# Vendée's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée département. 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.

## Assembly Members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Pierre Métais [fr] | PS |
| 1993 | Joël Sarlot | UDF |
| 1997 | Joël Sarlot | UDF |
| 2002 | Joël Sarlot | DL |
| 2007 | Joël Sarlot | MPF |
| 2008 | Dominique Souchet | MPF |
| 2012 | Hugues Fourage [fr] | PS |
| 2017 | Pierre Henriet | LREM |
| 2022 | Pierre Henriet | RE |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pierre Henriet | HOR | Ensemble | 19,606 | 34.84 | 32,085 | 57.49 |
| | Stéphane Buffetaut | RN | | 21,309 | 37.87 | 23,721 | 42.51 |
| | Pierre-Hugues Fourage | DVG | NFP | 11,321 | 20.12 | | |
| | Marius Galand | LR | | 2,633 | 4.68 | | |
| | Sonia Le Theix | DLF | DSV | 742 | 1.32 | | |
| | Béatrice Ruault | LO | | 1,099 | 1.63 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 56,270 | 97.05 | 55,806 | 95.44 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,073 | 1.85 | 1,906 | 3.26 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 639 | 1.10 | 760 | 1.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,982 | 69.02 | 58,472 | 69.62 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 26,026 | 30.98 | 25,521 | 30.38 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 84,008 | | 83,993 | |
| Source: ||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Pierre Henriet | 15,353 | 37.39 | +5.27 |
| | RN | Isabelle Magnin | 8,618 | 20.99 | +10.73 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Thimothee Thibaud-Lalere | 8,261 | 20.12 | −11.40 |
| | LR (UDC) | Yveline Thibaud | 4,385 | 10.68 | −8.60 |
| | REC | Sandrine Delatre | 1,720 | 4.19 | N/A |
| | LMR | Pierre Perroy | 853 | 2.08 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,868 | 4.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,058 | 50.17 | −2.35 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Pierre Henriet | 22,296 | 60.94 | +7.58 |
| | RN | Isabelle Magnin | 14,291 | 39.06 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,587 | 47.52 | +6.11 |
| | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM | Pierre Henriet | 13,740 | 32.12 | |
| | PS | Hugues Fourage | 8,400 | 19.63 | |
| | LR | Jean-Michel Lalere | 8,247 | 19.28 | |
| | FN | Gérald Oberweis | 4,390 | 10.26 | |
| | LFI | Pierre Cotron | 3,925 | 9.17 | |
| | EELV | Ghislaine Rautureau | 1,163 | 2.72 | |
| | DVD | Olivier Boisseau | 897 | 2.10 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,020 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,782 | 52.52 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM | Pierre Henriet | 17,999 | 53.36 | |
| | PS | Hugues Fourage | 15,732 | 46.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,731 | 41.41 | |
| | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Hugues Fourage | 17,461 | 35.71 | |
| | UMP | Joël Sarlot | 13,519 | 27.65 | |
| | DVD | Dominique Souchet | 8,755 | 17.90 | |
| | FN | Jean-Claude Pasquier | 3,913 | 8.00 | |
| | FG | Michèle Tricoire | 1,945 | 3.98 | |
| | EELV | Tony Demaurant | 1,720 | 3.52 | |
| | AC | Béatrice Moinard | 1,305 | 2.67 | |
| | Others | N/A | 279 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,897 | 60.71 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Hugues Fourage | 24,733 | 51.44 | |
| | UMP | Joël Sarlot | 23,348 | 48.56 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,081 | 59.62 | |
| | PS gain from MPF | PS gain from MPF | PS gain from MPF | PS gain from MPF | PS gain from MPF |

### 2008

Vendée 5th by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MPF | Dominique Souchet | 17,758 | 53.34 | +1.22 |
| | PS | Daniel David | 10,438 | 31.35 | +15.36 |
| | MoDem | Sandra Cappi | 2,481 | 7.45 | +1.52 |
| | Far left | Philippe Terroire | 1,760 | 5.29 | +2.40 |
| | FN | Jean-Marie Dieulangard | 858 | 2.58 | +0.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,936 | 42.6 | |
| | MPF gain from DVD | MPF gain from DVD | Swing | | |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée 5th :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DVD | Joël Sarlot | 25,822 | 52.12 |
| | PS | Claudette Boutet | 7,921 | 15.99 |
| | PRG | Jean-Claude Remaud | 4,495 | 9.07 |
| | LV | Jean Coirier | 2,950 | 5.95 |
| | MoDem | Thierry Hardouin | 2,938 | 5.93 |
| | Far left | Philippe Terroire | 1,438 | 2.89 |
| | CPNT | Dominique Bouhier | 1,218 | 2.46 |
| | FN | Thérèse Gaborit | 1,129 | 2.38 |
| | LO | Maryse Lepron | 540 | 1.10 |
| | MEI | Philippe Charreyron | 467 | 0.94 |
| | DVE | Claude Quintyn | 320 | 0.65 |
| | MNR | Anne-Marie Petit | 307 | 0.62 |
| | Independent | Nathalie Souyri | 0 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,732 | 63.98 |
| | DVD gain from DL | DVD gain from DL | Swing | |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée 5th :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DL | Joël Sarlot | 26,256 | 52.23 |
| | LV | Jean Coirier | 9,006 | 17.92 |
| | PRG | Jean-Claude Remaud | 8,029 | 15.97 |
| | FN | Christiane Vrignaud | 2,790 | 5.55 |
| | CPNT | Érika Locteau | 1,812 | 3.60 |
| | PCF | Michèle Tricoire | 1,161 | 2.31 |
| | LO | Monique Marmaros | 790 | 1.57 |
| | MNR | Jacques Périssé | 423 | 0.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,407 | 67.10 |
| | DL gain from UDF | DL gain from UDF | Swing | |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Joël Sarlot | 21,357 | 42.87 | |
| | PS | Jean-Claude Remaud | 17,259 | 34.64 | |
| | FN | Jean Chataigner | 4,444 | 8.92 | |
| | PCF | Raymond Pingault | 2,980 | 5.98 | |
| | LV | Franck Plazanet | 2,475 | 4.97 | |
| | MEI | Michel Sages | 1,307 | 2.62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,540 | 72.84 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Joël Sarlot | 27,803 | 52.33 | |
| | PS | Jean-Claude Remaud | 25,330 | 47.67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,014 | 76.21 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |