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
Denis Masséglia[1]
RE
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

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

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

[1]

Election results

2024

Candidate Party Alliance First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Denis Masséglia REN Ensemble 17,730 33.70 33,204 '
Gilles Bourdouleix LR UXD 16,066 30.54 17,310 34.21
France Moreau LFI NPF 11,220 21.33 82 0.16
Jacquelin Ligot LR 5,362 10.19
Frédéric Guyard DLF DSV 822 1.56
Didier Testu LO 821 1.56
Véronique Estang R 583 1.11
Valid votes 52,604 96.81 50,596 94.24
Blank votes 1,207 2.22 2,298 4.28
Null votes 529 0.97 795 0.99
Turnout 54,340 67.84 53,689 67.01
Abstentions 25,757 32.16 26,436 32.99
Registered voters 80,097 80,125
Source: [1]
Result RE HOLD

2022

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

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

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

  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.