Fifth constituency of the Ain

The 5th constituency of the Ain is a French legislative constituency in the Ain département. It was created by ordinance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009, ratified by the French Parliament on 21 January 2010. It consists of the cantons of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Brénod, Champagne-in-Valromey, Hauteville-Lompnes, Izernore, Lhuis, Nantua, North Oyonnax, Oyonnax South, Poncin, Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Virieu-le-Grand. The constituency was first contested in the 2012 legislative elections.

Members elected ElectionMemberParty2012Damien AbadUMP2017Damien AbadLR2022Damien AbadSE2024Marc ChaventLR

Election results 2024

CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%+/–Votes%+/–Marc ChaventLR-RNUXD39.12 +19.4057.53 Florence PisaniLFINFP24.34 +0.8042.47 Damien AbadDVD18.73 -14.65Nathalie DescoursREENS11.71 N/AFabrice BourdinLR3.15 -6.78Sylvie CrozetLO1.18 +0.03Thomas ChatelardDVE0.94 N/AMaria Cristina PatruREC0.83 -4.92Valid votes97.28 +0.0588.88 Blank votes1.85 -0.368.85 Null votes0.87 +0.312.27 Turnout68.00 +20.1467.87 Abstentions32.00 -20.1432.13 Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde Result LR GAIN FROM DVD

2022 CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Damien AbadDVD33.3857.86Florence PisaniLFINUPES23.5442.14Joëlle NambotinRN19.72Julien MartinezLRUDC9.93Philippe Tournier-BillonREC5.75Stéphanie ParisLMR2.58Celil YilmazDIV1.95Grégory FabrisLP1.21Sylvie CrozetLO1.15Jean-Michel BoulméPOID0.78Valid votes97.2390.54Blank votes2.216.97Null votes0.562.49Turnout47.8643.58Abstentions52.1456.42Registered votersSource: Result DVD GAIN FROM LR

Incumbent Damien Abad stood for LR at the last election, but is standing as an independent having joined the Borne government as Minister of Solidarity in May 2022. While not an official part of the Ensemble Citoyens coalition, his candidacy is supported by the coalition and they have not stood a candidate in the constituency.

2017 CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Damien AbadLR35.0067.02Hélène de MeireLREM25.1332.98Pénélope ChalonFN15.38Bertrand JacquierFI10.32Carole PontierECO2.89Élodie SchwanderPS2.83Mylène FerriPCF2.22Ahmet CetinDIV1.98Claude JuilletDLF1.75Monique MeudanDIV1.09Jean-Philippe ArchenyDIV0.63Guy LargeronEXG0.43Jean-Michel BoulméEXG0.33Votes100.00100.00Valid votes98.5391.18Blank votes1.016.46Null votes0.452.36Turnout49.0342.13Abstentions50.9757.87Registered 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;" | Damien Abad | style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | | 31.81% | | 56.40% |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Josiane Exposito | style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party | PS | | 28.51% | | 43.60% |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Sokolowski | style="text-align:left;" | National Front | FN | | 17.99% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Michel Perraud | style="text-align:left;" | Radical Party | PRV | | 9.49% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Mylène Ferri | style="text-align:left;" | Left Front | FG | | 7.32% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jean Galienne | style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist | ECO | | 1.07% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Brigitte Sansano | style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | | 0.73% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Royer | style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist | ECO | | 0.72% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bernard Favre | style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist | ECO | | 0.56% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Michel Boulme | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 0.53% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Christophe Ceresero-Lanes | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 0.44% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bernard Leger | style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | | 0.42% | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | |- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Guy Largeron | style="text-align:left;" | Far Left | EXG | | 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="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"| | | style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots | | 1.32% | | 3.23% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | | 57.18% | | 54.70% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions | | 42.82% | | 45.30% |- | colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result | colspan="2" style="background-color:" | UMP WIN

Sources

Official results of French elections from 1998: