Ain's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of the Ain is a French legislative constituency in the Ain département. It was created by ordinance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009, ratified by the French Parliament on 21 January 2010. It consists of the cantons of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Brénod, Champagne-in-Valromey, Hauteville-Lompnes, Izernore, Lhuis, Nantua, North Oyonnax, Oyonnax South, Poncin, Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Virieu-le-Grand. The constituency was first contested in the 2012 legislative elections.

Ain's 5th constituency
Constituency for the National Assembly
Boundary of Ain's 5th constituency in Ain
Location of Ain within France
Department	Ain
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Population	114,097
Current constituency
Deputy	Damien Abad
Political party	LR
Parliamentary group	LR

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	2012	Damien Abad	Union for a Popular Movement
	2015		The Republicans
	2017

Election results

2012

 Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ain's 5th Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Damien Abad	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	13,231	31.81%	22,008	56.40%
	Josiane Exposito	Socialist Party	PS	11,857	28.51%	17,012	43.60%
	Patrick Sokolowski	National Front	FN	7,482	17.99%
	Michel Perraud	Radical Party	PRV	3,946	9.49%
	Mylène Ferri	Left Front	FG	3,046	7.32%
	Jean Galienne	Ecologist	ECO	446	1.07%
	Brigitte Sansano	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	305	0.73%
	Patrick Royer	Ecologist	ECO	301	0.72%
	Bernard Favre	Ecologist	ECO	232	0.56%
	Jean-Michel Boulme	Far Left	EXG	222	0.53%
	Christophe Ceresero-Lanes	Far Left	EXG	184	0.44%
	Bernard Leger	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	176	0.42%
	Guy Largeron	Far Left	EXG	165	0.40%
Total				41,593	100%	39,020	100%
Registered voters				73,718		73,713
Blank/Void ballots				557	1.32%	1,302	3.23%
Turnout				42,150	57.18%	40,322	54.70%
Abstentions				31,568	42.82%	33,391	45.30%
Result						UMP WIN

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Damien Abad	LR	12,743	35.00	19,383	67.02
	Hélène de Meire	REM	9,149	25.13	9,538	32.98
	Pénélope Chalon	FN	5,599	15.38
	Bertrand Jacquier	FI	3,759	10.32
	Carole Pontier	ECO	1,051	2.89
	Élodie Schwander	PS	1,032	2.83
	Mylène Ferri	PCF	809	2.22
	Ahmet Cetin	DIV	721	1.98
	Claude Juillet	DLF	637	1.75
	Monique Meudan	DIV	398	1.09
	Jean-Philippe Archeny	DIV	231	0.63
	Guy Largeron	EXG	158	0.43
	Jean-Michel Boulmé	EXG	121	0.33
Votes			36,408	100.00	28,921	100.00
Valid votes			36,408	98.53	28,921	91.18
Blank votes			374	1.01	2,050	6.46
Null votes			168	0.45	749	2.36
Turnout			36,950	49.03	31,720	42.13
Abstentions			38,409	50.97	43,569	57.87
Registered voters			75,359		75,289
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.