The 2nd constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques (

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: ''deuxième circonscription des Pyrénées-Atlantiques'') is a French legislative

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

in the

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...

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''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

Assembly Members

François Bayrou François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since December 2024. He has presided over the European Democratic Party (EDP) since 2004 and the Democratic Movement (France ...

, the leader of

MoDem The Democratic Movement (, ; MoDem ) is a centre to centre-right political party in France, whose main ideological trends are liberalism and Christian democracy, and that is characterised by a strong pro-Europeanist stance. MoDem was establis ...

, held the seat from 1988 until his defeat by the

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 ...

's Nathalie Chabanne in

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Election results

2024

2022

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2017

, - 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;" , Jean-Paul Mattei , 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 , , 41.64 , , 60.93 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Nathalie Chabanne , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 14.43 , , 39.07 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Eric Saubatte , style="text-align:left;" , The Republicans , LR , , 14.02 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Thierry Moutou , style="text-align:left;" ,

La France Insoumise La France Insoumise (LFI or FI; , ) is a left-wing political party in France. It was launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims to implement th ...

, FI , , 10.03 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Joseph Damour , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 9.23 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Héléna Timmer-Blanchard , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 3.31 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jacques Mauhourat , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 3.25 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Philippe Palengat , 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 , , 1.22 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alain Baudorre , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 1.22 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Antoine Missier , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.68 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Samantha Kerrache , 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 , , 0.58 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Aurélien Corbillon , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.40 , 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 , , 2.53% , , 11.14% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 55.45% , , 47.48% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 44.55% , , 52.52% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , MoDEM GAIN FROM PS

2012

The 2012 election in this constituency attracted media interest as long-serving MP, national political figure and three-time presidential candidate

appeared to be facing unprecedented difficulty. The mainstream right had not stood a candidate against him until 2002, and in 2007, the candidate of the

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 ...

had withdrawn in his favour in the second round. Following Bayrou's personal endorsement of

François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (France), First Secretary of th ...

for the second round of the

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, however, the UMP withdrew its earlier promise not to stand a candidate against him. The UMP considered standing

Frédéric Nihous Frédéric Nihous (born 15 August 1967) is a French politician from the Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT) party. He was a candidate for the 2007 French presidential election, but was eliminated in the first round of balloting. He wa ...

, a former presidential candidate for a small hunters' party, as its candidate, but Nihous declined, saying he would support the UMP without being its candidate. Local party member Éric Saubatte was chosen instead."Après la fausse piste Nihous démentie, l'UMP investit un candidat contra Bayrou"
''Le Monde'', 9 May 2012 Bayrou also had to contend with a

Socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

opponent, despite there having been talk in the Socialist Party of not standing a candidate in his constituency, as a gesture of acknowledgment for his endorsement of Hollande."Là où François Bayrou pourrait perdre son siège de député"
''Le Monde'', 21 May 2012 Under French electoral law, in legislative elections, a third-placed candidate may advance to the second round if he or she obtains the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters. This is what happened, as third-placed candidate Éric Saubatte (UMP) was able to take part in a three-way runoff vote."Résultats du 1er tour – 10 juin 2012 dans la 19ème circonscription du Nord"
''Le Monde'' , - 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;" , Nathalie Chabanne , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 34.90 , , 42.78 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" ,

, MoDem , , 23.63 , , 30.17 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Éric Saubatte , style="text-align:left;" , Union for a Presidential Majority , UMP , , 21.72 , , 27.04 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jessica Bernardez , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 9.32 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Denis Labouret , style="text-align:left;" , Left Front , FG , , 5.24 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Eurydice Bled , 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 , , 2.74 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , CANDIDATE , style="text-align:left;" ,

Arise the Republic Debout la France (, , DLF), originally called Debout la République (, , DLR), is a French political party founded by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 1999 as the "genuine Gaullist" branch of the Rally for the Republic. It was relaunched again in 2000 ...

