Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of the Charente-Maritime

French National Assembly circonscription
Deputy		Jean-Louis Léonard UMP
Department	Charente-Maritime
Canton	Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Aytré, Courçon, La Jarrie, Marans, Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, Rochefort-Sud, Surgères
Population (1999)	112,535

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 2007

2007 legislative election: Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Louis Léonard	27,321	50.20
	PS	André Bonnin	27,101	49.80
Turnout			55,711	60.38
	UMP hold		Swing

Past elections: 1958-2002

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Albert Bignon	UNR
	1962	Albert Bignon	UNR
	1967	Albert Bignon	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

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