The 1st constituency of

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...

( 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 The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resu ...

, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round. Since 2012, the constituency has been represented by Olivier Falorni, first as a

Miscellaneous Left Miscellaneous left (', ''DVG'') in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of any party or a member of party that has no elected seats. They include either small left-wing parties or dissidents expelled from their parties for ru ...

deputy and then as a deputy for the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Soc ...

. The constituency covers the city of

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wi ...

and the

Isle of Rhé An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * Is ...

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 results

2022

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2017

2012

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Candidate ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Party ! colspan="2" , 1st round ! colspan="2" , 2nd round , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Olivier Falorni , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVG , , 28.91% , , 62.98% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Ségolène Royal , style="text-align:left;" ,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

, PS , , 32.03% , , 37.02% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sally Chadjaa , style="text-align:left;" ,

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...

, UMP , , 19.47% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marie-Françoise de Lacoste Lareymondie , style="text-align:left;" ,

Front National The National Rally (french: Rassemblement National, ; RN), until 2018 known as the National Front (french: link=no, Front National, ; FN), is a far-rightAbridged list of reliable sources that refer to National Rally as far-right: Academic: ...

, FN , , 6.80% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Brigitte Desveaux , style="text-align:left;" ,

Europe Ecology – The Greens Europe Ecology – The Greens (french: Europe Écologie Les Verts , EELV ) is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of the European Green Party. The party was formed on 13 November 2010 from the merge ...

, EELV , , 3.68% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Esther Memain , style="text-align:left;" , Left Front , FG , , 3.40% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , François Drageon , style="text-align:left;" , Radical Party , PRV , , 1.88% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Arnaud Jaulin , style="text-align:left;" , Centrist , CEN , , 1.79% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michèle Coindeau , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 0.89% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , France Prenat , style="text-align:left;" ,

Miscellaneous Right Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against their party's candi ...

, DVD , , 0.43% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Antoine Colin , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.33% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michel le Creff , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVG , , 0.23% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Rodolphe Huguet , style="text-align:left;" , Other , AUT , , 0.10% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alain Ignacimouttou , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVG , , 0.03% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total , , 100% , , 100% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots , , 0.58% , , 2.07% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 60.66% , , 64.05% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 39.34% , , 35.95% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , DVG GAIN FROM PS

2007

, PS , , 40.77% , , 55.05% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dominique Morvant , style="text-align:left;" ,

, UMP , , 35.95% , , 44.95% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Elisabeth Delorme-Blaizot , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Movement , MoDem , , 5.93% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Richard Douard , style="text-align:left;" , Majorité Presidentielle , Maj Pres , , 2.93% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gaëlle Mangin , style="text-align:left;" ,

The Greens The Greens or Greens may refer to: Current political parties *Australian Greens, also known as ''The Greens'' *Greens of Andorra * Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina *Greens of Burkina * Greens (Greece) * Greens of Montenegro *Greens of Serbia *Gree ...

, VEC , , 2.83% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie , style="text-align:left;" ,

, FN , , 2.42% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Esther Memain , style="text-align:left;" , Communist , PCF , , 2.30% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Vallee , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 1.78% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Serge Lavaud , style="text-align:left;" ,

Movement for France The Movement for France (french: Mouvement pour la France, MPF; ) was a conservative, soft Eurosceptic and Gaullist French political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked regional stronghold in the Vendée. It was led by Philippe de ...

, MPF , , 1.32% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Noël Debroise , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 1.27% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michelle Richard , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions The Rurality Movement (, LMR), formerly Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions (french: Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions; ; CPNT, ) is an agrarianist political party in France that aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. It ...

, CPNT , , 1.05% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Claire Melchiori , style="text-align:left;" ,

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

, DIV , , 0.64% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Antoine Colin , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.52% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jacques Dumerc , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.30% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total , , 100% , , 100% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots , , 0.94% , , 5.03% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 61.77% , , 64.13% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 38.23% , , 35.87% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , PS HOLD

2002

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1997

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References

Sources

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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)

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Constituencies of the Charente-Maritime
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