Finistère's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère département, comprising the city of Brest.

2nd constituency of Finistère

French National Assembly constituency
Constituency in department
Finistère in France
Deputy	Jean-Charles Larsonneur REM
Department	Finistère
Cantons	(pre-2015) Brest-Cavale-Blanche-Bohars-Guilers, Brest-Centre, Brest-Kerichen, Brest-L'Hermitage-Gouesnou, Brest-Lambezellec, Brest-Saint-Marc

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Georges Lombard	CNIP
	1962	Charles Le Goasguen	UNR
	1967	Georges Lombard	CNIP
	1968	Michel de Bennetot	UDR
	1978	Eugène Berest	UDF
	1981	Joseph Gourmelon	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Joseph Gourmelon	PS
	1993	Bertrand Cousin	RPR
	1997	Jean-Noël Kerdraon	PS
	2002	Patricia Adam	PS
	2007
	2012
	2017	Jean-Charles Larsonneur	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Charles Larsonneur	REM	15,764	39.99	18,638	59.58
	Pierre-Yves Cadalen	FI	5,954	15.10	12,646	40.42
	Patricia Adam	PS	5,559	14.10
	Véronique Bourbigot	LR	4,612	11.70
	Karine Léal	FN	2,865	7.27
	Nathalie Chaline	ECO	1,203	3.05
	Éric Guellec	PCF	624	1.58
	Christophe Monnier	DVD	596	1.51
	Colette Kerrain	REG	419	1.06
	Jean-François Labiau	DIV	365	0.93
	Patrick Merdy	REG	298	0.76
	Barthélémy Gonella	DVG	291	0.74
	Gaëtan Segalen	DIV	278	0.71
	André Cherblanc	EXG	264	0.67
	Gilles Le Roux	DIV	175	0.44
	Roger Calvez	EXG	155	0.39
Votes			39,422	100.00	31,284	100.00
Valid votes			39,422	97.90	31,284	91.31
Blank votes			827	2.05	2,851	8.32
Null votes			20	0.05	125	0.36
Turnout			40,269	51.81	34,260	44.08
Abstentions			37,455	48.19	43,464	55.92
Registered voters			77,724		77,724
Source: Ministry of the Interior[1]

2012

2012 legislative election in Finistere's 2nd constituency[2]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patricia Adam	PS	20,655	49.36%	26,134	66.84%
	Marc Berthelot	UMP	9,416	22.50%	12,963	33.16%
	Madeleine Fabre	FN	3,595	8.59%
	Jacqueline Here	FG	2,824	6.75%
	Fortuné Pellicano	MoDem	2,030	4.85%
	Julie Le Goic	EELV	1,959	4.68%
	Anne-Marie Kervern	UDB	657	1.57%
	Sylvie Gourmelen	NPA	358	0.86%
	Lydie Contignon	POI	184	0.44%
	André Cherblanc	LO	167	0.40%
Valid votes			41,845	98.18%	39,097	96.56%
Spoilt and null votes			776	1.82%	1,394	3.44%
Votes cast / turnout			42,621	54.56%	40,491	51.84%
Abstentions			35,493	45.44%	37,623	48.16%
Registered voters			78,114	100.00%	78,114	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Finistère's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Patricia Adam	15,653	36.77
	UMP	Jean Yves Le Borgne	14,710	34.56
	MoDem	Yves Pages	4,633	10.88
	EXG	Patrick Appere	1,438	3.38
	LV	Marif Loussouarn	1,324	3.11
	EXG	André Garcon	1,121	2.63
	PCF	Gaëlle Abily	1,060	2.49
	Others	N/A	2,630
Turnout			43,219	60.68
2nd round result
	PS	Patricia Adam	23,681	55.51
	UMP	Jean Yves Le Borgne	18,980	44.49
Turnout			43,694	61.35
	PS hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Finistère's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Patricia Adam	14,895	34.50
	UMP	Claudine Peron	11,437	26.49
	DVD	Jacques Berthelot	6,642	15.38
	FN	Yves Sellier	2,137	4.95
	EXG	Patrick Appere	2,098	4.86
	LV	Marif Loussouarn	2,035	4.71
	PCF	Gaëlle Abily	985	2.28
	Others	N/A	2,944
Turnout			43,666	64.18
2nd round result
	PS	Patricia Adam	22,085	52.71
	UMP	Claudine Peron	19,815	47.29
Turnout			42,796	62.90
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Finistère's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Noël Kerdraon	13,084	29.86
	RPR	Jacques Berthelot	9,210	21.02
	UDF	Yannick Marzin	6,160	14.06
	FN	Olivier Morize	3,689	8.42
	PS	Joseph Gourmelon*	2,632	6.01
	PCF	Jacqueline Here	2,250	5.14
	LV	Marie-Françoise Loussouarn	1,862	4.25
	LO	André Cherblanc	1,143	2.61
	EXG	Louis Aminot	995	2.27
	GE	Albert Mevellec	992	2.26
	Others	N/A	1,799
Turnout			45,252	65.85
2nd round result
	PS	Jean-Noël Kerdraon	25,424	54.99
	RPR	Jacques Berthelot	20,806	45.01
Turnout			47,886	69.69
	PS gain from RPR

* PS dissident

References

1. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-12-20.