Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Maine-et-Loire's 5th Constituency shown within Maine-et-Loire
Deputy
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
CantonsCholet I, Cholet II, Cholet III, Montfaucon
Registered voters77379[2]

The 5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire (French: Cinquième circonscription de Maine-et-Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Maine-et-Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

Description[edit]

The 5th Constituency of Maine-et-Loire is situated in the south of the department. It includes the town of Cholet.

Politically the seat has historically favoured centre right candidates until the En Marche! landslide of 2017 when their candidate, Denis Masséglia, came close to winning in the first round.[3]

Assembly members[edit]

Election Member Party
1988 Maurice Ligot UDF
1993
1997
2002 Gilles Bourdouleix UMP
2007
2012
2017 Denis Masséglia LREM
2022 RE

[1]

Election results[edit]

2022[edit]

Legislative Election 2022: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM (Ensemble) Denis Masséglia 11,073 31.63 -16.00
LFI (NUPÉS) Christophe Airaud 8,039 22.96 +4.75
DVD Jacquelin Ligot 6,472 18.48 N/A
RN Sigline De Campeau 4,588 13.10 +5.80
LREM Jean-Michel Debarre* 2,150 6.14 N/A
REC Valérie Gorioux 1,025 2.93 N/A
DLF (UPF) Frédéric Guyard 719 2.05 N/A
LO Didier Testu 524 1.50 N/A
PA Hervé Fusil 423 1.21 N/A
Turnout 35,013 45.34 -3.40
2nd round result
LREM (Ensemble) Denis Masséglia 19,395 60.76 -7.61
LFI (NUPÉS) Christophe Airaud 12,525 39.24 N/A
Turnout 31,920 43.34 +4.34
LREM hold

* LREM dissident

[4]

2017[edit]

Legislative Election 2017: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM Denis Masséglia 17,966 47.63
DVD Patrice Brault 8,017 21.26
LFI Kévin Certenais 3,197 8.48
FN Lucie Pineau 2,753 7.30
EELV Franck Louseau 2,101 5.57
PS Jean-Marc Vacher 1,568 4.16
Others N/A 2,115
Turnout 37,717 48.74
2nd round result
LREM Denis Masséglia 20,631 68.37
DVD Patrice Brault 9,545 31.63
Turnout 30,176 39.00
LREM gain from LR

2012[edit]

Legislative Election 2012: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Gilles Bourdouleix 17,994 42.02
PS Laurence Adrien-Bigeon 15,226 35.55
FN Danielle Duret 2,910 6.80
MoDem Xavier Coiffard 2,247 5.25
FG Aurélie Monrouzeau 1,303 3.04
AC Philippe Renaudet 1,113 2.60
EELV Pierre Chalopin 1,070 2.50
Others N/A 961
Turnout 42,824 56.83
2nd round result
UMP Gilles Bourdouleix 21,287 51.07
PS Laurence Adrien-Bigeon 20,397 48.93
Turnout 41,684 55.32
UMP hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  2. ^ "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  3. ^ "Maine-et-Loire – 5e circonscription : Liste des résultats – Elections législatives 2017 – Assemblée nationale".
  4. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Maine-et-Loire". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2022.