Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département, covering the western part of the city of Nantes. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

1st constituency of Loire-Atlantique

French National Assembly constituency
Constituency in Department
Location of Loire-Atlantique in France
Deputy	François de Rugy PE (app. REM)
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Cantons	Nantes I, Nantes VI, Nantes VII, Orvault

Description

From 1958 to 1986, the constituency was made up of the cantons of Nantes-1, 2 and 3.[1]

Deputy since 2007, Francois de Rugy, was President of the National Assembly between 2017 and 2018.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1988	Monique Papon	UDF
	1993
	1997	Patrick Rimbert	PS
	2002	Jean-Pierre Le Ridant	UMP
	2007	François de Rugy	EELV
	2012
	2017		PE-LREM
	2018	Mounir Belhamiti	LREM	Substitute for François de Rugy, replaced him while he was Minister for the Ecological Transition, from 5th October 2018 to 16 August 2019
	2019	François de Rugy	PE-LREM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	François de Rugy	PE	18,645	45.34	18,796	66.14
	Julien Bainvel	LR	7,092	17.24	9,622	33.86
	Sylvie Clabecq	FI	4,935	12.00
	Aymeric Seassau	PCF	2,980	7.25
	Jean-Michel Mézange	ECO	1,920	4.67
	Guylène Friard	FN	1,822	4.43
	Blandine Krysmann	DVD	828	2.01
	Margot Medkour	DVG	554	1.35
	Nicole Girel	ECO	450	1.09
	Hippolyte Le Routier	DLF	449	1.09
	Michel Beaupré	REG	345	0.84
	Sylvie Garcia	DIV	282	0.69
	Antoine Nivard	DVD	206	0.50
	Sarah Frison	DIV	196	0.48
	Philippe Renaud	REG	160	0.39
	Hélène Defrance	EXG	152	0.37
	Guillaume Brunet	DVG	111	0.27
Votes			41,127	100.00	28,418	100.00
Valid votes			41,127	98.27	28,418	87.88
Blank votes			614	1.47	3,284	10.16
Null votes			111	0.27	636	1.97
Turnout			41,852	55.85	32,338	43.15
Abstentions			33,085	44.15	42,598	56.85
Registered voters			74,937		74,936
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency[2]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	François de Rugy	EELV–PS	20,804	47.83%	23,916	58.94%
	François Pinte	UMP	13,828	31.79%	16,659	41.06%
	Guylène Friard	FN	2,667	6.13%
	Aymeric Seassau	FG	2,248	5.17%
	Hervé Grelard	NC dissident	1,060	2.44%
	Blandine Krysmann	PCD	774	1.78%
	Christine Meyer	MRC	670	1.54%
	Nicole Girel	??	529	1.22%
	Alexandre Eveno	PFE	374	0.86%
	Claudine Jegourel	NPA	293	0.67%
	Nicolas Bazille	LO	156	0.36%
	Chérine Sultan	SP	92	0.21%
Valid votes			43,495	98.89%	40,575	97.73%
Spoilt and null votes			486	1.11%	943	2.27%
Votes cast / turnout			43,981	60.44%	41,518	57.05%
Abstentions			28,791	39.56%	31,254	42.95%
Registered voters			72,772	100.00%	72,772	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Le Ridant	19,009	42.10
	LV	François de Rugy	15,800	34.99
	MoDem	Valérie Lorin	4,151	9.19
	EXG	Régis Boudaud	1,202	2.66
	Others	N/A	4,991
Turnout			45,765	62.78
2nd round result
	LV	François de Rugy	23,029	52.03
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Le Ridant	21,231	47.97
Turnout			45,039	61.78
	LV gain from UMP

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Le Ridant	19,494	43.56
	PS	Patrick Rimbert	16,664	37.24
	FN	Lucie Blaie	2,435	5.44
	LV	François de Rugy	1,902	4.25
	Others	N/A	4,153
Turnout			45,332	65.47
2nd round result
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Le Ridant	21,469	51.65
	PS	Patrick Rimbert	20,100	48.35
Turnout			42,341	61.15
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Monique Papon	15,176	35.91
	PS	Patrick Rimbert	14,019	33.17
	FN	Pierre Péraldi	4,009	9.49
	DVE	Jean-Claude Demaure	2,561	6.06
	PCF	Catherine Gravoille	2,561	6.06
	DVD	Patricia Rio	1,714	4.06
	GE	Jane Williamson	1,283	3.04
	Others	N/A	941
Turnout			43,823	64.66
2nd round result
	PS	Patrick Rimbert	22,359	50.52
	UDF	Monique Papon	21,901	49.48
Turnout			45,941	67.78
	PS gain from UDF

References and Sources

1. "Composition des circonscriptions". Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets (version papier numérisée) (in French). French government. 241: 9372. 14 October 1958 – via https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo.
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

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