Pyrénées-Orientales's 4th constituency
# Pyrénées-Orientales's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of the Pyrénées-Orientales (French: Quatrième circonscription des Pyrénées-Orientales) is a French legislative constituency in the Pyrénées-Orientales département. 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

The 4th constituency of Pyrénées-Orientales stretches lies in the south east of the department along the border with Spain.

The seat has generally leaned to the left with a sole conservative victory in 2007 being the exception. In common with other seats in Pyrénées-Orientales 2017 saw a strong performance by the National Front.

## Assembly Members

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1988 | Henri Sicre | PS |
| 2007 | Jacqueline Irles | UMP |
| 2012 | Pierre Aylagas | PS |
| 2017 | Sébastien Cazenove | LREM |
| 2022 | Michèle Martinez | RN |

## Election results

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Pyrénées-Orientales's 4th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | RN | Michèle Martinez | 15,056 | 30.40 | +10.38 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Sébastien Cazenove | 10,799 | 21.81 | -7.19 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Jérôme Pous | 10,294 | 20.79 | -5.08 |
| | PS | Alexandre Reynal* | 4,727 | 9.55 | N/A |
| | REC | Sylvie Truchet | 2,730 | 5.51 | N/A |
| | LR (UDC) | Bruno Galan | 2,396 | 4.84 | -10.53 |
| | DIV | Jordi Vera | 1,271 | 2.57 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,250 | 4.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,523 | 49.65 | -0.82 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Michèle Martinez | 24,332 | 56.28 | +14.25 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Sébastien Cazenove | 18,905 | 43.72 | -14.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,237 | 47.19 | +2.52 |
| | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM |

* PS dissident

### 2017

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Sébastien Cazenove | La République En Marche! | LREM | 13,831 | 29.00 | 22,193 | 57.97 |
| | Stéphane Massanell | National Front | FN | 9,546 | 20.02 | 16,092 | 42.03 |
| | Jacqueline Irles | The Republicans | LR | 7,329 | 15.37 | | |
| | Dominique Guérin | La France Insoumise | FI | 5,112 | 10.72 | | |
| | Nicolas Garcia | Communist Party | PCF | 3,645 | 7.64 | | |
| | Alexandre Reynal | Socialist Party | PS | 3,580 | 7.51 | | |
| | Jordi Vera | Regionalist | REG | 1,867 | 3.91 | | |
| | Franck Huette | Ecologist | ECO | 1,152 | 2.42 | | |
| | Gisèle Mouragues | Debout la France | DLF | 438 | 0.92 | | |
| | Daniel Aillaud | Independent | DIV | 429 | 0.90 | | |
| | Esther Silan | Far Left | EXG | 345 | 0.72 | | |
| | Carole Percy | Independent | DIV | 243 | 0.51 | | |
| | Michèle Vadureau Perez | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 174 | 0.36 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47,691 | 100% | 38,285 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 97,100 | | 97,099 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 1,316 | 2.69% | 5,086 | 11.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,007 | 50.47% | 43,371 | 44.67% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 48,093 | 49.53% | 53,728 | 55.33% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | REM GAIN FROM PS | REM GAIN FROM PS |

### 2012

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pierre Aylagas | Socialist Party | PS | 20,457 | 35.98 | 30,005 | 55.42 |
| | Jacqueline Irles | Union for a Presidential Majority | UMP | 15,446 | 27.16 | 24,137 | 44.58 |
| | Marie-Thérèse Costa-Fesenbeck | National Front | FN | 10,437 | 18.35 | | |
| | Nicolas Garcia | Left Front | FG | 7,135 | 12.55 | | |
| | Bruno Rouane | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1,445 | 2.54 | | |
| | Yves Castanet | Ecologist | ECO | 522 | 0.92 | | |
| | Jean-Michel Serve | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 344 | 0.60 | | |
| | Carol Malortigue | Ecologist | ECO | 297 | 0.52 | | |
| | Monique Jaulin | Ecologist | ECO | 265 | 0.47 | | |
| | Jean Boucher | Far Left | EXG | 203 | 0.36 | | |
| | Esther Silan | Far Left | EXG | 196 | 0.34 | | |
| | Natacha Bordez | Other | AUT | 115 | 0.20 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 56,862 | 100% | 54,142 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 92,344 | | 92,337 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 998 | 1.72% | 2,858 | 5.01% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,860 | 62.66% | 57,000 | 61.73% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 34,484 | 37.34% | 35,337 | 38.27% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS GAIN FROM UMP | PS GAIN FROM UMP |

