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The 2nd constituency of
Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...
( French: ''Deuxième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime'') is one of five electoral districts in the department of
Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...
, 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
cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, th ...
: those of
Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region of south-western France.Aytré Aytré () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Aytré is especially known for its long beach, which is easily accessible from neighbouring La Rochel ...
,
Courçon Courçon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include ...
, La Jarrie,
Marans The Marans, , 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-w ...
, 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


2024


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="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Suzanne Tallard , 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 th ...
, PS , , 31.50% , , 52.99% , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Louis Leonard , style="text-align:left;" ,
Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...
, UMP , , 34.22% , , 47.01% , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , David Baudon , style="text-align:left;" ,
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 r ...
, DVG , , 12.60% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Joan Desire , style="text-align:left;" , Front National , FN , , 9.36% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gérard Blanchier , style="text-align:left;" , Left Front , FG , , 4.78% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Angibaud , style="text-align:left;" ,
Europe Ecology – The Greens The Ecologists – Europe Ecology The Greens (), commonly known as The Ecologists (, LE) and formerly as Europe Ecology The Greens ( , EELV ) until 2023, is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of th ...
, EELV , , 3.81% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dominique Droin , style="text-align:left;" ,
Miscellaneous Right Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to centre-right or 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 thei ...
, DVD , , 1.43% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Victor Domingues , style="text-align:left;" ,
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 r ...
, DVG , , 0.84% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Luc Delcampo , style="text-align:left;" ,
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 r ...
, DVG , , 0.68% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Frédéric Castello , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.43% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;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="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="color:inherit;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

, - 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="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Louis Leonard , style="text-align:left;" ,
Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...
, UMP , , 42.98% , , 50.20% , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , André Bonnin , 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 th ...
, PS , , 29.99% , , 49.80% , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jacques Maret , style="text-align:left;" ,
Democratic Movement Democratic Movement may refer to: *Brazilian Democratic Movement *Democratic Movement (France) *Democratic Movement (Israel) *Democratic Movement (Italy) *Democratic Italian Movement *Democratic Movement (San Marino) *Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzst ...
, MoDem , , 5.05% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Corinne Cap , style="text-align:left;" ,
The Greens The Greens or Greens may refer to: Current political parties *The Greens – The Green Alternative, Austria *Australian Greens, also known as ''The Greens'' * Greens of Andorra * The Greens (Benin) *The Greens (Bulgaria) * Greens of Bosnia and He ...
, VEC , , 3.98% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gérard Blanchier , style="text-align:left;" ,
Communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...
, PCF , , 3.49% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Thierry Joulin , style="text-align:left;" , Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions , CPNT , , 3.35% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marie-Françoise Catalan , style="text-align:left;" , Front National , FN , , 3.14% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Denis Poulain , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 2.59% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dominique Droin , style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for France The Movement for France (, MPF; ) was a Conservatism, conservative Soft Euroscepticism, Eurosceptic List of political parties in France, French political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked Regions of France, regional stronghold in ...
, MPF , , 2.00% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michel Bel , 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 Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...
, DIV , , 1.10% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Anne Bernon , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.85% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Laurent Talbot , 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 Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...
, DIV , , 0.70% , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="color:inherit;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="color:inherit;background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Fabrice Restier , style="text-align:left;" ,
Miscellaneous Right Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to centre-right or 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 thei ...
, 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="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="color:inherit;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


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