Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency

1st constituency of
Charente-Maritime
1st constituency of ; Charente-Maritime
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Constituency in department
	Charente-Maritime in France
Incumbent deputy	Olivier Falorni; DVG
Department	Charente-Maritime
Cantons	Ars-en-Ré, La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3, La Rochelle-4, La Rochelle-5, La Rochelle-6, La Rochelle-7, La Rochelle-8, La Rochelle-9, Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Registered voters	103,197 ; (2017)
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The 1st constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Première circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, 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.

Description

The constituency is made up of 11 pre-2015 cantons: those of Ars-en-Ré, La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3, La Rochelle-4, La Rochelle-5, La Rochelle-6, La Rochelle-7, La Rochelle-8, La Rochelle-9, and Saint-Martin-de-Ré.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 130,679.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:National Centre of Independents and Peasants/meta/color" \|	1958	Alain de Lacoste-Lareymondie	CNIP
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" \|	1962	André Salardaine	UNR
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" \|	1967	André Salardaine	UD-5^eR
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" \|	1968	Philippe Dechartre	UDR
style="background-color: Template:Left Radical Party/meta/color" \|	1973	Michel Crépeau	MRG
style="background-color: Template:Left Radical Party/meta/color" \|	1978	Michel Crépeau	MRG
style="background-color: Template:Left Radical Party/meta/color" \|	1981	Michel Crépeau	MRG
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Left Radical Party/meta/color" \|	1988	Michel Crépeau	MRG
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" \|	1993	Jean-Louis Léonard	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Left Radical Party/meta/color" \|	1997	Michel Crépeau	PRS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2002	Maxime Bono	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2007	Maxime Bono	PS
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color" \|	2012	Olivier Falorni	DVG
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color" \|	2017	Olivier Falorni	DVG

Election results

2007

e • d Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 1st Constituency^[1]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Maxime Bono	Socialist Party	PS	23,928	40.77%	32,345	55.05%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Dominique Morvant	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	21,099	35.95%	26,409	44.95%
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" \|	Elisabeth Delorme-Blaizot	Democratic Movement	MoDem	3,479	5.93%
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Richard Douard	Majorité Presidentielle	Maj Pres	1,719	2.93%
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Gaëlle Mangin	The Greens	VEC	1,658	2.83%
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie	Front National	FN	1,422	2.42%
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Esther Memain	Communist	PCF	1,349	2.30%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Patrick Vallee	Far Left	EXG	1,043	1.78%
style="background-color:Template:Movement for France/meta/color" \|	Serge Lavaud	Movement for France	MPF	772	1.32%
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Jean-Noël Debroise	Ecologist	ECO	743	1.27%
style="background-color:Template:Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions/meta/color" \|	Michelle Richard	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	617	1.05%
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Claire Melchiori	Independent	DIV	375	0.64%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Antoine Colin	Far Left	EXG	308	0.52%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Jacques Dumerc	Far Left	EXG	174	0.30%

Total				58,686	100%	58,754	100%

Registered voters				95,906		96,463
Blank/Void ballots				555	0.94%	3,109	5.03%
Turnout				59,241	61.77%	61,863	64.13%
Abstentions				36,665	38.23%	34,600	35.87%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \| PS HOLD

2012

e • d Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 1st Constituency^[2]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" \|	Olivier Falorni	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	17,155	28.91%	38,545	62.98%
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Ségolène Royal	Socialist Party	PS	19,005	32.03%	22,661	37.02%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Sally Chadjaa	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	11,554	19.47%
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Marie-Françoise de Lacoste Lareymondie	Front National	FN	4,036	6.80%
style="background-color:Template:Europe Ecology – The Greens/meta/color" \|	Brigitte Desveaux	Europe Ecology – The Greens	EELV	2,186	3.68%
style="background-color:Template:Left Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Esther Memain	Left Front	FG	2,019	3.40%
style="background-color:Template:Radical Party (France)/meta/color" \|	François Drageon	Radical Party	PRV	1,117	1.88%
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Arnaud Jaulin	Centrist	CEN	1,061	1.79%
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Michèle Coindeau	Ecologist	ECO	531	0.89%
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	France Prenat	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	256	0.43%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Antoine Colin	Far Left	EXG	197	0.33%
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" \|	Michel le Creff	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	137	0.23%
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Rodolphe Huguet	Other	AUT	62	0.10%
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" \|	Alain Ignacimouttou	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	18	0.03%

Total				59,334	100%	61,206	100%

Registered voters				98,753		98,754
Blank/Void ballots				570	0.58%	2,041	2.07%
Turnout				59,904	60.66%	63,247	64.05%
Abstentions				38,849	39.34%	35,507	35.95%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color" \|DVG GAIN FROM PS

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"\|	Olivier Falorni	DVG	19,086	36.54	28,765	69.02
style="background:Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color;"\|	Otilia Ferreira	MoDem	14,095	26.99	12,913	30.98
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"\|	Cédric Ruffié	FI	5,703	10.92
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"\|	Bruno Leal	LR	5,134	9.83
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"\|	Jean-Marc de Lacoste-Lareymondie	FN	3,671	7.03
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"\|	Jean-Marc Soubeste	ECO	2,040	3.91
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"\|	Brahim Jlalji	PCF	712	1.36
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"\|	Hanitra Ratrimo	DIV	540	1.03
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"\|	Patrick Viot	ECO	523	1.00
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"\|	Antoine Colin	EXG	290	0.56
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"\|	Jean-Pierre Ernst	DIV	221	0.42
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"\|	Waël Gribaa	DIV	215	0.41

Votes			52,230	100.00	41,678	100.00

Valid votes			52,230	98.93	41,678	93.00
Blank votes			390	0.74	2,173	4.85
Null votes			173	0.33	962	2.15
Turnout			52,793	51.16	44,813	43.42
Abstentions			50,404	48.84	58,384	56.58
Registered voters			103,197		103,197

Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

Sources

"Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 2017.

[1] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/017/circons01.html

[2] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/017/01701.html

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