### 2007

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jacqueline Irles | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 21,124 | 37.59 | 28,070 | 50.25 |
| | Pierre Aylagas | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 10,072 | 17.92 | 27,790 | 49.75 |
| | Olivier Ferrand | Socialist Party | PS | 8,567 | 15.25 | | |
| | Nicolas Garcia | Communist Party | PCF | 5,323 | 9.47 | | |
| | Yves Porteix | UDF-Democratic Movement | UDF-MoDem | 3,010 | 5.36 | | |
| | Marie-Therese Costa-Fesenbeck | National Front | FN | 2,566 | 4.57 | | |
| | Myriam Granat | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 1,245 | 2.22 | | |
| | Franck Huette | The Greens | LV | 907 | 1.61 | | |
| | Yannick Fissier | Far Left | EXG | 833 | 1.48 | | |
| | Nicole Puigbo | Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions | CPNT | 636 | 1.13 | | |
| | Françoise Tibau | Regionalist | REG | 543 | 0.97 | | |
| | Jacques Cros | Ecologist | ECO | 474 | 0.84 | | |
| | Jacques Menechal | Movement for France | MPF | 358 | 0.64 | | |
| | Maria Hernandez | Independent | DIV | 279 | 0.50 | | |
| | Esther Silan | Far Left | EXG | 254 | 0.45 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 56,191 | 100% | 55,860 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 87,687 | | 87,370 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 1,053 | 1.84% | 2,400 | 4.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,244 | 65.28% | 58,260 | 66.68% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 30,443 | 34.72% | 29,110 | 33.32% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP GAIN FROM PS | UMP GAIN FROM PS |

### 2002

Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Henri Sicre | Socialist Party | PS | 16,182 | 31.09 | 24,921 | 51.58 |
| | Myriam Granat | Union for a Presidential Majority | UMP | 14,416 | 27.69 | 23,392 | 48.42 |
| | Edouard Fesenbeck | National Front | FN | 8,483 | 16.30 | | |
| | Nicolas Garcia | Communist Party | PCF | 4,563 | 8.77 | | |
| | Catherine Delhoste | Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions | CPNT | 1,369 | 2.63 | | |
| | Annick Duval | The Greens | LV | 1,308 | 2.51 | | |
| | Virginie Barre | Regionalist | REG | 1,001 | 1.92 | | |
| | Sebastine Lefevre | Revolutionary Communist League | LCR | 785 | 1.51 | | |
| | Chantal Decosse | Republican Pole | PR | 764 | 1.47 | | |
| | Christiane Bruneau | Movement for France | MPF | 754 | 1.45 | | |
| | Annette Delcroix | Independent | DIV | 594 | 1.14 | | |
| | Jose Marin | National Republican Movement | MNR | 546 | 1.05 | | |
| | J. Marie Benito | Workers' Struggle | LO | 541 | 1.04 | | |
| | CANDIDATE | Edwige Pia | ECO | 496 | 0.95 | | |
| | Martine Lebrun | Ecologist | ECO | 192 | 0.37 | | |
| | Christian Joubert | Independent | DIV | 60 | 0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 52,054 | 100% | 48,313 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 80,515 | | 80,513 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 1,439 | 2.69% | 3,107 | 6.04% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,493 | 66.44% | 51,420 | 63.87% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,022 | 33.56% | 29,093 | 36.13% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |
