Finistère's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère département. 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.

8th constituency of Finistère

French National Assembly constituency
Constituency in department
Finistère in France
Deputy	Erwan Balanant REM
Department	Finistère
Cantons	d’Arzano, Bannalec, Concarneau, Pont-Aven, Quimperlé, Rosporden, Scaër

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Louis Orvoën	MRP
	1968	Jean-Claude Petit	RI
	1973	Louis Le Pensec	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Louis Le Pensec	PS
	2002	Gilbert Le Bris	PS
	2007
	2012
	2017	Erwan Balanant	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Erwan Balanant	REM	15,458	33.42	18,233	51.45
	Michael Quernez	PS	8,417	18.20	17,203	48.55
	Emmanuel Magnan	FI	6,001	12.97
	Laëtitia Boidin	LR	4,564	9.87
	Mikaël Caréo	FN	4,481	9.69
	Marie-Andrée Jérôme-Clovis	ECO	1,842	3.98
	Jacques Rannou	PCF	1,417	3.06
	Atto Dossena	DVD	1,072	2.32
	Yann Pelliet	REG	1,063	2.30
	Joseph Pichon	DLF	600	1.30
	Denis Madelaine-Nicot	REG	391	0.85
	Anne Morel	EXG	371	0.80
	Catherine Mercier	DIV	341	0.74
	Didier Troude	DVG	233	0.50
Votes			46,251	100.00	35,436	100.00
Valid votes			46,251	97.64	35,436	88.77
Blank votes			795	1.68	3,024	7.58
Null votes			321	0.68	1,460	3.66
Turnout			47,367	54.32	39,920	45.78
Abstentions			39,838	45.68	47,281	54.22
Registered voters			87,205		87,201
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Finistere's 8th constituency[1]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gilbert Le Bris	PS	24,092	48.58%	30,844	65.78%
	Atto Dossena	UMP	10,527	21.23%	16,043	34.22%
	Gilles Ebroussard	FN	4,461	9.00%
	Marcel Tilly	FG	3,246	6.55%
	Stéphane Lefloch	EELV	2,651	5.35%
	Erwan Balanant	MoDem	2,171	4.38%
	Isabelle Moign	UDB	632	1.27%
	Hervé Vanzande	NC	428	0.86%
	Françoise Pontigny Lucas	PCD	421	0.85%
	Anne-Marie Rimbault	JB (BNAFET)	296	0.60%
	Anne Morel	LO	279	0.56%
	Annie Menvielle	POI	217	0.44%
	Roland Dufleit	GE	168	0.34%
Valid votes			49,589	98.29%	46,887	96.08%
Spoilt and null votes			865	1.71%	1,912	3.92%
Votes cast / turnout			50,454	59.75%	48,799	57.80%
Abstentions			33,984	40.25%	35,623	42.20%
Registered voters			84,438	100.00%	84,422	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Finistère 8th - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Gilbert Le Bris	29,023	53,48	+2.51
	UMP	Jeanne-Yvonne Triché	25,247	46.52	-2.51
Turnout			54,270	68.24
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-12-20.

1. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.