# Vendée's 4th constituency

The 4th 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.

## Description

* Philippe de Villiers resigns on 24 October 1994. Bruno Retailleau is elected on 26 November 1994 in a by-election.
* Philippe de Villiers resigned on 19 July 2004 to sit in the European Parliament. Véronique Besse is elected on 23 January 2005 in a by-election.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Antoine Guitton | CNIP |
| | 1962 | Vincent Ansquer | UNR |
| | 1967 | Vincent Ansquer | UDR |
| | 1968 | Vincent Ansquer | UDR |
| | 1973 | Vincent Ansquer | UDR |
| | 1978 | Vincent Ansquer | RPR |
| | 1981 | Vincent Ansquer | RPR |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Philippe de Villiers | UDF |
| | 1993 | Philippe de Villiers | UDF |
| | 1994 | Bruno Retailleau | LDI |
| | 1997 | Philippe de Villiers | LDI |
| | 2002 | Philippe de Villiers | MPF |
| | 2005 | Véronique Besse | MPF |
| | 2007 | Véronique Besse | MPF |
| | 2012 | Véronique Besse | MPF |
| | 2017 | Martine Leguille-Balloy | REM |
| | 2022 | Véronique Besse | DVD |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Véronique Besse | Ind | DVD | 28,086 | 39.31 | 31,068 | 43.36 |
| | Jacques Proux | RN | | 16,345 | 22.88 | 17,613 | 24.58 |
| | Ilias Nagnonhou | RE | Ensemble | 13,192 | 18.46 | 10,796 | 15.07 |
| | Julie Mariel-Godard | PCF | | 13,164 | 18.42 | 12,170 | 16.99 |
| | Claude Bour | LO | | 666 | 0.93 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 71,453 | 97.31 | 71,647 | 97.97 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,442 | 1.96 | 1,108 | 1.52 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 533 | 0.73 | 375 | 0.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,428 | 70.12 | 73,130 | 69.83 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,289 | 29.88 | 31,599 | 30.17 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 104,717 | | 104,729 | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | DVD HOLD | DVD HOLD | DVD HOLD | DVD HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DVD | Véronique Besse | 16,904 | 34.97 | N/A |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Martine Leguille-Balloy | 10,531 | 21.78 | -24.86 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Céline Sauvetre | 8,498 | 17.58 | +2.25 |
| | RN | Bruno Dalcantara | 5,218 | 10.79 | +3.48 |
| | DVE | Theodore Babarit | 2,797 | 5.79 | N/A |
| | DVC | Denis Le Bars | 2,300 | 4.76 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,095 | 4.32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,343 | 48.24 | −3.29 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVD | Véronique Besse | 23,336 | 59.69 | N/A |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Martine Leguille-Balloy | 15,761 | 40.31 | −22.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,097 | 41.75 | +2.31 |
| | DVD gain from LREM | DVD gain from LREM | DVD gain from LREM | DVD gain from LREM | DVD gain from LREM |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM | Martine Leguille-Balloy | 23,508 | 46.60 | |
| | UDI | Wilfrid Montassier | 14,005 | 27.76 | |
| | LFI | Anita Lavergne | 4,197 | 8.32 | |
| | FN | Danise Vicente | 3,678 | 7.29 | |
| | EELV | Claudine Goichon | 2,449 | 4.85 | |
| | PCF | Marie-Françoise Michenaud | 1,123 | 2.33 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,484 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,444 | 51.53 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM | Martine Leguille-Balloy | 24,129 | 62.50 | |
| | UDI | Wilfrid Montassier | 14,475 | 37.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,604 | 39.44 | |
| | LREM gain from MPF | LREM gain from MPF | LREM gain from MPF | LREM gain from MPF | LREM gain from MPF |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée 4th :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MPF | Véronique Besse | 31,806 | 57,04 | −3,92 |
| | PS | Maï Haeffelin | 14,248 | 25,55 | +9,15 |
| | FN | Maryse Borie | 3,555 | 6,38 | +4,72 |
| | MoDem | Christian Ricot | 2,253 | 4,04 | −6,82 |
| | PCF | Marie-Françoise Michenaud | 1,630 | 2,92 | +2,92 |
| | LV | Daniel Rondeau | 1,245 | 2,23 | −2,19 |
| | DVE | Yann Denis | 422 | 0,76 | −0,68 |
| | DVE | Laurent Orgeas | 352 | 0,63 | +0,63 |
| | Far left | Michel Stambouli | 245 | 0,44 | −0,91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,858 | 60,15 | −3,91 |
| | MPF hold | MPF hold | Swing | | |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée 4th :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MPF | Véronique Besse | 34,458 | 60.96 |
| | PS | Jean-François Bolteau | 9,269 | 16.40 |
| | MoDem | Arnold Schwerdorffer | 6,137 | 10.86 |
| | LV | Patrick You | 2,501 | 4.42 |
| | CPNT | Martine Aury | 1,062 | 1.88 |
| | FN | Jean-Marie Dieulangard | 938 | 1.66 |
| | DVE | Anita Barbarit | 813 | 1.44 |
| | Far left | Jean-Claude Chevallier | 763 | 1.35 |
| | LO | Michel Stambouli | 585 | 1.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,525 | 64.06 |
| | MPF hold | MPF hold | Swing | |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MPF | Philippe de Villiers | 38,113 | 67.15 | |
| | DVG | Michelle Devanne | 9,794 | 17.26 | |
| | DVD | Madeleine Lelievre | 2,664 | 4.69 | |
| | DVE | David Lelievre | 2,158 | 3.80 | |
| | FN | Georges Kouskoff | 1,767 | 3.11 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,258 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,636 | 68.57 | |
| | MPF gain from DVD | MPF gain from DVD | MPF gain from DVD | MPF gain from DVD | MPF gain from DVD |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DVD | Philippe de Villiers | 26,560 | 47.44 | |
| | LV | Philippe Boursier | 11,525 | 20.59 | |
| | RPR | Marcel Albert | 10,465 | 18.69 | |
| | FN | Christian Proust | 3,852 | 6.88 | |
| | DVD | Madeleine Lelièvre | 1,806 | 3.23 | |
| | PCF | Magali Burgaud | 1,775 | 3.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,402 | 76.62 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVD | Philippe de Villiers | 36,931 | 68.35 | |
| | LV | Philippe Boursier | 17,103 | 31.65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,910 | 73.47 | |
| | DVD hold | DVD hold | DVD hold | DVD hold | DVD hold |