Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Deuxième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of Charente-Maritime, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description
The constituency is made up of nine cantons: those of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Aytré, Courçon, La Jarrie, Marans, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, and Surgères.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 112,535.

2012


! 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 ! width="75" | Votes ! width="30" | % ! width="75" | Votes ! width="30" | %
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Suzanne Tallard
 * style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party
 * PS
 * 17,711
 * 31.50%
 * 29,752
 * 52.99%
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Louis Leonard
 * style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement
 * UMP
 * 19,238
 * 34.22%
 * 26,391
 * 47.01%
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | David Baudon
 * style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Left
 * DVG
 * 7,086
 * 12.60%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Joan Desire
 * style="text-align:left;" | Front National
 * FN
 * 5,261
 * 9.36%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Gérard Blanchier
 * style="text-align:left;" | Left Front
 * FG
 * 2,685
 * 4.78%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Angibaud
 * style="text-align:left;" | Europe Ecology – The Greens
 * EELV
 * 2,144
 * 3.81%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Dominique Droin
 * style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right
 * DVD
 * 806
 * 1.43%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Victor Domingues
 * style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Left
 * DVG
 * 472
 * 0.84%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Luc Delcampo
 * style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Left
 * DVG
 * 381
 * 0.68%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Frédéric Castello
 * style="text-align:left;" | Far Left
 * EXG
 * 240
 * 0.43%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Claude Billot Zeller
 * style="text-align:left;" | Far Right
 * EXD
 * 195
 * 0.35%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total
 * 56,219
 * 100%
 * 56,143
 * 100%
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters
 * 97,490
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * 97,489
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots
 * 879
 * 0.90%
 * 1,559
 * 1.60%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
 * 57,098
 * 58.57%
 * 57,702
 * 59.19%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions
 * 40,392
 * 41.43%
 * 39,787
 * 40.81%
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result
 * colspan="2" style="background-color:" | PS GAIN FROM UMP
 * }
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
 * 57,098
 * 58.57%
 * 57,702
 * 59.19%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions
 * 40,392
 * 41.43%
 * 39,787
 * 40.81%
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result
 * colspan="2" style="background-color:" | PS GAIN FROM UMP
 * }
 * colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result
 * colspan="2" style="background-color:" | PS GAIN FROM UMP
 * }

2007
! 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 ! width="75" | Votes ! width="30" | % ! width="75" | Votes ! width="30" | %
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Louis Leonard
 * style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement
 * UMP
 * 23,432
 * 42.98%
 * 27,321
 * 50.20%
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | André Bonnin
 * style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party
 * PS
 * 16,351
 * 29.99%
 * 27,101
 * 49.80%
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Jacques Maret
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Movement
 * MoDem
 * 2,756
 * 5.05%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Corinne Cap
 * style="text-align:left;" | The Greens
 * VEC
 * 2,170
 * 3.98%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Gérard Blanchier
 * style="text-align:left;" | Communist
 * PCF
 * 1,905
 * 3.49%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Thierry Joulin
 * style="text-align:left;" | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions
 * CPNT
 * 1,828
 * 3.35%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Marie-Françoise Catalan
 * style="text-align:left;" | Front National
 * FN
 * 1,713
 * 3.14%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Denis Poulain
 * style="text-align:left;" | Far Left
 * EXG
 * 1,411
 * 2.59%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Dominique Droin
 * style="text-align:left;" | Movement for France
 * MPF
 * 1,091
 * 2.00%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Michel Bel
 * style="text-align:left;" | Independent
 * DIV
 * 602
 * 1.10%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Anne Bernon
 * style="text-align:left;" | Far Left
 * EXG
 * 461
 * 0.85%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Laurent Talbot
 * style="text-align:left;" | Independent
 * DIV
 * 380
 * 0.70%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Claude Deborde
 * style="text-align:left;" | Far Left
 * EXG
 * 271
 * 0.50%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:" |
 * style="text-align:left;" | Fabrice Restier
 * style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right
 * DVD
 * 153
 * 0.28%
 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total
 * 54,524
 * 100%
 * 54,422
 * 100%
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters
 * 92,261
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * 92,262
 * style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots
 * 992
 * 1.79%
 * 1,289
 * 2.31%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
 * 55,516
 * 60.17%
 * 55,711
 * 60.38%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions
 * 36,745
 * 39.83%
 * 36,551
 * 39.62%
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result
 * colspan="2" style="background-color:" | UMP HOLD
 * }
 * 1.79%
 * 1,289
 * 2.31%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
 * 55,516
 * 60.17%
 * 55,711
 * 60.38%
 * colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions
 * 36,745
 * 39.83%
 * 36,551
 * 39.62%
 * colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result
 * colspan="2" style="background-color:" | UMP HOLD
 * }
 * colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result
 * colspan="2" style="background-color:" | UMP HOLD
 * }