Vendée's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée département. It elects one MP to the National Assembly of France.

2nd constituency of Vendée
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Vendée's 2nd Constituency shown within Vendée
Deputy
DepartmentVendée
CantonsChantonnay, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, La Mothe-Achard, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, La Roche-sur-Yon Sud, Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Registered voters109665[1]

Description

The 2nd Constituency of Vendée stretches from the southern half of La Roche-sur-Yon to the southern edge of the department.

Between 1988 and 2012 this constituency consistently returned conservative centre-right candidates.to the National Assembly. In 2012 the seat elected a Socialist Party deputy for the first time, followed in 2017 by Patricia Gallerneau of the MoDem.[2]

Patricia Gallerneau, a member of the MoDem and related group, was elected to this constituency following the 2017 elections. She died from cancer in July 2019 and was replaced by her substitute Patrick Loiseau, who sits in the same group. Loiseau lost his seat in the 2022 election, and was succeeded by Béatrice Bellamy.

Assembly Members

ElectionMemberParty
1988Philippe MestreUDF
1993
1997Dominique CaillaudDVD
2002UMP
2007
2012Sylviane Bulteau [fr]PS
2017Patricia GallerneauMoDem
2019Patrick Loiseau
2022Béatrice BellamyH

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Horizons (Ensemble)Béatrice Bellamy 14,334 25.97 -10.19
LFI (NUPÉS)Nicolas Helary 12,053 21.84 -3.58
RNFranck Laloue9,66517.51+6.31
LR (UDC)Maxence De Rugy9,57217.34+0.65
ECONinon Greau2,5684.65N/A
LREMPatrick Loiseau*2,1953.98N/A
RECBrigitte Neveux2,1573.91N/A
OthersN/A2,6564.81
Turnout55,20050.50-1.36
2nd round result
Horizons (Ensemble)Béatrice Bellamy 28,722 58.42 -1.16
LFI (NUPÉS)Nicolas Helary20,44141.58N/A
Turnout49,16348.11+9.59
Horizons gain from MoDem

* LREM dissident not supported by the Ensemble Citoyens alliance

[3]

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MoDemPatricia Gallerneau 19,405 36.16
LRBéatrice Bellamy 8,957 16.69
PSSylviane Bulteau6,42511.97
FNGabriel De Chabot6,01211.20
LFIDominique Chevolleau5,3299.93
DVDRaoul Mestre3,0775.73
EELVMichel Raynaud1,8893.52
OthersN/A2,573
Turnout53,66751.86
2nd round result
MoDemPatricia Gallerneau 23,748 59.58
LRBéatrice Bellamy16,11340.42
Turnout39,86138.52
MoDem gain from PS

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PSSylviane Bulteau 22,999 39.06
UMPDominique Caillaud 20,190 34.29
FNBrigitte Neveux6,02410.23
DVDRaoul Mestre3,3585.70
FGJocelyn Abjean2,1253.61
EELVMarie-Yannick Brizar Le Borgne1,4882.53
OthersN/A2,699
Turnout58,88360.17
2nd round result
PSSylviane Bulteau 29,265 51.79
UMPDominique Caillaud27,24148.21
Turnout56,50657.74
PS gain from UMP

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UMPDominique Caillaud 26,649 46.77
PSSylviane Bulteau 16,471 28.91
MoDemRaoul Mestre6,06710.65
LVYann Helary2,0233.55
FNGeorges Kouskoff1,2682.23
OthersN/A4,505
Turnout58,44363.68
2nd round result
UMPDominique Caillaud 29,393 54.78
PSSylviane Bulteau24,26345.22
Turnout55,22660.18
UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UMPDominique Caillaud 23,634 43.41
PSSylviane Bulteau 15,372 28.23
DVDRaoul Mestre4,7768.77
FNJean-Marie Dieulangard3,4426.32
LVYann Helary1,6993.12
LMRNathalie Botton1,2532.30
ECOPhilippe Boursier1,1372.09
OthersN/A3,136
Turnout56,01267.22
2nd round result
UMPDominique Caillaud 28,150 58.28
PSSylviane Bulteau20,15141.72
Turnout49,74259.70
UMP gain from DVD

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PSJosiane Migeon 12,708 25.28
DVDDominique Caillaud 10,386 20.66
UDFBernard Suaud10,12720.15
DVDRaoul Mestre4,6379.22
FNGuillaume Vouzellaud4,5178.99
LVAnnick Tarot3,6817.32
PCFJean-Claude Martineau2,9655.90
DIVYvonne Péon1,0462.08
OthersN/A201
Turnout54,53872.26
2nd round result
DVDDominique Caillaud 28,669 54.92
PSJosiane Migeon23,53545.08
Turnout55,83873.98
DVD gain from UDF

References