Rhône's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of the Rhône (French: Huitième 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.

8th constituency of Rhône

French National Assembly constituency
Rhône's's 8th Constituency shown within Rhône.
Deputy	Patrice Verchère [1] LR
Department	Rhône
Cantons	Amplepuis, L'Arbresle, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Ecully, Lamure-sur-Azergues, Tarare, Thizy
Registered voters	102568 [2]

Description

The 8th constituency of the Rhône lies in the north of the department and is largely rural in character.

The voters of the 8th have consistently returned conservative deputies to the National Assembly, this seat being one of only two in the department to resist the En Marche! landslide in 2017.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Alain Mayoud	UDF
	1993	Michel Mercier	UDF
	1997	Robert Lamy	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007	Patrice Verchère	UMP
	2017		LR

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Rhône's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Joëlle Terroir	19,021	37.03
	LR	Patrice Verchère	16,492	32.10
	FI	Fabien De Marchi	4,976	9.69
	FN	Pierre Terrail	4,829	9.40
	EELV	Bénédicte Hominal	2,093	4.07
	Others	N/A	3,958
Turnout			51,369	50.09
2nd round result
	LR	Patrice Verchère	23,721	53.62
	LREM	Joëlle Terroir	20,514	46.38
Turnout			44,235	43.13
	LR hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Rhône's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Patrice Verchère	28,566	48.02
	PS	Sheila Mc Carron	16,446	27.65
	FN	Paul-Alexandre Martin	8,159	13.72
	FG	Laurent Moreno	2,364	3.97
	MoDem	Charlotte Hoffmann	1,684	2.83
	Others	N/A	2,265
Turnout			59,484	60.43
2nd round result
	UMP	Patrice Verchère	34,221	63.48
	PS	Sheila Mc Carron	19,684	36.52
Turnout			53,905	54.77
	UMP hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Rhône's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Patrice Verchère	26,879	53.43
	PS	Sheila McCarron	8,982	17.85
	MoDem	Jean-Pierre Guillot	4,855	9.65
	FN	Geoffrey Daquin	2,495	4.96
	LV	Véronique Toutant	1,779	3.54
	EXG	Paul Brichler	1,125	2.24
	PCF	Andrée Giroudon-Zelez	1,065	2.12
	Others	N/A	3,131
Turnout			51,288	62.38
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Rhône's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Robert Lamy	27,743	55.79
	PS	Yvon Olivier	10,177	20.46
	FN	Marie Veyret	6,358	12.78
	LV	Johanne Ruyssen	1,232	2.48
	Others	N/A	4,221
Turnout			50,608	66.17
	UMP hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Rhône's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Robert Lamy	15,452	33.04
	PS	Maurice Depaix	14,127	30.21
	FN	Maurice Lièvre	8,107	17.34
	DVD	Antoine Duperray	2,245	4.80
	PCF	Bernard Bondon	1,889	4.04
	LV	Marc Jedliczka	1,323	2.83
	LO	Janine Laloy	1,180	2.52
	Others	N/A	2,439
Turnout			49,104	69.06
2nd round result
	RPR	Robert Lamy	26,321	53.99
	PS	Maurice Depaix	22,433	46.01
Turnout			51,568	72.53
	RPR gain from UDF

References

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