Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Quatrième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of Charente-Maritime, 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.

4th constituency of
Charente-Maritime
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Constituency in department
Incumbent deputy
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
CantonsArchiac, Cozes, Gémozac, Jonzac, Mirambeau, Montendre, Montguyon, Montlieu-la-Garde, Pons, Royan-Est, Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, and the communes of Colombiers and La Jard in Saintes-Est
Registered voters89,894 (2017)

Description

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The constituency is made up of 11 whole (pre-2015) cantons – those of Archiac, Cozes, Gémozac, Jonzac, Mirambeau, Montendre, Montguyon, Montlieu-la-Garde, Pons, Royan-Est, and Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge – plus two communes (Colombiers and La Jard) belonging to a twelfth: that of Saintes-Est.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 4th constituency had a total population of 101,987.

Deputies

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Election Member Party
1958 André Bégouin CNIP
1962 Daniel Daviaud PRV
1967
1968 Louis Joanne UDR
1973 Louis Joanne RI
1978 Philippe Marchand PS
1981
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Philippe Marchand PS
1993 Dominique Bussereau UDF
1997
2002 UMP
2007
2012
2017 Raphaël Gérard LREM
2022 RE
2024 Pascal Markowsky RN

Election results

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2024

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Candidate Party Alliance First round Second round
Votes % +/– Votes % +/–
Pascal Markowsky RN 28,510 45.21 +19.44 31,356 50.74
Raphaël Gérard RE ENS 17,625 27.95 +0.36 30,447 49.26
Danièle Desselles LFI NFP 10,972 17.40 -2.33
Céline Drouillard LR 5,251 8.33 -6.45
Olivier Tripelon LO 707 1.12 -0.47
Valid votes 63,065 96.96 -0.24 61,803 94.59
Blank votes 1,370 2.11 +0.22 2,579 3.95
Null votes 610 0.94 +0.02 955 1.46
Turnout 65,045 68.80 +18.47 65,337 69.10
Abstentions 29,499 31.20 -18.47 29,217 30.90
Registered voters 94,544 94,554
Source: Ministry of the Interior,[1] Le Monde[2][3]
Result RN GAIN FROM RE

2022

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Legislative Election 2022: Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM (Ensemble) Raphaël Gérard 12,743 27.59 -6.26
RN Pascal Markowsky 11,900 25.77 +8.78
LFI (NUPÉS) Danièle Desselles 9,114 19.73 −1.90
LR (UDC) Françoise De Roffignac 6,828 14.78 −7.42
REC Jean Robin 1,935 4.19 N/A
DIV Stéphane Loth 935 2.02 N/A
Others N/A 2,727 5.90
Turnout 46,182 50.33 −0.41
2nd round result
LREM (Ensemble) Raphaël Gérard 21,447 50.90 -0.39
RN Pascal Markowsky 20,685 49.10 N/A
Turnout 42,132 48.92 +4.74
LREM hold

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2017

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Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Raphaël Gérard REM 15,055 33.85 18,070 51.29
Loic Girard LR 9,872 22.20 17,159 48.71
Isabelle Texier FN 7,556 16.99
Lucie Kirchner FI 5,324 11.97
Fabienne Dugas-Raveneau PS 2,536 5.70
Laurence Marcillaud ECO 1,194 2.68
Benoît Biteau PRG 824 1.85
Éric Devise DLF 782 1.76
Pascal Pellerin PCF 568 1.28
Valerie Barraud EXG 379 0.85
Ingrid Chrismann DIV 298 0.67
Philippe Davril DVG 88 0.20
Votes 44,476 100.00 35,229 100.00
Valid votes 44,476 97.51 35,229 88.70
Blank votes 780 1.71 2,969 7.48
Null votes 357 0.78 1,521 3.83
Turnout 45,613 50.74 39,719 44.18
Abstentions 44,282 49.26 50,175 55.82
Registered voters 89,895 89,894
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

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Results in the Charente-Maritime's five constituencies in 2012 : pale pink (Miscellaneous left), pink (PS), blue (UMP)
Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 4th Constituency[5]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Dominique Bussereau Union for a Popular Movement UMP 20,485 40.01% 26,740 52.15%
Fabienne Dugas-Raveneau Socialist Party PS 18,129 35.41% 24,540 47.85%
Tony Lambert Front National FN 6,946 13.57%
Jean-Yves Boiffier Left Front FG 2,168 4.23%
Jean-Luc Guerbois Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV 1,243 2.43%
Valérie Verduzier Centrist CEN 795 1.55%
Laure Serra Miscellaneous Right DVD 524 1.02%
Martine Gantner Miscellaneous Right DVD 379 0.74%
Valérie Baraud Far Left EXG 348 0.68%
Stéphane Hays Other AUT 182 0.36%
Total 51,199 100% 51,280 100%
Registered voters 87,692 87,675
Blank/Void ballots 873 1.00% 1,617 1.84%
Turnout 52,072 59.38% 52,897 60.33%
Abstentions 35,620 40.62% 34,778 39.67%
Result UMP HOLD

2007

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Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charente Maritime’s 4th Constituency[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Dominique Bussereau 26,322 51.73
PS Régine Joly 12,161 23.90
MoDem Céline Alleaume 3,471 6.82
FN Bernard Roy 1,936 3.80
CPNT Chantal Thomazeau 1,630 3.20
Far left Lino Piva 1,113 2.19
LV Danièle Lot 982 1.93
PCF Jean-Marc Langlais 923 1.93
MPF Séverine Werbrouck 723 1.42
DVG Alain Girard 371 0.73
Far left Christophe Bruneteau 371 0.73
DVE Françoise Doucet 353 0.69
Independent Jack Lionet 281 0.55
DVD Grégory Couillaud 250 0.49
Majority 14,161 27.83
Turnout 52,695 61.42
UMP hold Swing

2002

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Legislative Election 2002: Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Dominique Bussereau 24,413 47.17
PRG Philippe Callaud 11,003 21.26
FN Eliane Petrus 5,392 10.42
CPNT Gérard Fontenay 3,508 6.78
LV Nathalie Riollet 1,679 3.24
PCF René Renaudet 1,282 2.48
DVG Henri-Georges Dubois 1,145 2.21
Others N/A 3,333
Turnout 53,007 64.75
2nd round result
UMP Dominique Bussereau 29,642 62.31
PRG Philippe Callaud 17,932 37.69
Turnout 49,503 60.47
UMP gain from UDF

1997

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Legislative Election 1997: Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UDF Dominique Bussereau 18,514 37.35
PRG Philippe Callaud 13,401 27.04
FN Hilles Bredillot 6,586 13.29
PCF Michelle Carmousse 4,878 9.84
MPF Claude Trong 2,534 5.11
LV Jack Lionet 2,272 4.58
MEI Christophe Bultel 1,382 2.79
Turnout 53,363 67.73
2nd round result
UDF Dominique Bussereau 27,117 51.07
PRG Philippe Callaud 25,981 48.93
Turnout 56,652 71.91
UDF hold

References

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  1. ^ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024". Le Monde. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Charente-Maritime". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
  6. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".

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