The 2nd constituency of Charente-Maritime (

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: ''Deuxième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime'') is one of five electoral districts in the

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of Charente-Maritime, each of which returns one

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to the

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in elections using the

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, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

The constituency is made up of nine

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: those of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis,

Aytré Aytré () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Aytré is especially known for its long beach, which is easily accessible from neighbouring La Rochelle, or Les Minimes. The beach is flat and sh ...

Courçon Courçon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of F ...

La Jarrie La Jarrie () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The commune consists of the small town La Jarrie and parts of the hamlets Grolleau, Chassagné and Puyvineux. Population See also * Communes of ...

Marans The Marans, french: Poule de Marans, italic=no, is a French breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for meat and for its dark brown eggs. It originated in or near the port town of Marans, in the département of Charente-Maritime, in the Nouvell ...

, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, and Surgères. At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 112,535.

Deputies

Election results

2022

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2017

2012

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, PS , , 31.50% , , 52.99% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Louis Leonard , 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 political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

, UMP , , 34.22% , , 47.01% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , David Baudon , style="text-align:left;" , Miscellaneous Left , DVG , , 12.60% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Joan Desire , 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 , , 9.36% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gérard Blanchier , style="text-align:left;" , Left Front , FG , , 4.78% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Angibaud , 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 , , 3.81% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dominique Droin , 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 candida ...

, DVD , , 1.43% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Victor Domingues , style="text-align:left;" , Miscellaneous Left , DVG , , 0.84% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Luc Delcampo , style="text-align:left;" , Miscellaneous Left , DVG , , 0.68% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Frédéric Castello , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.43% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Claude Billot Zeller , style="text-align:left;" , Far Right , EXD , , 0.35% , 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 , , 0.90% , , 1.60% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 58.57% , , 59.19% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 41.43% , , 40.81% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , PS GAIN FROM UMP

2007

, UMP , , 42.98% , , 50.20% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , André Bonnin , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 29.99% , , 49.80% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jacques Maret , style="text-align:left;" ,

Democratic Movement A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution or organization or a country, in which all members have an equal share of power. Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities that differentiate ...

, MoDem , , 5.05% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Corinne Cap , style="text-align:left;" , The Greens , VEC , , 3.98% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gérard Blanchier , style="text-align:left;" ,

Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

, PCF , , 3.49% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Thierry Joulin , 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 , , 3.35% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marie-Françoise Catalan , style="text-align:left;" ,

, FN , , 3.14% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Denis Poulain , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 2.59% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dominique Droin , style="text-align:left;" , Movement for France , MPF , , 2.00% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michel Bel , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, DIV , , 1.10% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Anne Bernon , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.85% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Laurent Talbot , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.70% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Claude Deborde , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.50% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Fabrice Restier , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 0.28% , 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 , , 1.79% , , 2.31% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 60.17% , , 60.38% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 39.83% , , 39.62% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , UMP HOLD

2002

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1997

References

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Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic

2012 French legislative elections: Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency (first round and run-off)

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