Var's 8th constituency

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

8th constituency of Var

French National Assembly constituency
Var's 8th Constituency shown within the Var.
Deputy	Fabien Matras [1] LREM
Department	Var
Cantons	Aups, Barjols, Callas, Comps-sur-Artuby, Cotignac, Draguignan, Fayence, Rians, Salernes, Tavernes
Registered voters	104,360 [2]

Description

The 8th constituency of the Var covers the north of the department, it was created as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.

At the 2017 election the incumbent mainstream conservative The Republicans deputy came third in the first round behind both the Emmanuel Macron's En Marche! and the far right National Front. [3]

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	2012	Olivier Audibert-Troin	UMP
	2017	Fabien Matras	LREM

[1]

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Var's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Fabien Matras	16,619	32.61
	FN	Pierre Jugy	12,161	23.87
	LR	Olivier Audibert-Troin	11,879	23.31
	FI	Patricia Massis-Callet	4,989	9.79
	EELV	Bruno Delport	1,374	2.70
	DVD	Clémence Razeau	1,072	2.10
	Others	N/A	2,862
Turnout			50,956	48.82
2nd round result
	LREM	Fabien Matras	24,209	57.71
	FN	Pierre Jugy	17,743	42.29
Turnout			41,952	40.20
	LREM gain from LR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Var's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Olivier Audibert-Troin	18,257	30.76
	PS	Bernard Clap	16,583	27.94
	FN	Geneviève Blanc	13,813	23.27
	DVD	Max Piselli	3,194	5.38
	FG	Joëlle Mecagni	2,789	4.70
	DIV	Pierre Jugy	2,089	3.52
	Others	N/A	2,635
Turnout			59,360	59.44
2nd round result
	UMP	Olivier Audibert-Troin	24,125	40.53
	PS	Bernard Clap	22,030	37.01
	FN	Geneviève Blanc	13,363	22.45
Turnout			59,518	59.61
	UMP win (new seat)

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/83/08