Var's 5th constituency
| 5th constituency of Var | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Var's 5th Constituency shown within the Var. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Var |
| Cantons | Fréjus, Le Muy, Saint-Raphaël |
| Registered voters | 96,236 [2] |
The 5th constituency of the Var (French: Cinquième circonscription du Var) is a French legislative constituency in the Var département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
Description
The 4th constituency of the Var lies in the east of the department around the historic town of Fréjus and the neighbouring town of Saint-Raphaël.
The constituency has traditionally supported centre right candidates, however in the 2017 election the mainstream conservative The Republicans candidate came third in the first round behind both the Emmanuel Macron backed MoDems and the far right National Front.[3]
Assembly Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1988 | François Léotard | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | Georges Ginesta | UMP |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer | MoDem |
Election results
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoDem | Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer | 12,513 | 28.58 | ||||
| FN | Gilles Longo | 11,188 | 25.55 | ||||
| LR | Guillaume Decard | 8,509 | 19.43 | ||||
| LFI | Catherine Aubry | 2,736 | 6.25 | ||||
| DVD | Jonathan Dery | 1,758 | 4.01 | ||||
| DIV | Luc Laine | 1,405 | 3.21 | ||||
| DVG | Jean-Pierre Meynet | 1,227 | 2.80 | ||||
| EELV | Jacky Giral | 880 | 2.01 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 3,573 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,789 | 45.50 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| MoDem | Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer | 20,061 | 53.24 | ||||
| FN | Gilles Longo | 17,622 | 46.76 | ||||
| Turnout | 37,683 | 39.16 | |||||
| MoDem gain from LR | |||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Jordi Dit Georges Ginesta | 21,209 | 40.87 | ||||
| FN | David Rachline | 13,261 | 25.56 | ||||
| PS | Martine Bouvard | 10,938 | 21.08 | ||||
| MoDem | Philippe Michel | 3,362 | 6.48 | ||||
| FG | Marie-Dominique Fievre | 1,494 | 2.88 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 1,624 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,888 | 57.00 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UMP | Jordi Dit Georges Ginesta | 24,955 | 59.64 | ||||
| FN | David Rachline | 16,888 | 40.36 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,843 | 45.97 | |||||
| UMP hold | |||||||
References
- ^ a b "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/elections/circonscription/2017/resultats/83/05