Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Loire-Atlantique
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Constituency in Department
Location of Loire-Atlantique in France
Deputy
Karim Benbrahim
PS
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
CantonsNantes I, Nantes VI, Nantes VII, Orvault

The 1st constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département, covering the western part of the city of Nantes. 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.

Description

From 1958 to 1986, the constituency was made up of the cantons of Nantes-1, 2 and 3.[1]

Deputy since 2007, Francois de Rugy, was also the President of the National Assembly between 2017 and 2018.

Historic representation

Election Member Party Notes
1988 Monique Papon UDF
1993
1997 Patrick Rimbert PS
2002 Jean-Pierre Le Ridant UMP
2007 François de Rugy EELV
2012
2017 PÉ-LREM
2018 Mounir Belhamiti LREM Substitute for François de Rugy, replaced him while he was Minister for the Ecological Transition, from 5 October 2018 to 16 August 2019
2019 François de Rugy PÉ-LREM
2022 Mounir Belhamiti RE
2024 Karim Benbrahim PS

Election results

2024

Candidate Party Alliance First round Second round
Votes % +/– Votes % +/–
Karim Benbrahim PS NFP 23,671 43.20 +6.23 24 963 46,16 -1.76
Mounir Belhamiti REN Ensemble 20,488 37.39 +5.91 20 610 26,75 -25.33
Bryan Pecqueur RN 9,937 18.13 +11.74 8,501 10,99 new
Hélène Defrance LO 521 0.95 +0.27
Betty Collober NPA 181 0.33 new
Votes 54,798 100.00 54,074 100.00
Valid votes 54,798 97.55 -0.85 54,074 98.08 +3.60
Blank votes 1,193 2.12 +0.76 910 1.65 -2.97
Null votes 181 0.32 +0.08 148 0.27 -0.63
Turnout 56,172 72.63 +17.94 55,132 71.28 +17.61
Abstentions 21,170 27.37 -17.94 22,213 28.72 -17.61
Registered voters 77,342 77,345
Source: [1]
Result PS GAIN FROM LREM

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS (NUPÉS) Karim Benbrahim 15,343 36.97 +13.05
LREM (Ensemble) Mounir Belhamiti 13,067 31.48 -13.88
LR (UDC) Anthony Beraud 5,212 12.56 −4.68
RN Bryan Pecqueur 2,652 6.39 +1.96
REC Carol Godon 1,984 4.78 N/A
DVE Nicole Girel 1,852 4.46 N/A
Others N/A 1,394 3.36
Turnout 41,504 54.69 −1.16
2nd round result
LREM (Ensemble) Mounir Belhamiti 20,367 52.08 -14.06
PS (NUPÉS) Karim Benbrahim 18,739 47.92 N/A
Turnout 38,106 53.67 +10.52
LREM gain from PÉ

[2]

2017

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
François de Rugy PE 18,645 45.34 18,796 66.14
Julien Bainvel LR 7,092 17.24 9,622 33.86
Sylvie Clabecq FI 4,935 12.00
Aymeric Seassau PCF 2,980 7.25
Jean-Michel Mézange ECO 1,920 4.67
Guylène Friard FN 1,822 4.43
Blandine Krysmann DVD 828 2.01
Margot Medkour DVG 554 1.35
Nicole Girel ECO 450 1.09
Hippolyte Le Routier DLF 449 1.09
Michel Beaupré REG 345 0.84
Sylvie Garcia DIV 282 0.69
Antoine Nivard DVD 206 0.50
Sarah Frison DIV 196 0.48
Philippe Renaud REG 160 0.39
Hélène Defrance EXG 152 0.37
Guillaume Brunet DVG 111 0.27
Votes 41,127 100.00 28,418 100.00
Valid votes 41,127 98.27 28,418 87.88
Blank votes 614 1.47 3,284 10.16
Null votes 111 0.27 636 1.97
Turnout 41,852 55.85 32,338 43.15
Abstentions 33,085 44.15 42,598 56.85
Registered voters 74,937 74,936
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency[3]
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
François de Rugy EELV–PS 20,804 47.83% 23,916 58.94%
François Pinte UMP 13,828 31.79% 16,659 41.06%
Guylène Friard FN 2,667 6.13%
Aymeric Seassau FG 2,248 5.17%
Hervé Grelard NC dissident 1,060 2.44%
Blandine Krysmann PCD 774 1.78%
Christine Meyer MRC 670 1.54%
Nicole Girel ?? 529 1.22%
Alexandre Eveno PFE 374 0.86%
Claudine Jegourel NPA 293 0.67%
Nicolas Bazille LO 156 0.36%
Chérine Sultan SP 92 0.21%
Valid votes 43,495 98.89% 40,575 97.73%
Spoilt and null votes 486 1.11% 943 2.27%
Votes cast / turnout 43,981 60.44% 41,518 57.05%
Abstentions 28,791 39.56% 31,254 42.95%
Registered voters 72,772 100.00% 72,772 100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Pierre Le Ridant 19,009 42.10
LV François de Rugy 15,800 34.99
MoDem Valérie Lorin 4,151 9.19
Far left Régis Boudaud 1,202 2.66
Others N/A 4,991
Turnout 45,765 62.78
2nd round result
LV François de Rugy 23,029 52.03
UMP Jean-Pierre Le Ridant 21,231 47.97
Turnout 45,039 61.78
LV gain from UMP

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Pierre Le Ridant 19,494 43.56
PS Patrick Rimbert 16,664 37.24
FN Lucie Blaie 2,435 5.44
LV François de Rugy 1,902 4.25
Others N/A 4,153
Turnout 45,332 65.47
2nd round result
UMP Jean-Pierre Le Ridant 21,469 51.65
PS Patrick Rimbert 20,100 48.35
Turnout 42,341 61.15
UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UDF Monique Papon 15,176 35.91
PS Patrick Rimbert 14,019 33.17
FN Pierre Péraldi 4,009 9.49
DVE Jean-Claude Demaure 2,561 6.06
PCF Catherine Gravoille 2,561 6.06
DVD Patricia Rio 1,714 4.06
GE Jane Williamson 1,283 3.04
Others N/A 941
Turnout 43,823 64.66
2nd round result
PS Patrick Rimbert 22,359 50.52
UDF Monique Papon 21,901 49.48
Turnout 45,941 67.78
PS gain from UDF

References and Sources

  1. ^ "Composition des circonscriptions". Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets (version papier numérisée) (in French). 241. French government: 9372. 14 October 1958 – via legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo.
  2. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Loire-Atlantique". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.