Vendée's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Vendée (French: Première circonscription de la Vendée) is a French legislative constituency in the Vendéedépartement. 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.

1st constituency of Vendée
French National Assembly
constituency
Vendée's 1st Constituency shown within Vendée.
Deputy
 Philippe Latombe [1]
MoDem
DepartmentVendée
CantonsChallans, Les Essarts, Palluau, Le Poiré-sur-Vie, Rocheservière, La Roche-sur-Yon Nord
Registered voters109665[2]

Description

The 1st Constituency of Vendée is situated in the north of the department including the northern section of La Roche-sur-Yon.

Between this seats establishment on its current boundaries in 1988 and the 2017 this seat consistently centre-right candidates. For twenty four years the seat was held by Jean-Luc Préel.[3]

Deputies

ElectionMemberParty
1988 Jean-Luc Préel UDF
1993
1997
2002
2007 NC
2012 Alain Lebœuf UMP
2017 Philippe Latombe MoDem

Election results

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
NC Jean-Luc Préel 29,055 56.89
PS Patricia Cereijo 22,014 43.11
Turnout 53,057 55.64
NC hold Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UMP Alain Lebœuf 30,003 53.19
PS Martine Chantecaille 26,400 46.81
Turnout 57,943 56.71
UMP hold Swing

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
MoDem Philippe Latombe 24,017 54.41
LR Alain Lebœuf 20,122 45.59
Turnout 48,169 43.92
MoDem hold Swing

References

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