Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the Charente-Maritime
1st constituency of the Charente-Maritime
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
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
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The 1st constituency of the Charente-Maritime is a French legislative constituency in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes).

It consists of eleven cantons and twenty municipalities located in Aunis (La Rochelle and some of its surrounding towns and villages) and the Île de Ré:

Ars-en-Ré: Ars-en-Ré, La Couarde-sur-Mer, Loix, Les Portes-en-Ré, Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
La Rochelle-1: La Rochelle
La Rochelle-2: La Rochelle
La Rochelle-3: La Rochelle
La Rochelle-4: La Rochelle
La Rochelle-5: Esnandes, Marsilly, Puilboreau, La Rochelle, Saint-Xandre
La Rochelle-6: La Rochelle
La Rochelle-7: La Rochelle
La Rochelle-8: Dompierre-sur-Mer, Périgny, La Rochelle
La Rochelle-9: L'Houmeau, Lagord, Nieul-sur-Mer, La Rochelle
Saint-Martin-de-Ré: La Flotte, Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré, Rivedoux-Plage, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Sainte-Marie-de-Ré

Election: results in 2012

2012 legislative election: Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DVG	Olivier Falorni	38,545	62.98
	PS	Ségolène Royal	22,661	37.02
Turnout			63,247	64.05
	DVG gain from PS		Swing

Past elections: 1958-2007

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

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