Gironde's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of the Gironde (French: Huitième circonscription de la Gironde) is a French legislative constituency in Gironde 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.

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Robert Cazalet	UDF
	1997	François Deluga	PS
	2002	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	UMP
	2008	François Deluga	PS
	2012	Yves Foulon	UMP
	2017	Sophie Panonacle	REM

8th constituency of Gironde

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Sophie Panonacle REM
Department	Gironde
Cantons	Arcachon, Audenge, Bazas, Belin-Béliet, Captieux, Grignols, Saint-Symphorien, La Teste-de-Buch, Villandraut.

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sophie Panonacle	REM	22,337	40.38	26,713	59.75
	Yves Foulon	LR	13,271	23.99	17,997	40.25
	Laurent Lamara	FN	5,841	10.56
	Cécile Coti	FI	5,692	10.29
	Pierre Pradayrol	PS	2,879	5.20
	Nicolas Dubot	ECO	1,983	3.58
	Anny Bey	DVD	1,316	2.38
	Sophie Le Page	DLF	1,047	1.89
	Danielle Trannoy	PCF	428	0.77
	Fabienne Coulais	DIV	304	0.55
	Solange Texier	EXG	219	0.40
Votes			55,317	100.00	44,710	100.00
Valid votes			55,317	98.46	44,710	90.80
Blank votes			617	1.10	3,145	6.39
Null votes			251	0.45	1,385	2.81
Turnout			56,185	51.52	49,240	45.15
Abstentions			52,880	48.48	59,820	54.85
Registered voters			109,065		109,060
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008 by-election

Gironde 8th by-election, 2008 – 2nd round[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	François Deluga	27,370	54.3
	UMP	Yves Foulon	23,054	45.7
Turnout			50,435	42.1
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Gironde 8th – 2nd round[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	40,852	54.13
	PS	François Deluga	34,614	45.87
Turnout			77,487	64.92
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

1. Byelection result on French Interior Ministry website
2. French Interior Ministry results website