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 Constituency in department
Incumbent deputy Department Charente-Maritime Cantons Archiac , 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-EstRegistered voters 89,894 (2017)
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.
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
[ 4]
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
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