# Vendée's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Vendée (French: Première circonscription de la Vendée) is a French legislative constituency in the Vendéedépartement. 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.

## Description

The 1st Constituency of Vendée is situated in the north of the department including the northern section of La Roche-sur-Yon.
Between this seats establishment on its current boundaries in 1988 and the 2017 this seat consistently centre-right candidates. For twenty four years the seat was held by Jean-Luc Préel.

## Deputies

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Jean-Luc Préel | UDF |
| 1993 | Jean-Luc Préel | UDF |
| 1997 | Jean-Luc Préel | UDF |
| 2002 | Jean-Luc Préel | UDF |
| 2007 | Jean-Luc Préel | NC |
| 2012 | Alain Lebœuf | UMP |
| 2017 | Philippe Latombe | MoDem |
| 2022 | Philippe Latombe | MoDem |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Philippe Latombe | MoDEM | Ensemble | 23,136 | 28.51 | 48,477 | 60.90 |
| | Simon-Pierre Paulin | LR | UXD | 26,105 | 32.17 | 31,121 | 39.10 |
| | Lucie Etonno | LE-EELV | NPF | 18,929 | 23.32 | | |
| | Laurent Caillaud | DVC | DSV | 10,607 | 13.07 | | |
| | Jean-Marc Barial | DLF | DSV | 1,436 | 1.77 | | |
| | Gilles Robin | LO | | 942 | 1.16 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 81,155 | 96.64 | 79,598 | 94.47 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,879 | 2.24 | 3,261 | 3.87 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 943 | 1.12 | 3,261 | 3.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83,977 | 69.57 | 84,256 | 69.77 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 36,734 | 30.43 | 36,503 | 30.23 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 120,711 | | 120,759 | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Philippe Latombe | 16,624 | 30.65 | -9.40 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Lucie Etonno | 13,106 | 24.16 | +5.09 |
| | LR (UDC) | Laurent Caillaud | 9,191 | 16.95 | −9.60 |
| | RN | Lilas N'Dong | 8,791 | 16.21 | +7.35 |
| | REC | Eric Mauvoisin-Delavaud | 1,971 | 3.63 | N/A |
| | DVE | Alain Bouyer | 1,210 | 2.23 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 3,343 | 6.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,236 | 47.16 | −4.25 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Philippe Latombe | 27,885 | 56.73 | +2.32 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Lucie Etonno | 21,268 | 43.27 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,153 | 45.05 | +4.80 |
| | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MoDem | Philippe Latombe | 22,581 | 40.05 | |
| | LR | Alain Lebœuf | 14,971 | 26.55 | |
| | LFI | Gwenaëlle Grietens | 5,246 | 9.30 | |
| | FN | Catherine Roy | 4,993 | 8.86 | |
| | PS | Cécile Dreure | 3,210 | 5.69 | |
| | EELV | Guy Batiot | 2,301 | 4.08 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,080 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,382 | 51.41 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem | Philippe Latombe | 24,017 | 54.41 | |
| | LR | Alain Lebœuf | 20,122 | 45.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,139 | 40.25 | |
| | MoDem gain from DVD | MoDem gain from DVD | MoDem gain from DVD | MoDem gain from DVD | MoDem gain from DVD |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DVD | Alain Lebœuf | 23,646 | 40.19 | |
| | PS | Martine Chantecaille | 20,807 | 35.37 | |
| | FN | Richard Ducret | 5,751 | 9.77 | |
| | FG | Anita Charrieau | 2,137 | 3.63 | |
| | EELV | Anne Valin | 1,903 | 3.23 | |
| | MoDem | Joseph Nicoleau | 1,736 | 2.95 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,854 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,834 | 57.58 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVD | Alain Lebœuf | 30,005 | 53.19 | |
| | PS | Martine Chantecaille | 26,402 | 46.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,407 | 55.21 | |
| | DVD gain from NC | DVD gain from NC | DVD gain from NC | DVD gain from NC | DVD gain from NC |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NC | Jean-Luc Préel | 17,761 | 31.03 | |
| | DVD | Alain Lebœuf* | 15,992 | 27.94 | |
| | PS | Patricia Cereijo | 14,460 | 25.26 | |
| | LV | Anne Valin | 2,041 | 3.57 | |
| | Far left | Mayi Gil | 1,491 | 2.60 | |
| | FN | Brigitte Neveux | 1,293 | 2.26 | |
| | CPNT | Nathalie Botton | 1,232 | 2.15 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,974 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,937 | 61.80 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | NC | Jean-Luc Préel | 29,055 | 56.89 | |
| | PS | Patricia Cereijo | 22,014 | 43.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,069 | 55.64 | |
| | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF |
* Withdrew before the 2nd round

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Jean-Luc Préel | 28,154 | 51.46 | |
| | PS | Patricia Cereijo | 13,543 | 24.76 | |
| | FN | Yseult Desmier | 3,049 | 5.57 | |
| | CPNT | Michel Deriez | 2,975 | 5.44 | |
| | LV | Annick Tarot | 2,754 | 5.03 | |
| | LO | Gilles Robin | 1,272 | 2.33 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,961 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,282 | 64.81 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Jean-Luc Préel | 22,693 | 43.99 | |
| | PS | Gilles Bourmaud | 15,153 | 29.37 | |
| | FN | Jack-Olivier Brayet | 4,664 | 9.04 | |
| | GE | Jean-François Martineau | 3,210 | 6.22 | |
| | DVD | Juliette Gilles | 2,881 | 5.58 | |
| | PCF | Bertrand Lavigne | 2,496 | 4.84 | |
| | DIV | Jean-François Monnet | 490 | 0.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,482 | 70.94 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Jean-Luc Préel | 30,049 | 57.12 | |
| | PS | Gilles Bourmaud | 22,557 | 42.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,373 | 70.81 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |