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1st constituency of Charente
1st constituency of Charente
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	The three constituencies of Charente
	Charente in France
Deputy	René Pilato; LFI
Department	Charente
Cantons	Angoulême-Est, Angoulême-Nord, Angoulême-Ouest, Le Gond-Pontouvre, La Couronne, Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Soyaux
Registered voters	126,397
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The 1st constituency of Charente is a French legislative constituency in the Charente département.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Raymond Réthoré	UNR
	1962		UNR
	1967		UDR
	1968
	1973
	1978	Jean-Michel Boucheron	PS
	1981	Jean-Michel Boucheron	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Georges Chavanes	UDF
	1993	Georges Chavanes	UDF
	1997	Jean-Claude Viollet	PS
	2002
	2007
	2012	Martine Pinville
	2017	Thomas Mesnier	LREM
	2021		H
	2022		H
	2023	René Pilato	LFI
	2024	René Pilato	LFI

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
Candidate		Party	Alliance	Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	René Pilato	LFI	NFP	18,166	32.80	-5.27	20,288	35.75	-14.22
	Thomas Mesnier	HOR	ENS	16,784	30.30	-0.15	18,406	32.43	-17.60
	Marion Latus	RN		16,761	30.26	+14.21	18,061	31.82	new
	Alain Boivin	LR	UDC	2,226	4.02	-1.22
	Olivier Nicolas	LO		818	1.48	+0.58
	Doraline Bernard	REC		633	1.14	-3.13

Votes				55,388	100.00		56,755	100.00

Valid votes				55,388	97.21	-0.85	56,755	97.40	+5.00
Blank votes				1,079	1.89	+0.63	1,074	1.84	-3.09
Null votes				510	0.90	+0.22	439	0.75	-1.91
Turnout				56,977	67.70	+18.39	58,268	69.17	+20.48
Abstentions				27,181	32.30	-18.39	25,970	30.83	-20.48
Registered voters				84,158			84,238

Source: [1]
Result				LFI WIN FROM HOR

As LFI won the 2023 by-election, which was a gain from HOR, this result is stylised as a 'win' as opposed to a 'gain'.

2023 by-election: Charente's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HOR (Ensemble)	Thomas Mesnier	8,353	35.54	+5.09
	LFI (NUPÉS)	René Pilato	8,311	35.36	+7.83
	RN	Florent Benetreau	3,485	14.83	−1.22
	LR (UDC)	Alice Clergeau	1,107	4.71	−0.53
	Independent	Samuel Cazenave	843	3.59	N/A
	REC	Serge Bondon	500	2.13	−2.14
	DVE	Dominique Souchaud	480	2.04	−1.01
	LO	Olivier Nicolas	425	1.81	+0.91
Turnout			24,146	28.76	−20.55
2nd round result
	LFI (NUPÉS)	René Pilato	12,200	50.99	+1.02
	HOR (Ensemble)	Thomas Mesnier	11,726	49.01	−1.02
Turnout			25,362	30.21	−18.48
	LFI gain from HOR

Legislative Election 2022: Charente's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HOR (Ensemble)	Thomas Mesnier	12,336	30.45	-7.55
	LFI (NUPÉS)	René Pilato	11,152	27.53	-5.90
	RN	Anna Martinese	6,503	16.05	+6.68
	PS	Jean-François Dauré	5,065	12.50	N/A
	LR (UDC)	Alice Clergeau	2,122	5.24	−6.20
	REC	Dominique De Lorgeril	1,731	4.27	N/A
	DVE	Corinne Berthelot	1,237	3.05	N/A
	LO	Olivier Nicolas	363	0.90	N/A
Turnout			40,509	49.31	+1.15
2nd round result
	HOR (Ensemble)	Thomas Mesnier	18,854	50.03	-9.92
	LFI (NUPÉS)	René Pilato	18,830	49.97	+9.92
Turnout			37,684	48.69	+7.06
	HOR gain from LREM

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Thomas Mesnier	REM	15,228	38.00	19,360	59.95
	Martine Boutin	FI	5,331	13.30	12,935	40.05
	Martine Pinville	PS	4,642	11.58
	Élise Vouvet	LR	4,586	11.44
	Geoffray Gourré	FN	3,756	9.37
	Djillali Merioua	PCF	1,822	4.55
	Odile Achard	ECO	1,605	4.00
	Vincent You	DVD	1,595	3.98
	Olivier Gallet	EXD	396	0.99
	Olivier Nicolas	EXG	347	0.87
	Guillaume Serrano	DIV	258	0.64
	Aline Blancher Mouquet	DVG	229	0.57
	Dominique de Lorgeril	DIV	206	0.51
	Clément Séjourné	DVG	71	0.18
	Rodolphe Petit-Galland	DVD	3	0.01

Votes			40,075	100.00	32,295	100.00

Valid votes			40,075	97.91	32,295	91.33
Blank votes			575	1.40	1,902	5.38
Null votes			281	0.69	1,165	3.29
Turnout			40,931	48.16	35,362	41.63
Abstentions			44,065	51.84	49,573	58.37
Registered voters			84,996		84,935

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Legislative Election 2012: Charente's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Martine Pinville	23,009	50.08
	UMP	Élise Vouvet	9,964	21.69
	FN	Marie-Christine Cardoso	4,757	10.35
	FG	Marie-Hélène Boutet de Monvel	2,673	6.01
	VIA	Vincent You	2,017	4.39
	EELV	Cyril Tardat	1,708	3.72
	Independent	Dominique de Lorgeril	546	1.19
	NPA	Michel Deboeuf	304	0.66
	NC	Catherine Tarrius	257	0.56
	CNIP	Alain Chailloux	254	0.55
	LO	Jean-Pierre Courtois	200	0.44
	AR	Danielle Duclos	96	0.21
	DLF	Jean-Carlo Sitzia-Le Blond	68	0.15
Turnout			46,619	55.30
	PS hold		Swing

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charente’s 1st Constituency^[2]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Claude Viollet	Socialist Party	PS	15,615	40.93%	22,687	58.74%
	Martine Faury	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	13,309	34.89%	15,935	41.26%
	Samuel Cazenave	Democratic Movement	MoDem	3,197	8.38%
	Jean-Yves Le Turdu	The Greens	VEC	1,145	3.00%
	Yseult Goutierre	Front National	FN	1,017	2.67%
	Jean-Pierre Bellefaye	Far Left	EXG	933	2.45%
	Fanny Luteau	Communist	PCF	716	1.88%
	Danièle Duclaud	Movement for France	MPF	588	1.54%
	Yann Andrieux	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	506	1.33%
	Jean-Pierre Courtois	Far Left	EXG	326	0.85%
	Valérie Paour	Ecologist	ECO	287	0.75%
	Alain Chailloux	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	261	0.68%
	Josette Blanc	Independent	DIV	249	0.65%

Total				38,149	100%	38,622	100%

Registered voters				63,709		63,710
Blank/Void ballots				895	2.29%	955	2.41%
Turnout				39,044	61.28%	39,577	62.12%
Abstentions				24,665	38.72%	24,133	37.88%

Result						PS HOLD

French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).