Vendée's 2nd constituency
| 2nd constituency of Vendée | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Vendée's 2nd Constituency shown within Vendée. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Vendée |
| Cantons | Chantonnay, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, La Mothe-Achard, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, La Roche-sur-Yon Sud, Talmont-Saint-Hilaire |
| Registered voters | 109665[2] |
The 2nd constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée département.
Description
The 2nd Constituency of Vendée stretches from the southern half of La Roche-sur-Yon to the southern edge of the department.
Between 1988 and 2012 this constituency consistently returned conservative centre-right candidates.to the National Assembly. In 2012 the seat elected a Socialist Party deputy for the first time, followed in 2017 by Patricia Gallerneau of the MoDem. [3]
Patricia Gallerneau, a member of the MoDem and related group, was elected to this constituency following the 2017 elections. She died from cancer in July 2019 and was replaced by her substitute Patrick Loiseau, who sits in the same group.
Assembly Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1988 | Philippe Mestre | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color" | | 1997 | Dominique Caillaud | DVD |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | UMP | |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2007 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2012 | Sylviane Bulteau | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Patricia Gallerneau | MoDem |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" | | 2019 | Patrick Loiseau | MoDem |
References
- ^ "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ "Vendée – 2e circonscription : Liste des résultats – Elections législatives 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.