Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency
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| 2nd constituency of Saône-et-Loire | |
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 National Assembly of France | |
 Saône-et-Loire's 2nd Constituency shown within Burgundy. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Cantons | Bourbon-Lancy, Charolles, Chauffailles, La Clayette, Digoin, Gueugnon, La Guiche, Marcigny, Mont-Saint-Vincent, Palinges, Paray-le-Monial, Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux, Semur-en-Brionnais, Toulon-sur-Arroux |
| Registered voters | 81,295 |
The 2nd constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is a French legislative constituency in the Saône-et-Loire département.
Description
The 2nd constituency of the Saône-et-Loire covers the southwestern portion of the department, The constituency has no major urban centre but does include the town of Marcigny, which is famous for the ceramics factory of Émile Henry Ltd.
Politically the seat has swung between left and right, between 1988 and 1997 it was held by Jean-Marc Nesme of the UDF who re-captured the seat in 2002 this time running as a UMP candidate.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| style="background-color: Template:National Centre of Independents and Peasants/meta/color" | | 1958 | Pierre Dufour | CNIP |
| style="background-color: Template:Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left/meta/color" | | 1962 | Paul Duraffour | FGDS |
| style="background-color: Template:Radical Party of the Left/meta/color" | | 1981 | MRG | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1988 | Jean-Marc Nesme | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Radical Party of the Left/meta/color" | | 1997 | Jacques Rebillard | PRG |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | Jean-Marc Nesme | UMP |
| style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" | | 2012 | Edith Gueugneau | DVG |
| style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Josiane Corneloup | LR |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| DVG | Edith Gueugneau | 25,124 | 52.82 | ||
| UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 22,443 | 47.18 | ||
| Turnout | 49,089 | 60.38 | |||
| DVG gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).