Ain's 5th constituency

Ain's 5th constituency
Constituency for the National Assembly
Boundary of Ain's 5th constituency in Ain
Location of Ain within France
Department	Ain
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Population	114,097
Current constituency
Deputy	Marc Chavent
Political party	LR (UXD)

The 5th constituency of the Ain is a French legislative constituency in the Ain département. It was created by ordinance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009, ratified by the French Parliament on 21 January 2010. It consists of the cantons of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Brénod, Champagne-in-Valromey, Hauteville-Lompnes, Izernore, Lhuis, Nantua, North Oyonnax, Oyonnax South, Poncin, Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Virieu-le-Grand. The constituency was first contested in the 2012 legislative elections.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	2012	Damien Abad	UMP
	2017	Damien Abad	LR
	2022	Damien Abad	SE
	2024	Marc Chavent	LR

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Marc Chavent	LR-RN	UXD	20,161	39.12	+19.40	27,040	57.53
	Florence Pisani	LFI	NFP	12,542	24.34	+0.80	19,964	42.47
	Damien Abad	DVD		9,651	18.73	-14.65
	Nathalie Descours	RE	ENS	6,036	11.71	N/A
	Fabrice Bourdin	LR		1,623	3.15	-6.78
	Sylvie Crozet	LO		606	1.18	+0.03
	Thomas Chatelard	DVE		484	0.94	N/A
	Maria Cristina Patru	REC		429	0.83	-4.92
Valid votes				51,532	97.28	+0.05	47,004	88.88
Blank votes				978	1.85	-0.36	4,683	8.85
Null votes				463	0.87	+0.31	1,200	2.27
Turnout				52,973	68.00	+20.14	52,887	67.87
Abstentions				24,927	32.00	-20.14	25,032	32.13
Registered voters				77,900			77,919
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde
Result							LR GAIN FROM DVD

2022

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Damien Abad	DVD		12,034	33.38	17,687	57.86
	Florence Pisani	LFI	NUPES	8,485	23.54	12,882	42.14
	Joëlle Nambotin	RN		7,110	19.72
	Julien Martinez	LR	UDC	3,580	9.93
	Philippe Tournier-Billon	REC		2,073	5.75
	Stéphanie Paris	LMR		931	2.58
	Celil Yilmaz	DIV		704	1.95
	Grégory Fabris	LP		436	1.21
	Sylvie Crozet	LO		414	1.15
	Jean-Michel Boulmé	POID		281	0.78
Valid votes				36,048	97.23	30,569	90.54
Blank votes				820	2.21	2,354	6.97
Null votes				206	0.56	839	2.49
Turnout				37,074	47.86	33,762	43.58
Abstentions				40,382	52.14	43,704	56.42
Registered voters				77,456		77,466
Source: [1]
Result				DVD GAIN FROM LR

• Incumbent Damien Abad stood for LR at the last election, but is standing as an independent having joined the Borne government as Minister of Solidarity in May 2022. While not an official part of the Ensemble Citoyens coalition, his candidacy is supported by the coalition and they have not stood a candidate in the constituency.

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Damien Abad	LR	12,743	35.00	19,383	67.02
	Hélène de Meire	LREM	9,149	25.13	9,538	32.98
	Pénélope Chalon	FN	5,599	15.38
	Bertrand Jacquier	FI	3,759	10.32
	Carole Pontier	ECO	1,051	2.89
	Élodie Schwander	PS	1,032	2.83
	Mylène Ferri	PCF	809	2.22
	Ahmet Cetin	DIV	721	1.98
	Claude Juillet	DLF	637	1.75
	Monique Meudan	DIV	398	1.09
	Jean-Philippe Archeny	DIV	231	0.63
	Guy Largeron	EXG	158	0.43
	Jean-Michel Boulmé	EXG	121	0.33
Votes			36,408	100.00	28,921	100.00
Valid votes			36,408	98.53	28,921	91.18
Blank votes			374	1.01	2,050	6.46
Null votes			168	0.45	749	2.36
Turnout			36,950	49.03	31,720	42.13
Abstentions			38,409	50.97	43,569	57.87
Registered voters			75,359		75,289
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ain's 5th Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Damien Abad	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	13,231	31.81%	22,008	56.40%
	Josiane Exposito	Socialist Party	PS	11,857	28.51%	17,012	43.60%
	Patrick Sokolowski	National Front	FN	7,482	17.99%
	Michel Perraud	Radical Party	PRV	3,946	9.49%
	Mylène Ferri	Left Front	FG	3,046	7.32%
	Jean Galienne	Ecologist	ECO	446	1.07%
	Brigitte Sansano	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	305	0.73%
	Patrick Royer	Ecologist	ECO	301	0.72%
	Bernard Favre	Ecologist	ECO	232	0.56%
	Jean-Michel Boulme	Far Left	EXG	222	0.53%
	Christophe Ceresero-Lanes	Far Left	EXG	184	0.44%
	Bernard Leger	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	176	0.42%
	Guy Largeron	Far Left	EXG	165	0.40%
Total				41,593	100%	39,020	100%
Registered voters				73,718		73,713
Blank/Void ballots				557	1.32%	1,302	3.23%
Turnout				42,150	57.18%	40,322	54.70%
Abstentions				31,568	42.82%	33,391	45.30%
Result						UMP WIN

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.