# Vendée's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée département. It elects one MP to the National Assembly of France.

## Description

The 2nd Constituency of Vendée stretches from the southern half of La Roche-sur-Yon to the southern edge of the department.
Between 1988 and 2012 this constituency consistently returned conservative centre-right candidates.to the National Assembly. In 2012 the seat elected a Socialist Party deputy for the first time, followed in 2017 by Patricia Gallerneau of the MoDem.
Patricia Gallerneau, a member of the MoDem and related group, was elected to this constituency following the 2017 elections. She died from cancer in July 2019 and was replaced by her substitute Patrick Loiseau, who sits in the same group. Loiseau lost his seat in the 2022 election, and was succeeded by Béatrice Bellamy.

## Assembly Members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Philippe Mestre | UDF |
| 1993 | Philippe Mestre | UDF |
| 1997 | Dominique Caillaud | DVD |
| 2002 | Dominique Caillaud | UMP |
| 2007 | Dominique Caillaud | UMP |
| 2012 | Sylviane Bulteau [fr] | PS |
| 2017 | Patricia Gallerneau | MoDem |
| 2019 | Patrick Loiseau | MoDem |
| 2022 | Béatrice Bellamy | H |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Béatrice Bellamy | REN | Ensemble | 30,262 | 38.74 | 46,240 | 60.37 |
| | Marie-Christine Ebran | RN | | 28,538 | 36.53 | 30,357 | 39.63 |
| | Nicolas Helary | LFI | NFP | 18,234 | 23.34 | | |
| | Sophie Barillot | LO | | 1,081 | 1.28 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 78,115 | 96.90 | 76,777 | 95.24 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,703 | 2.11 | 2,768 | 3.43 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 792 | 0.98 | 1,069 | 1.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 80,610 | 70.66 | 80,614 | 70.65 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,474 | 29.34 | 33,483 | 29.35 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 114,084 | | 114,097 | |
| Source: ||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Béatrice Bellamy | 14,334 | 25.97 | -10.19 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Nicolas Helary | 12,053 | 21.84 | -3.58 |
| | RN | Franck Laloue | 9,665 | 17.51 | +6.31 |
| | LR (UDC) | Maxence De Rugy | 9,572 | 17.34 | +0.65 |
| | DVE | Ninon Greau | 2,568 | 4.65 | N/A |
| | LREM | Patrick Loiseau* | 2,195 | 3.98 | N/A |
| | REC | Brigitte Neveux | 2,157 | 3.91 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,656 | 4.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,200 | 50.50 | −1.36 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Béatrice Bellamy | 28,722 | 58.42 | -1.16 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Nicolas Helary | 20,441 | 41.58 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,163 | 48.11 | +9.59 |
| | HOR gain from MoDem | HOR gain from MoDem | HOR gain from MoDem | HOR gain from MoDem | HOR gain from MoDem |
* LREM dissident not supported by the Ensemble Citoyens alliance

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MoDem | Patricia Gallerneau | 19,405 | 36.16 | |
| | LR | Béatrice Bellamy | 8,957 | 16.69 | |
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 6,425 | 11.97 | |
| | FN | Gabriel De Chabot | 6,012 | 11.20 | |
| | LFI | Dominique Chevolleau | 5,329 | 9.93 | |
| | DVD | Raoul Mestre | 3,077 | 5.73 | |
| | EELV | Michel Raynaud | 1,889 | 3.52 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,573 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,667 | 51.86 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem | Patricia Gallerneau | 23,748 | 59.58 | |
| | LR | Béatrice Bellamy | 16,113 | 40.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,861 | 38.52 | |
| | MoDem gain from PS | MoDem gain from PS | MoDem gain from PS | MoDem gain from PS | MoDem gain from PS |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 22,999 | 39.06 | |
| | UMP | Dominique Caillaud | 20,190 | 34.29 | |
| | FN | Brigitte Neveux | 6,024 | 10.23 | |
| | DVD | Raoul Mestre | 3,358 | 5.70 | |
| | FG | Jocelyn Abjean | 2,125 | 3.61 | |
| | EELV | Marie-Yannick Brizar Le Borgne | 1,488 | 2.53 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,699 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,883 | 60.17 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 29,265 | 51.79 | |
| | UMP | Dominique Caillaud | 27,241 | 48.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,506 | 57.74 | |
| | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Dominique Caillaud | 26,649 | 46.77 | |
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 16,471 | 28.91 | |
| | MoDem | Raoul Mestre | 6,067 | 10.65 | |
| | LV | Yann Helary | 2,023 | 3.55 | |
| | FN | Georges Kouskoff | 1,268 | 2.23 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,505 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,443 | 63.68 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Dominique Caillaud | 29,393 | 54.78 | |
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 24,263 | 45.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,226 | 60.18 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Dominique Caillaud | 23,634 | 43.41 | |
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 15,372 | 28.23 | |
| | DVD | Raoul Mestre | 4,776 | 8.77 | |
| | FN | Jean-Marie Dieulangard | 3,442 | 6.32 | |
| | LV | Yann Helary | 1,699 | 3.12 | |
| | CPNT | Nathalie Botton | 1,253 | 2.30 | |
| | DVE | Philippe Boursier | 1,137 | 2.09 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,136 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,012 | 67.22 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Dominique Caillaud | 28,150 | 58.28 | |
| | PS | Sylviane Bulteau | 20,151 | 41.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,742 | 59.70 | |
| | UMP gain from DVD | UMP gain from DVD | UMP gain from DVD | UMP gain from DVD | UMP gain from DVD |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Josiane Migeon | 12,708 | 25.28 | |
| | DVD | Dominique Caillaud | 10,386 | 20.66 | |
| | UDF | Bernard Suaud | 10,127 | 20.15 | |
| | DVD | Raoul Mestre | 4,637 | 9.22 | |
| | FN | Guillaume Vouzellaud | 4,517 | 8.99 | |
| | LV | Annick Tarot | 3,681 | 7.32 | |
| | PCF | Jean-Claude Martineau | 2,965 | 5.90 | |
| | DIV | Yvonne Péon | 1,046 | 2.08 | |
| | Others | N/A | 201 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,538 | 72.26 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVD | Dominique Caillaud | 28,669 | 54.92 | |
| | PS | Josiane Migeon | 23,535 | 45.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,838 | 73.98 | |
| | DVD gain from UDF | DVD gain from UDF | DVD gain from UDF | DVD gain from UDF | DVD gain from UDF |