Var's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of the Var (French: Cinquième circonscription du Var) is a French legislative constituency in the Var 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 Var

French National Assembly constituency
Var's 5th Constituency shown within the Var.
Deputy	Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer [1] MoDem
Department	Var
Cantons	Fréjus, Le Muy, Saint-Raphaël
Registered voters	96,236 [2]

Description

The 4th constituency of the Var lies in the east of the department around the historic town of Fréjus and the neighbouring town of Saint-Raphaël.

The constituency has traditionally supported centre right candidates, however in the 2017 election the mainstream conservative The Republicans candidate came third in the first round behind both the Emmanuel Macron backed MoDems and the far right National Front.[3]

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	François Léotard	UDF
	2002	Georges Ginesta	UMP
	2017	Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer	MoDem

[1]

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Var's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MoDem	Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer	12,513	28.58
	FN	Gilles Longo	11,188	25.55
	LR	Guillaume Decard	8,509	19.43
	FI	Catherine Aubry	2,736	6.25
	DVD	Jonathan Dery	1,758	4.01
	DIV	Luc Laine	1,405	3.21
	DVG	Jean-Pierre Meynet	1,227	2.80
	EELV	Jacky Giral	880	2.01
	Others	N/A	3,573
Turnout			43,789	45.50
2nd round result
	MoDem	Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer	20,061	53.24
	FN	Gilles Longo	17,622	46.76
Turnout			37,683	39.16
	MoDem gain from LR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Var's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jordi Dit Georges Ginesta	21,209	40.87
	FN	David Rachline	13,261	25.56
	PS	Martine Bouvard	10,938	21.08
	MoDem	Philippe Michel	3,362	6.48
	FG	Marie-Dominique Fievre	1,494	2.88
	Others	N/A	1,624
Turnout			51,888	57.00
2nd round result
	UMP	Jordi Dit Georges Ginesta	24,955	59.64
	FN	David Rachline	16,888	40.36
Turnout			41,843	45.97
	UMP hold

References

1. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/elections/circonscription/2017/resultats/83/05