Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département. 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.

5th constituency of Loire-Atlantique

French National Assembly constituency
Constituency in Department
Location of Loire-Atlantique in France
Deputy	Luc Geismar MoDem
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Cantons	Ancenis, Carquefou, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, Ligné, Nantes VIII, Riaillé, Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, Varades

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Édouard Landrain	UDF
	1993
	1997
	2002		UMP
	2007	Michel Ménard	PS
	2012
	2017	Sarah El Haïry	MoDem
	2020	Luc Geismar[notes 1]

1. Replaced Sarah El Haïry in Auguast 2020 when she was appointed Secretary of State in charge of Youth and Engagement in the Jean Castex government in August 2020

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sarah El Haïry	MoDem	26,346	41.35	27,613	61.02
	Michel Ménard	PS	8,886	13.95	17,636	38.98
	Frédéric Maindron	UDI	8,774	13.77
	Katell Andromaque	FI	8,723	13.69
	Arnaud de Rigné	FN	4,052	6.36
	Franco Fedele	ECO	2,965	4.65
	Solange Dalifard	DLF	862	1.35
	Pierre-Emmanuel Marais	REG	654	1.03
	Dominique Anée	DVD	479	0.75
	Michel Laboureur	PCF	465	0.73
	Didier Lefebvre	REG	434	0.68
	Hugo Sonnier	DIV	392	0.62
	Josette Bioret	DVG	352	0.55
	Stéphane Pellegrini	EXG	337	0.53
Votes			63,721	100.00	45,249	100.00
Valid votes			63,721	98.29	45,249	88.66
Blank votes			793	1.22	4,284	8.39
Null votes			317	0.49	1,506	2.95
Turnout			64,831	55.73	51,039	43.87
Abstentions			51,504	44.27	65,292	56.13
Registered voters			116,335		116,331
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency[1]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Michel Ménard	PS	29,193	45.08%	36,040	60.23%
	Maurice Perrion	AC	19,020	29.37%	23,796	39.77%
	Anne Etourneau	FN	5,542	8.56%
	Geneviève Lebouteux	EELV	4,034	6.23%
	Françoise Thibaud Mesle	FG	2,786	4.30%
	Noura Moreau	DVD	1,030	1.59%
	Annie Le Gal La Salle	MEI	917	1.42%
	Marie Levrel	UDB	663	1.02%
	Loic Maurice	CNIP	661	1.02%
	Jean-François Lajeunesse	MRC	560	0.86%
	Patricia Peillon	LO	192	0.30%
	Jean-Pierre Bréus	POI	159	0.25%
Valid votes			64,757	98.81%	59,836	97.67%
Spoilt and null votes			783	1.19%	1,426	2.33%
Votes cast / turnout			65,540	62.02%	61,262	57.97%
Abstentions			40,129	37.98%	44,414	42.03%
Registered voters			105,669	100.00%	105,676	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Robert Diat	28,973	38.75
	PS	Michel Ménard	23,791	31.82
	MoDem	Maurice Perrion	10,603	14.18
	LV	Dominique Trichet-Allaire	3,297	4.41
	EXG	Christine Moiselet	1,695	2.27
	Others	N/A	3,951
Turnout			76,029	66.15
2nd round result
	PS	Michel Ménard	36,891	51.11
	UMP	Robert Diat	35,292	48.89
Turnout			73,861	64.27
	PS gain from UMP

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Edouard Landrain	32,537	45.39
	LV	Patrick Cotrel	22,040	31.72
	FN	Monique Juguet	3,813	5.49
	PRG	Alexandre Mazzorana	2,895	4.17
	MPF	Sandra Bureau	1,679	2.42
	Others	N/A	7,514
Turnout			71,073	68.16
2nd round result
	UMP	Edouard Landrain	34,171	54.24
	LV	Patrick Cotrel	28,831	45.76
Turnout			64,791	62.13
	UMP gain from UDF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Edouard Landrain	24,378	39.86
	PRG	Alexandre Mazzorana	16,885	27.61
	FN	Christophe Bouhier	5,674	9.28
	PCF	Patricia Morinière	3,344	5.47
	EXG	Patrick Coterel	2,992	4.89
	DVD	Sandra Bureau	2,580	4.22
	GE	Thomas Limeul	1,553	2.54
	MRC	Jean-François Lajeunesse	1,460	2.39
	Others	N/A	2,287
Turnout			64,876	70.07
2nd round result
	UDF	Edouard Landrain	33,569	53.28
	PRG	Alexandre Mazzorana	29,439	46.72
Turnout			66,378	71.69
	UDF hold

Sources

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

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