Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Première circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, 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.

Since 2012, the constituency has been represented by Olivier Falorni, first as a Miscellaneous Left deputy and then as a deputy for the Radical Party of the Left. The constituency covers the city of La Rochelle and the Île de Ré.

Description The constituency is made up of 11 pre-2015 cantons: those of Ars-en-Ré, La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3, La Rochelle-4, La Rochelle-5, La Rochelle-6, La Rochelle-7, La Rochelle-8, La Rochelle-9, and Saint-Martin-de-Ré.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 130,679.

Deputies ElectionMemberParty 1958 Alain de Lacoste-Lareymondie CNIP 1962 André Salardaine UNR 1967 UDR 1968 Philippe Dechartre 1973 Michel Crépeau PRG 1978 1981 1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency 1988 Michel Crépeau MRG 1993 Jean-Louis Léonard RPR 1997 Michel Crépeau PRG 2002 Maxime Bono PS 2007 2012 Olivier Falorni PRG 2017 2022 2024

Election results

2024

CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%+/–Votes%+/–Olivier FalorniPRGENS45.64 +22.6574.71 Jean-Marc SoubesteLÉNFP29.64 +6.25Emma ChauveauRN22.65 +13.1125.29 Nicolas FrancoisREC1.28 -2.56Antoine ColinLO0.56 -0.02Philippe PereDIV0.22 +0.16Yasmina SamriDIV0.00 N/AFrançoise RamelDIV0.00 N/AValid votes98.15 -0.88 Blank votes1.36 +0.69 Null votes0.49 +0.19 Turnout69.48 +19.16 Abstentions30.52 -19.16 Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde Result PRG hold

2022

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2017 CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Olivier FalorniPRG36.5469.02Otilia FerreiraMoDem26.9930.98Cédric RuffiéFI10.92Bruno LealLR9.83Jean-Marc de Lacoste-LareymondieFN7.03Jean-Marc SoubesteECO3.91Brahim JlaljiPCF1.36Hanitra RatrimoDIV1.03Patrick ViotECO1.00Antoine ColinEXG0.56Jean-Pierre ErnstDIV0.42Waël GribaaDIV0.41Votes100.00100.00Valid votes98.9393.00Blank votes0.744.85Null votes0.332.15Turnout51.1643.42Abstentions48.8456.58Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior

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;" | Olivier Falorni | style="text-align:left;" | Radical Party of the Left | PRG | | 28.91% | | 62.98% |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Ségolène Royal | style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party | PS | | 32.03% | | 37.02% |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Sally Chadjaa | style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | | 19.47% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Marie-Françoise de Lacoste Lareymondie | style="text-align:left;" | Front National | FN | | 6.80% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Brigitte Desveaux | style="text-align:left;" | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | | 3.68% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Esther Memain | style="text-align:left;" | Left Front | FG | | 3.40% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | François Drageon | style="text-align:left;" | Radical Party | PRV | | 1.88% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Arnaud Jaulin | style="text-align:left;" | Centrist | CEN | | 1.79% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Michèle Coindeau | style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist | ECO | | 0.89% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | France Prenat | style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | | 0.43% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Antoine Colin | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 0.33% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Michel le Creff | style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | | 0.23% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Rodolphe Huguet | style="text-align:left;" | Other | AUT | | 0.10% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Alain Ignacimouttou | style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | | 0.03% | 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 | | 0.58% | | 2.07% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | | 60.66% | | 64.05% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions | | 39.34% | | 35.95% |- | colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result | colspan="2" style="background-color:" |DVG GAIN FROM PS

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;" | Maxime Bono | style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party | PS | | 40.77% | | 55.05% |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Dominique Morvant | style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | | 35.95% | | 44.95% |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Elisabeth Delorme-Blaizot | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Movement | MoDem | | 5.93% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Richard Douard | style="text-align:left;" | Majorité Presidentielle | Maj Pres | | 2.93% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Gaëlle Mangin | style="text-align:left;" | The Greens | VEC | | 2.83% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie | style="text-align:left;" | Front National | FN | | 2.42% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Esther Memain | style="text-align:left;" | Communist | PCF | | 2.30% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Vallee | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 1.78% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Serge Lavaud | style="text-align:left;" | Movement for France | MPF | | 1.32% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Noël Debroise | style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist | ECO | | 1.27% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Michelle Richard | style="text-align:left;" | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | CPNT | | 1.05% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Claire Melchiori | style="text-align:left;" | Independent | DIV | | 0.64% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Antoine Colin | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 0.52% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jacques Dumerc | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 0.30% | 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 | | 0.94% | | 5.03% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | | 61.77% | | 64.13% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions | | 38.23% | | 35.87% |- | colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result | colspan="2" style="background-color:" | PS HOLD

2002

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1997

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References

Sources

Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly 2012 French legislative elections : Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior Constituencies of the Charente-Maritime, Atlaspol website