Rhône's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of the Rhône (French: Cinquième circonscription du Rhône) is a French legislative constituency in the Rhône département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

5th constituency of Rhône

French National Assembly constituency
Rhône's's 5th Constituency shown within Rhône.
Deputy	Blandine Brocard [1] LREM
Department	Rhône
Cantons	Caluire-et-Cuire, Limonest, Neuville-sur-Saône
Registered voters	88072 [2]

Description

The 5th constituency of the Rhône lies to the north east of Lyon. The seat includes the town of Caluire-et-Cuire a suburb of the city as well as Neuville-sur-Saône further to the north on the Saône river.

Until 2017 the voters in the 5th had consistently supported candidates from the centre right when it fell to the En Marche! coalition along with all but two seats in the whole of the Rhône.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Jean Rigaud	UDF
	2002	Philippe Cochet	UMP
	2017	Blandine Brocard	LREM

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Rhône's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Blandine Brocard	20,890	45.80
	LR	Philippe Cochet	12,007	26.33
	FI	Céline Bernardi	3,552	7.79
	FN	Cécile Bene	3,544	7.77
	EELV	Jérôme Trotignon	2,769	6.07
	Others	N/A	2,847
Turnout			45,609	51.78
2nd round result
	LREM	Blandine Brocard	22,348	60.26
	LR	Philippe Cochet	14,740	39.74
Turnout			37,088	42.11
	LREM gain from LR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Rhône's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Philippe Cochet	23,486	47.78
	PS	Jacky Darne	14,034	28.55
	FN	Alain Chevalier	5,835	11.87
	EELV	Véronique Toutant	2,098	4.27
	FG	Véronique Chiavazza	1,945	3.96
	Others	N/A	1,760
Turnout			49,158	61.03
2nd round result
	UMP	Philippe Cochet	27,362	61.29
	PS	Jacky Darne	17,283	38.71
Turnout			44,645	55.42
	UMP hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Rhône's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Philippe Cochet	29,258	55.92
	PS	Marie-France Lambert	10,385	19.85
	MoDem	Yves-Marie Uhlrich	4,451	8.51
	LV	Etienne Boursey	2,145	4.10
	FN	Marie-Christine de Penfentenyo	1,983	3.79
	EXG	Fabien Malvaud	1,046	2.00
	Others	N/A	2,012
Turnout			52,760	62.90
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Rhône's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Philippe Cochet	16,879	31.84
	PRG	Francoise Mailler	11,440	21.58
	FN	Marie-Christine de Penfentenyo	6,323	11.93
	UDF	Gilles Vesco	6,201	11.70
	DVD	Jacques Meyer	5,311	10.02
	DVD	Agnes Gardon-Chemain	1,898	3.58
	PCF	Madeleine Jorand	1,086	2.05
	Others	N/A	3,876
Turnout			53,617	67.78
2nd round result
	UMP	Philippe Cochet	29,989	65.47
	PRG	Francoise Mailler	15,817	34.53
Turnout			47,119	59.57
	UMP gain from UDF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Rhône's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Jean Rigaud	13,632	27.80
	PS	Madeleine Petitjean	10,923	22.27
	FN	Pierre Terrier	8,763	17.87
	UDF	Bernard Roger-Dalbert*	5,978	12.19
	PCF	Madeleine Jorand	2,851	5.81
	LV	Etienne Tête	1,723	3.51
	DVD	Philippe Lamy	1,612	3.29
	GE	Jean-Pierre Allegre	1,161	2.37
	MEI	Anne Romer	1,130	2.30
	Others	N/A	1,266
Turnout			50,988	66.93
2nd round result
	UDF	Jean Rigaud	31,161	61.26
	PS	Madeleine Petitjean	19,707	38.74
Turnout			53,701	70.50
	UDF hold

* UDF dissident

References

1. "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.