2012 French legislative election
Others
Other notable national political figures fared as follows: Elected or re-elected: Beaten:

2012 French legislative election

Section Title: Others
Table Section Text: Other notable national political figures fared as follows: Elected or re-elected: Beaten:

Candidate	Party	Constituency	Result	Notability	Remarks

Ségolène Royal	PS	Charente-Maritime's 1st	Beaten in the second round (37.03%)	2007 presidential election runner-up

Jack Lang	PS	Vosges's 2nd	Beaten in the second round Awaiting specific results	Veteran politician; former minister; creator of the internationally celebrated Fête de la Musique; originator of the Lang Law

Claude Guéant	UMP	Hauts-de-Seine's 9th	Beaten in the second round (38.41%)	Former minister

Nadine Morano	UMP	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th	Beaten in the second round (44.33%)	Former minister	Defeated incumbent. Swing: 8.49%

Frédéric Lefebvre	UMP	Expatriates' 1st	Beaten in the second round Awaiting specific results	Former minister

Michèle Alliot-Marie	UMP	Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 6th	Beaten in the second round (48.38%)	Former minister	Defeated incumbent. Swing: 9.99%

François Bayrou	MoDem	Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 2nd	Beaten in three-way runoff against PS and UMP (second with 30.17%)	President of the Democratic Movement; former minister	Defeated incumbent (swing −31.04%)

Marine Le Pen	FN	Pas-de-Calais's 11th	Beaten in the second round (49.89%)	2012 presidential candidate; president of the National Front

Louis Aliot	FN	Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st	Beaten in the second round (23.24%)	Vice-president of the National Front

Jean-Luc Mélenchon	FG	Pas-de-Calais's 11th	Beaten; third in the first round (21.46%)	2012 presidential candidate; co-president of the Left Party; former minister

Rama Yade	PR	Hauts-de-Seine's 2nd	Beaten; third in the first round (13.84%)	Former minister

Nathalie Arthaud	LO	Seine-Saint-Denis's 6th	Beaten; sixth in the first round (2.47%)	2012 presidential candidate

Philippe Poutou	NPA	Gironde's 5th	Beaten; eighth in the first round (2.12%)	2012 presidential candidate

Maxime Rouquet	PP	Yvelines's 10th	Beaten; seventh in the first round (1.82%)	Co-president of the Pirate Party

Jean-Marc Governatori	AEI	Alpes-Maritimes's 1st	Beaten; eighth in the first round (0.71%)	General secretary of the Independent Ecological Alliance

Sentence(s)

In the Gironde's 5th constituency, Philippe Poutou of New Anticapitalist Party finished eighth and was thus eliminated in the first round, receiving just 2.12% of the vote.

final_sentence: In the Gironde's 5th constituency, Philippe Poutou of New Anticapitalist Party finished eighth and was thus eliminated in the first round, receiving just 2.12% of the vote.