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André Chassaigne
André Chassaigne (born 2 July 1950 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a member of the National Assembly of France for the French Communist Party. He represents the Puy-de-Dôme department, and is a member of the Gauche démocrate et républicaine. He is the best delegate of the French National Assembly according to magazine Capital, for his attendance and his implication in the parliamentary work.
Front's candidate. On 16–18 June, the PCF's members voted in favour of Mélenchon's candidacy in an internal primary. He won 59%, with PCF deputy André Chassaigne obtaining 36.8% and Emmanuel Dang Tran, an "orthodox" Communist, taking only 4.1%.
Mélenchon was later described as the "surprise" or "revelation" of the campaign, after his standing in polls jumped from around 5-7%, in the fall of 2011, to 14-15%, in the last weeks