Vendée's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée 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 Vendée

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Pierre Henriet REM
Department	Vendée
Cantons	Chaillé-les-Marais, La Châtaigneraie, Fontenay-le-Comte, L'Hermenault, Luçon, Maillezais, Sainte-Hermine, Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Pierre Métais	PS
	1993	Joël Sarlot	UDF
	2002		DL
	2007		MPF
	2008	Dominique Souchet	MPF
	2012	Hugues Fourage	PS
	2017	Pierre Henriet	LREM

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Pierre Henriet	13,740	32.12
	PS	Hugues Fourage	8,400	19.63
	LR	Jean-Michel Lalere	8,247	19.28
	FN	Gérald Oberweis	4,390	10.26
	FI	Pierre Cotron	3,925	9.17
	EELV	Ghislaine Rautureau	1,163	2.72
	DVD	Olivier Boisseau	897	2.10
	Others	N/A	2,020
Turnout			42,782	52.52
2nd round result
	LREM	Pierre Henriet	17,999	53.36
	PS	Hugues Fourage	15,732	46.64
Turnout			33,731	41.41
	LREM gain from PS

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Hugues Fourage	17,461	35.71
	UMP	Joël Sarlot	13,519	27.65
	DVD	Dominique Souchet	8,755	17.90
	FN	Jean-Claude Pasquier	3,913	8.00
	FG	Michèle Tricoire	1,945	3.98
	EELV	Tony Demaurant	1,720	3.52
	AC	Béatrice Moinard	1,305	2.67
	Others	N/A	279
Turnout			48,897	60.71
2nd round result
	PS	Hugues Fourage	24,733	51.44
	UMP	Joël Sarlot	23,348	48.56
Turnout			48,081	59.62
	PS gain from MPF

2008

Vendée 5th by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MPF	Dominique Souchet	17,758	53.34	+1.22
	PS	Daniel David	10,438	31.35	+15.36
	MoDem	Sandra Cappi	2,481	7.45	+1.52
	EXG	Philippe Terroire	1,760	5.29	+2.40
	FN	Jean-Marie Dieulangard	858	2.58	+0.62
Turnout			33,936	42.6
	MPF gain from DVD		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée 5th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVD	Joël Sarlot	25,822	52.12
	PS	Claudette Boutet	7,921	15.99
	PRG	Jean-Claude Remaud	4,495	9.07
	LV	Jean Coirier	2,950	5.95
	MoDem	Thierry Hardouin	2,938	5.93
	EXG	Philippe Terroire	1,438	2.89
	CPNT	Dominique Bouhier	1,218	2.46
	FN	Thérèse Gaborit	1,129	2.38
	LO	Maryse Lepron	540	1.10
	MEI	Philippe Charreyron	467	0.94
	ECO	Claude Quintyn	320	0.65
	MNR	Anne-Marie Petit	307	0.62
	Independent	Nathalie Souyri	0	0.00
Turnout			50,732	63.98
	DVD hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée 5th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DL	Joël Sarlot	26,256	52.23
	LV	Jean Coirier	9,006	17.92
	PRG	Jean-Claude Remaud	8,029	15.97
	FN	Christiane Vrignaud	2,790	5.55
	CPNT	Érika Locteau	1,812	3.60
	PCF	Michèle Tricoire	1,161	2.31
	LO	Monique Marmaros	790	1.57
	MNR	Jacques Périssé	423	0.84
Turnout			51,407	67.10
	DL hold		Swing