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.
| 1st constituency of Charente-Maritime | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Constituency in department | |
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| Incumbent deputy | |
| 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) |
Since 2012, the constituency has been represented by Olivier Falorni, first as a Miscellaneous Left deputy and then as a deputy for the Radical Party of the Left. The constituency covers the city of La Rochelle and the Isle of Rhé.
Description
editThe 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
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Alain de Lacoste-Lareymondie | CNIP | |
| 1962 | André Salardaine | UNR | |
| 1967 | UDR | ||
| 1968 | Philippe Dechartre | ||
| 1973 | Michel Crépeau | PRG | |
| 1978 | |||
| 1981 | |||
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Michel Crépeau | MRG | |
| 1993 | Jean-Louis Léonard | RPR | |
| 1997 | Michel Crépeau | PRG | |
| 2002 | Maxime Bono | PS | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Olivier Falorni | PRG | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
edit2024
edit| Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | Second round | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– | ||||||||
| Olivier Falorni | PRG | ENS | 34,824 | 45.64 | +22.65 | 54,353 | 74.71 | ||||||
| Jean-Marc Soubeste | LÉ | NFP | 22,618 | 29.64 | +6.25 | WITHDREW
| |||||||
| Emma Chauveau | RN | 17,278 | 22.65 | +13.11 | 18,396 | 25.29 | |||||||
| Nicolas Francois | REC | 975 | 1.28 | -2.56 | |||||||||
| Antoine Colin | LO | 430 | 0.56 | -0.02 | |||||||||
| Philippe Pere | DIV | 170 | 0.22 | +0.16 | |||||||||
| Yasmina Samri | DIV | 2 | 0.00 | N/A | |||||||||
| Françoise Ramel | DIV | 0 | 0.00 | N/A | |||||||||
| Valid votes | 76,297 | 98.15 | -0.88 | ||||||||||
| Blank votes | 1,055 | 1.36 | +0.69 | ||||||||||
| Null votes | 383 | 0.49 | +0.19 | ||||||||||
| Turnout | 77,735 | 69.48 | +19.16 | ||||||||||
| Abstentions | 34,147 | 30.52 | -19.16 | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 111,882 | ||||||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior,[1] Le Monde[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Result | PRG hold | ||||||||||||
2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRG | Olivier Falorni | 15,976 | 29.02 | N/A | |||
| EELV (NUPÉS) | Jean-Marc Soubeste | 12,875 | 23.39 | +7.20 | |||
| LREM (Ensemble) | Martine Madelaine | 12,656 | 22.99 | −4.00 | |||
| RN | Emma Chauveau | 5,253 | 9.54 | +2.51 | |||
| DVG | Marie Nedellec | 4,061 | 7.38 | N/A | |||
| REC | Nicolas Francois | 2,114 | 3.84 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 2,117 | 3.85 | ||||
| Turnout | 55,052 | 50.32 | −0.84 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PRG | Olivier Falorni | 34,576 | 66.11 | N/A | |||
| EELV (NUPÉS) | Jean-Marc Soubeste | 17,721 | 33.89 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 52,297 | 49.38 | +5.96 | ||||
| PRG gain from DVG | |||||||
2017
edit| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Olivier Falorni | PRG | 19,086 | 36.54 | 28,765 | 69.02 | |
| Otilia Ferreira | MoDem | 14,095 | 26.99 | 12,913 | 30.98 | |
| Cédric Ruffié | FI | 5,703 | 10.92 | |||
| Bruno Leal | LR | 5,134 | 9.83 | |||
| Jean-Marc de Lacoste-Lareymondie | FN | 3,671 | 7.03 | |||
| Jean-Marc Soubeste | ECO | 2,040 | 3.91 | |||
| Brahim Jlalji | PCF | 712 | 1.36 | |||
| Hanitra Ratrimo | DIV | 540 | 1.03 | |||
| Patrick Viot | ECO | 523 | 1.00 | |||
| Antoine Colin | EXG | 290 | 0.56 | |||
| Jean-Pierre Ernst | DIV | 221 | 0.42 | |||
| 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 | ||||||
2012
edit| Candidate | Party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Olivier Falorni | Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 17,155 | 28.91% | 38,545 | 62.98% | |
| Ségolène Royal | Socialist Party | PS | 19,005 | 32.03% | 22,661 | 37.02% | |
