
1967 Jean de Lipkowski UD-VeR
1968 Jean de Lipkowski UDR
1973 Jean de Lipkowski UDR
1978 Jean de Lipkowski RPR
1981 Jean de Lipkowski RPR
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean de Lipkowski RPR
1993 Jean de Lipkowski RPR
1997 Didier Quentin RPR
2002 Didier Quentin UMP
2007 Didier Quentin UMP
2012 Didier Quentin UMP
2017 Didier Quentin LR

Election results

2007
Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charente Maritime’s 5th Constituency[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Didier Quentin 31,884 53.51
PRG Vincent Barraud 10,798 18.12
MoDem Alexis Blanc 4,790 8.04
FN Elise Somprou 2,345 3.94
CPNT Jean-Louis Jaulin 1,993 3.34
LV Nicole Kentzel 1,983 3.33
EXG Marie Dolores Delgado 1,803 3.03
PCF Jacques Guiard 1,647 2.76
MPF Claude Meunier 1,142 1.92
Independent Patrick Vaisse 637 1.07
EXG Marouani Ben Hadj Salem 383 0.64
Independent Alain Ignacimouttou 185 0.31
Majority 21,086 35.39
Turnout 60,808 60.52
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 5th Constituency[2]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Didier Quentin Union for a Popular Movement UMP 25,925 41.68% 32,697 53.99%
Pascal Ferchaud Radical Party of the Left PRG 21,637 34.79% 27,866 46.01%
Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie Front National FN 8,769 14.10%
Jacques Guiard Left Front FG 2,340 3.76%
Laurence Marcillaud Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV 1,272 2.05%
Michel Renault Centrist CEN 957 1.54%
Sylvie Moreau Ecologist ECO 608 0.98%
Pascale Lequeux Ecologist ECO 361 0.58%
Anne Bernon Far Left EXG 327 0.53%
Total 62,196 100% 60,563 100%
Registered voters 106,006 105,996
Blank/Void ballots 811 0.77% 1,604 1.51%
Turnout 63,007 59.44% 62,167 58.65%
Abstentions 42,999 40.56% 43,829 41.35%
Result UMP HOLD

2017
Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Didier Quentin LR 12,933 23.78 23,151 54.89
Gérard Potennec DIV 11,415 20.99 19,024 45.11
Séverine Werbrouck FN 8,444 15.53
Mickael Vallet PS 7,355 13.52
Geoffrey Lebreton Perez FI 4,936 9.08
Christian Gerin DIV 3,509 6.45
Stéphanie Muzard ECO 1,327 2.44
Thierry Gille DIV 1,206 2.22
Maurice Montangon DLF 863 1.59
Jacques Guiard PCF 569 1.05
Stéphane Theas ECO 444 0.82
Audrey Jean DIV 396 0.73
Béatrice Machillot DIV 234 0.43
Khamssa Rahmani EXG 229 0.42
Pierre Duponchel DIV 214 0.39
Julien Millot DIV 208 0.38
Patrice Guillory DIV 67 0.12
Gilles Geirnaert DVG 36 0.07
Rémi Lefèvre DIV 2 0.00
Votes 54,387 100.00 42,175 100.00
Valid votes 54,387 97.93 42,175 88.03
Blank votes 782 1.41 3,919 8.18
Null votes 370 0.67 1,816 3.79
Turnout 55,539 49.83 47,910 42.99
Abstentions 55,914 50.17 63,524 57.01
Registered voters 111,453 111,434
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References
  1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/017/circons05.html
  2. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/017/01705.html

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