, DLR , , 0.74 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marc Vercoutere , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 0.64 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Didier Perrin , style="text-align:left;" ,

National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants (, ; CNIP) is a right-wing agrarian political party in France, founded in 1951 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents (CNI), the heir of the French Republican conservative-liberal ...

, CNIP , , 0.41 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marianne Ligou , style="text-align:left;" ,

New Anticapitalist Party The New Anticapitalist Party ( , NPA ) is a far-left political party in France founded in February 2009. The party launched with 9,200 members and was intended to unify the fractured movements of the French radical Left, and attract new activ ...

, NPA , , 0.38 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Frédéric Steinbauer , style="text-align:left;" , Workers' Struggle , LO , , 0.26 , 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 , , 1.59% , , 2.48% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 62.80% , , 61.99% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 37.20% , , 38.01% , - , 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 MoDEM

2007

Although François Bayou kept his seat, he switched from the UDF to his newly founded MoDem. Any candidate obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters could advance to the second round. The candidate of the

, Jean-Pierre Marine, finished second behind Bayrou in the first round, and withdrew from the second, endorsing Bayrou so as not to split the centre-right electorate between two candidates. Third-placed Socialist candidate Marie-Pierre Cabanne was thus Bayrou's only opponent in the final round. , - 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;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" ,

, MoDem , , 37.25 , , 61.21 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Pierre Marine , style="text-align:left;" , Union for a Presidential Majority , UMP , , 25.92 , colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" , WITHDREW , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marie-Pierre Cabanne , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 23.32 , , 38.79 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Frédéric Nihous , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions The Rurality Movement ( ; LMR ), formerly Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions ( ; CPNT ) is an agrarianist political party in France that aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its leader is Eddie Puyjalon. The party states ...

, CPNT , , 2.39 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Nicole Juyoux , 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 ...

, LV , , 2.36 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michèle Darricarrere , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 2.29 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Claire Rey , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party , PCF , , 1.92 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bruno Bajou , style="text-align:left;" , Revolutionary Communist League , LCR , , 1.70 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pierre Arrabie-Aubies , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.75 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Roger Falliex , 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 , , 0.75 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Karine Zebda , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.56 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alain Pecassou , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.46 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Frédéric Steinbauer , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.33 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marc Vercoutère , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.01 , 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 , , 1.29% , , 10.02% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 66.78% , , 62.74% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 33.22% , , 37.26% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , MoDEM GAIN FROM UDF

2002

, style="text-align:left;" ,

Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy ( ; UDF) was a centre-right political party in France. The UDF was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over ...

, UDF , , 41.79 , , 55.58 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Georges Labazee , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 31.41 , , 44.42 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean Saint-Josse , style="text-align:left;" ,

, CPNT , , 9.43 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marie-France Llucia-Latour , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 6.59 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Nicole Juyoux , style="text-align:left;" ,

, LV , , 2.99 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Yves Péré , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party , PCF , , 2.68 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christiane Alias , style="text-align:left;" , Revolutionary Communist League , LCR , , 1.31 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Colette Ducousso , style="text-align:left;" ,

, MPF , , 1.18 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Frédéric Steinbauer , style="text-align:left;" , Workers' Struggle , LO , , 0.64 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michel Dantin , style="text-align:left;" , Regionalist , REG , , 0.57 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michel Catuhe , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, AUT , , 0.49 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Henri Daudu , style="text-align:left;" ,

National Republican Movement The National Republican Movement (''Mouvement national républicain'' or MNR) is a French nationalist political party, created by Bruno Mégret with former Club de l'Horloge members Yvan Blot (also a member of GRECE) and Jean-Yves Le Gallou, ...

, MNR , , 0.49 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Ginette Desport , style="text-align:left;" , Far Right , EXD , , 0.40 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Didier Calmon , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.00 , 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 , , 2.06% , , 4.48% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 71.86% , , 68.09% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 28.14% , , 31.91% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , UDF HOLD

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