| Sally Chadjaa | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 11,554 | 19.47% | |||
| Marie-Françoise de Lacoste Lareymondie | Front National | FN | 4,036 | 6.80% | |||
| Brigitte Desveaux | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 2,186 | 3.68% | |||
| Esther Memain | Left Front | FG | 2,019 | 3.40% | |||
| François Drageon | Radical Party | PRV | 1,117 | 1.88% | |||
| Arnaud Jaulin | Centrist | CEN | 1,061 | 1.79% | |||
| Michèle Coindeau | Ecologist | ECO | 531 | 0.89% | |||
| France Prenat | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 256 | 0.43% | |||
| Antoine Colin | Far Left | EXG | 197 | 0.33% | |||
| Michel le Creff | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 137 | 0.23% | |||
| Rodolphe Huguet | Other | AUT | 62 | 0.10% | |||
| 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 | DVG GAIN FROM PS | ||||||
2007
edit| Candidate | Party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Maxime Bono | Socialist Party | PS | 23,928 | 40.77% | 32,345 | 55.05% | |
| Dominique Morvant | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 21,099 | 35.95% | 26,409 | 44.95% | |
| Elisabeth Delorme-Blaizot | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 3,479 | 5.93% | |||
| Richard Douard | Majorité Presidentielle | Maj Pres | 1,719 | 2.93% | |||
| Gaëlle Mangin | The Greens | VEC | 1,658 | 2.83% | |||
| Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie | Front National | FN | 1,422 | 2.42% | |||
| Esther Memain | Communist | PCF | 1,349 | 2.30% | |||
| Patrick Vallee | Far Left | EXG | 1,043 | 1.78% | |||
| Serge Lavaud | Movement for France | MPF | 772 | 1.32% | |||
| Jean-Noël Debroise | Ecologist | ECO | 743 | 1.27% | |||
| Michelle Richard | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | CPNT | 617 | 1.05% | |||
| Claire Melchiori | Independent | DIV | 375 | 0.64% | |||
| Antoine Colin | Far Left | EXG | 308 | 0.52% | |||
| 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 | PS HOLD | ||||||
2002
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Maxime Bono | 21,138 | 37.12 | ||||
| UMP | Catherine Normandin | 15,731 | 27.63 | ||||
| UDF | Philippe Chastenet | 5,131 | 9.01 | ||||
| FN | Yolande Bak | 3,612 | 6.34 | ||||
| PRG | Gilles Gautronneau | 3,070 | 5.39 | ||||
| PCF | Esther Queneudec-Memain | 1,482 | 2.60 | ||||
| LV | Alain Bucherie | 1,403 | 2.46 | ||||
| DL | Christian Dessens | 1,289 | 2.26 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 4,083 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,675 | 65.88 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Maxime Bono | 28,725 | 53.02 | ||||
| UMP | Catherine Normandin | 25,457 | 46.98 | ||||
| Turnout | 55,514 | 63.41 | |||||
| PS gain from PRG | |||||||
1997
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRG | Michel Crépeau | 21,870 | 42.81 | ||||
| UDF | Françoise Clerc | 13,602 | 26.62 | ||||
| FN | Jean-François Galvaire | 5,225 | 10.23 | ||||
| PCF | Esther Queneudec-Memain | 4,233 | 8.29 | ||||
| LV | Alain Mouzeau | 2,155 | 4.22 | ||||
| MPF | Eric Revel | 1,898 | 3.72 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,105 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,005 | 66.30 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PRG | Michel Crépeau | 31,495 | 59.57 | ||||
| UDF | Françoise Clerc | 21,377 | 40.43 | ||||
| Turnout | 55,127 | 68.95 | |||||
| PRG gain from RPR | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024". Le Monde. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Charente-Maritime". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
- ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".
Sources
edit- "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 2017.
- Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
- 2012 French legislative elections : Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior
- Constituencies of the Charente-Maritime, Atlaspol website