Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of the Charente-Maritime

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Suzanne Tallard PS
Department	Charente-Maritime
Canton	Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Aytré, Courçon, La Jarrie, Marans, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, Surgères

The 2nd constituency of the Charente-Maritime is a French legislative constituency in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes).

It consists of nine cantons located in the arrondissements of La Rochelle and Rochefort: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Aytré, Courçon, La Jarrie, Marans, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, Surgères

Election: results in 2012

Results in the Charente-Maritime's five constituencies in 2012 : pale pink (Miscellaneous left), pink (PS), blue (UMP)

2012 legislative election: Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Suzanne Tallard	29,752	52.99
	UMP	Jean-Louis Léonard	26,391	47.01
Turnout			57,702	59.19
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Past elections: 1958-2007

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Albert Bignon	UNR
	1962	Albert Bignon	UNR
	1967	Albert Bignon	UD-5^eR
	1968	Albert Bignon	UDR
	1973	Albert Bignon	UDR
	1978	Jean-Guy Branger	Non attached
	1981	Jean-Guy Branger	Non attached
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Guy Branger	UDF
	1993	Jean-Guy Branger	UDF
	1997	Bernard Grasset	PS
	2002	Jean-Louis Léonard	UMP
	2007	Jean-Louis Léonard	UMP

Sources

• Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
• 2012 French legislative elections: Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior