Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency
# Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique 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.

## Historic representation

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1988 | Édouard Landrain | UDF |
| 1993 | Édouard Landrain | UDF |
| 1997 | Édouard Landrain | UDF |
| 2002 | Édouard Landrain | UMP |
| 2007 | Michel Ménard | PS |
| 2012 | Michel Ménard | PS |
| 2017 | Sarah El Haïry | MoDem |
| 2020 | Luc Geismar | MoDem |
| 2022 | Sarah El Haïry | MoDem |
| 2022 | Luc Geismar | MoDem |

* ↑ Replaced Sarah El Haïry in August 2020 when she was appointed Secretary of State in charge of Youth and Engagement in the Jean Castex government in August 2020
* ↑ Sarah El Haïry was re-elected, and then re-appointed Secretary of State for Youth and Engagement, and replaced by her substitute, Luc Geismar

## Election results

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Sarah El Haïry | 24,235 | 37.45 | -3.90 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Sabine Lalande | 21,174 | 32.72 | -0.30 |
| | RN | Millà Karcher | 7,475 | 11.55 | +5.19 |
| | LC (UDC) | Didier Garnier | 2,741 | 4.24 | -9.53 |
| | ECO | Jérôme Debuire | 2,686 | 4.15 | N/A |
| | REC | Arnaud Clemence | 2,394 | 3.70 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 4,005 | 6.19 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,710 | 52.46 | -3.27 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Sarah El Haïry | 33,834 | 54.41 | -6.61 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Sabine Lalande | 28,348 | 45.59 | +6.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,182 | 52.39 | +8.52 |
| | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Sarah El Haïry | MoDem | 26,346 | 41.35 | 27,613 | 61.02 |
| | Michel Ménard | PS | 8,886 | 13.95 | 17,636 | 38.98 |
| | Frédéric Maindron | UDI | 8,774 | 13.77 | | |
| | Katell Andromaque | FI | 8,723 | 13.69 | | |
| | Arnaud de Rigné | FN | 4,052 | 6.36 | | |
| | Franco Fedele | ECO | 2,965 | 4.65 | | |
| | Solange Dalifard | DLF | 862 | 1.35 | | |
| | Pierre-Emmanuel Marais | REG | 654 | 1.03 | | |
| | Dominique Anée | DVD | 479 | 0.75 | | |
| | Michel Laboureur | PCF | 465 | 0.73 | | |
| | Didier Lefebvre | REG | 434 | 0.68 | | |
| | Hugo Sonnier | DIV | 392 | 0.62 | | |
| | Josette Bioret | DVG | 352 | 0.55 | | |
| | Stéphane Pellegrini | EXG | 337 | 0.53 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 63,721 | 100.00 | 45,249 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 63,721 | 98.29 | 45,249 | 88.66 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 793 | 1.22 | 4,284 | 8.39 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 317 | 0.49 | 1,506 | 2.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,831 | 55.73 | 51,039 | 43.87 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 51,504 | 44.27 | 65,292 | 56.13 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 116,335 | | 116,331 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Michel Ménard | PS | 29,193 | 45.08% | 36,040 | 60.23% |
| | Maurice Perrion | AC | 19,020 | 29.37% | 23,796 | 39.77% |
| | Anne Etourneau | FN | 5,542 | 8.56% | | |
| | Geneviève Lebouteux | EELV | 4,034 | 6.23% | | |
| | Françoise Thibaud Mesle | FG | 2,786 | 4.30% | | |
| | Noura Moreau | DVD | 1,030 | 1.59% | | |
| | Annie Le Gal La Salle | MEI | 917 | 1.42% | | |
| | Marie Levrel | UDB | 663 | 1.02% | | |
| | Loic Maurice | CNIP | 661 | 1.02% | | |
| | Jean-François Lajeunesse | MRC | 560 | 0.86% | | |
| | Patricia Peillon | LO | 192 | 0.30% | | |
| | Jean-Pierre Bréus | POI | 159 | 0.25% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 64,757 | 98.81% | 59,836 | 97.67% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 783 | 1.19% | 1,426 | 2.33% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 65,540 | 62.02% | 61,262 | 57.97% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,129 | 37.98% | 44,414 | 42.03% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 105,669 | 100.00% | 105,676 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | UMP | Robert Diat | 28,973 | 38.75 | |
| | PS | Michel Ménard | 23,791 | 31.82 | |
| | MoDem | Maurice Perrion | 10,603 | 14.18 | |
| | LV | Dominique Trichet-Allaire | 3,297 | 4.41 | |
| | Far left | Christine Moiselet | 1,695 | 2.27 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,951 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,029 | 66.15 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Michel Ménard | 36,891 | 51.11 | |
| | UMP | Robert Diat | 35,292 | 48.89 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,861 | 64.27 | |
| | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | UMP | Edouard Landrain | 32,537 | 45.39 | |
| | LV | Patrick Cotrel | 22,040 | 31.72 | |
| | FN | Monique Juguet | 3,813 | 5.49 | |
| | PRG | Alexandre Mazzorana | 2,895 | 4.17 | |
| | MPF | Sandra Bureau | 1,679 | 2.42 | |
| | Others | N/A | 7,514 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,073 | 68.16 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Edouard Landrain | 34,171 | 54.24 | |
| | LV | Patrick Cotrel | 28,831 | 45.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,791 | 62.13 | |
| | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | UDF | Edouard Landrain | 24,378 | 39.86 | |
| | PRG | Alexandre Mazzorana | 16,885 | 27.61 | |
| | FN | Christophe Bouhier | 5,674 | 9.28 | |
| | PCF | Patricia Morinière | 3,344 | 5.47 | |
| | Far left | Patrick Coterel | 2,992 | 4.89 | |
| | DVD | Sandra Bureau | 2,580 | 4.22 | |
| | GE | Thomas Limeul | 1,553 | 2.54 | |
| | MRC | Jean-François Lajeunesse | 1,460 | 2.39 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,287 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,876 | 70.07 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Edouard Landrain | 33,569 | 53.28 | |
| | PRG | Alexandre Mazzorana | 29,439 | 46.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,378 | 71.69 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |

## Sources

* Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Loire-Atlantique". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
