Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Charente-Maritime is a French legislative constituency

Constituency (France)

France is divided into 577 constituencies for the legislative elections . Members of Parliament to the National Assembly are elected in a two round system to a term fixed to a maximum of five years...

in the Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

department (Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...

).

It consists of nine cantons

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

located in the arrondissements

Arrondissements of France

The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts.The capital of an arrondissement/district is called a subprefecture...

of La Rochelle

Arrondissement of La Rochelle

The arrondissement of La Rochelle is an arrondissement of France, located in the Charente-Maritime département, in the Poitou-Charentes région...

and Rochefort

Arrondissement of Rochefort

The arrondissement of Rochefort is an arrondissement of France, located in the Charente-Maritime département, of the Poitou-Charentes région...

: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis

Canton of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis

The Canton of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis is a canton of the Charente-Maritime department, in France.The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean in the commune of Ardillières, the highest point is Le Thou at 48 m, the average elevation is 16 m...

, Aytré

Canton of Aytré

The Canton of Aytré is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean near Angoulins, the highest point is in Aytré at 21 m, the average elevation is 4 m.-Communes of Aytré:...

, Courçon

Canton of Courçon

The Canton of Courçon is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean, the highest point is in Benon at 56 m, the average elevation is 12 m...

, La Jarrie

Canton of La Jarrie

The Canton of La Jarrie is a canton of the Charente-Maritime department, in France.The lowest point is 1 m in the commune of Saint-Vivien, Charente-Maritime, the highest point is Croix-Chapeau at 51 m, the average elevation is 24 m...

, Marans

Canton of Marans

The Canton of Marans is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. The lowest point is sea level, the highest point is in Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis at 25 m, the average elevation is 6 m...

, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, Surgères

Election: results in 2007

Past elections: 1958-2002

Election		Member	Party
	1958 French legislative election, 1958 - National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...	Albert Bignon	UNR
	1962 French legislative election, 1962 - National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...	Albert Bignon	UNR
	1967 French legislative election, 1967 French legislative elections took place on 5 and 12 March 1967 to elect the 3rd National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In December 1965, Charles de Gaulle was re-elected President of France in the first Presidential election by universal suffrage. However, contrary to predictions, there had been a...	Albert Bignon	UD-5^eR
	1968 French legislative election, 1968 - National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...	Albert Bignon	UDR
	1973 French legislative election, 1973 French legislative elections took place on 4 and 11 March 1973 to elect the 5th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In order to end the May 1968 crisis, President Charles de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and his party, the Gaullist Party Union of Democrats for the Republic , obtained...	Albert Bignon	UDR
1978 French legislative election, 1978 The French legislative elections took place on 12 March and 19 March 1978 to elect the 6th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.On 2 April 1974 President Georges Pompidou died. The non-Gaullist center-right leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was elected to succeed him...	Jean-Guy Branger	Non attached
1981 French legislative election, 1981 French legislative elections took place on 14 June and 21 June 1981 to elect the 7th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.On 10 May 1981 François Mitterrand was elected President of France. He became the first Socialist to win this post under universal suffrage...	Jean-Guy Branger	Non attached
1986 French legislative election, 1986 The French legislative elections took place on 16 March 1986 to elect the 8th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Contrary to other legislative elections of the Fifth Republic, the electoral system used was that of Party-list proportional representation.Since the 1981 election of François...		Proportional representation Proportional representation Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular... - no election by constituency
	1988 French legislative election, 1988 French legislative elections took place on 5 June and 12 June 1988 to elect the 9th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, one month after the re-election of François Mitterrand as President of France....	Jean-Guy Branger	UDF Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
	1993 French legislative election, 1993 French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. Without the support of the Communists, Prime minister...	Jean-Guy Branger	UDF Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
	1997 French legislative election, 1997 French legislative election took place on 25 May and 1 June 1997 to elect the 11th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. It was the consequence of President Jacques Chirac's decision to call the legislative election one year before the deadline....	Bernard Grasset	PS Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...
	2002 French legislative election, 2002 -12th Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...	Jean-Louis Léonard Jean-Louis Léonard Jean-Louis Léonard Jean-Louis Léonard Jean-Louis Léonard (born on 24 July 1950 in Besançon (Doubs) is a French politician and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).A mayor of Châtelaillon-Plage from 1984 to 1995 and again since 1996, he has been a MP of the Charente-Maritime's 2nd...	UMP Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

Sources

Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
2007 results in the Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency, Minister of the Interior
Minister of the Interior (France)
The Minister of the Interior in France is one of the most important governmental cabinet positions, responsible for the following:* The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes...

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