# Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency

The 7th constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique 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.

## Historic representation

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Olivier Guichard | RPR |
| 1993 | Olivier Guichard | RPR |
| 1997 | René Leroux | PS |
| 2002 | Christophe Priou | UMP |
| 2007 | Christophe Priou | UMP |
| 2012 | Christophe Priou | UMP |
| 2017 | Sandrine Josso | LREM |
| 2020 | Sandrine Josso | LND |
| 2020 | Sandrine Josso | MoDem |
| 2022 | Sandrine Josso | MoDem |
| 2024 | Sandrine Josso | MoDem |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Sandrine Josso | MoDEM | Ensemble | 23,489 | 28.49 | +6.01 | 48,531 | 59.95 | +2.89 |
| | Michel Hunault | LR-RN | UXD | 23,210 | 28.15 | new | 32,425 | 40.05 | new |
| | Véronique Mahé | PCF | NFP | 19,881 | 24.11 | -0.15 | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| | Bertrand Plouvier | LR | UDC | 11,616 | 14.09 | +0.87 | | | |
| | Gaël Bourdeau | DLF | | 1,595 | 1.93 | +0.29 | | | |
| | Sophie Corbin | REC | | 1,426 | 1.73 | -3.43 | | | |
| | Marie-France Belin | LO | | 1,228 | 1.49 | +0.21 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 82,439 | 100.00 | | 80,956 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 82,439 | 96.35 | -1.22 | 80,956 | 94.40 | +2.42 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,478 | 2.90 | +1.07 | 3,751 | 4.37 | -1.65 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 646 | 0.75 | +0.15 | 1,052 | 1.23 | -0.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,563 | 71.93 | +20.98 | 85,759 | 72.09 | +21.63 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,383 | 28.07 | -20.98 | 33,203 | 27.91 | -21.63 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 118,946 | | | 118,962 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Veronique Mahe | 14,147 | 24.26 | +2.98 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Sandrine Josso | 13,108 | 22.48 | -20.44 |
| | RN | Laurence Le Page | 9,309 | 15.96 | +7.36 |
| | LR (UDC) | Bertrand Plouvier | 7,712 | 13.22 | −7.45 |
| | LREM | Jean-Yves Gontier* | 5,810 | 9.96 | N/A |
| | REC | Laurent Gaudeau | 3,008 | 5.16 | N/A |
| | DVE | Alain Seille | 1,956 | 3.35 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 3,264 | 5.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,314 | 50.95 | −3.11 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Sandrine Josso | 31,074 | 57.06 | -4.05 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Veronique Mahe | 23,381 | 42.94 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,455 | 50.46 | +5.98 |
| | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Sandrine Josso | REM | 24,615 | 42.92 | 26,377 | 61.11 |
| | Franck Louvrier | LR | 11,852 | 20.67 | 16,787 | 38.89 |
| | Catherine Legal | FI | 6,631 | 11.56 | | |
| | Doris Noël | FN | 4,932 | 8.60 | | |
| | Anne Boyé | PS | 2,695 | 4.70 | | |
| | Yves Coquard | ECO | 2,045 | 3.57 | | |
| | Gaël Bourdeau | DLF | 984 | 1.72 | | |
| | Véronique Mahé | PCF | 832 | 1.45 | | |
| | Valérie Houguet | REG | 824 | 1.44 | | |
| | Arnaud Courjal | REG | 655 | 1.14 | | |
| | Paul Lachal | DVG | 452 | 0.79 | | |
| | Rémy Fancelli | DIV | 442 | 0.77 | | |
| | Marie-France Belin | EXG | 387 | 0.67 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 57,346 | 100.00 | 43,164 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 57,346 | 98.01 | 43,164 | 89.66 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 867 | 1.48 | 3,688 | 7.66 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 297 | 0.51 | 1,289 | 2.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,510 | 54.06 | 48,141 | 44.48 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 49,719 | 45.94 | 60,087 | 55.52 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 108,229 | | 108,228 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Christophe Priou | 25,638 | 41.41 | |
| | PS | Hélène Challier | 22,270 | 35.97 | |
| | FN | Annie-Chantal Durand | 6,015 | 9.71 | |
| | FG | Véronique Mahe | 2,731 | 4.41 | |
| | EELV | Laurent Dubost | 2,331 | 3.76 | |
| | MoDem | Patricia Gallerneau | 1,414 | 2.28 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,517 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,916 | 60.66 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Christophe Priou | 31,217 | 52.05 | |
| | PS | Hélène Challier | 28,756 | 47.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,973 | 58.77 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Christophe Priou | 33,150 | 49.90 | |
| | PS | Adeline L'Honen | 16,377 | 24.65 | |
| | MoDem | Patricia Gallerneau | 4,719 | 7.10 | |
| | LV | Alain Mazery | 2,231 | 3.36 | |
| | PCF | Marc Justy | 1,954 | 2.94 | |
| | CPNT | Gwenaël Rio | 1,639 | 2.47 | |
| | Far left | Gaele Berthaud | 1,599 | 2.41 | |
| | FN | Monique Juguet | 1,396 | 2.10 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,373 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,388 | 63.81 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Christophe Priou | 36,392 | 57.85 | |
| | PS | Adeline L'Honen | 26,515 | 42.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,214 | 60.81 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Christophe Priou | 27,825 | 44.18 | |
| | PS | Rene Leroux | 21,218 | 33.69 | |
| | FN | Philippe Rouger | 3,746 | 5.95 | |
| | CPNT | Claude Robert | 2,550 | 4.05 | |
| | LV | Patricia Gallerneau | 1,645 | 2.61 | |
| | PCF | Marc Justy | 1,260 | 2.00 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,741 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,914 | 67.55 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Christophe Priou | 33,654 | 55.75 | |
| | PS | Rene Leroux | 26,716 | 44.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,759 | 65.28 | |
| | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | René Leroux | 17,383 | 30.77 | |
| | RPR | Christophe Priou | 14,677 | 25.98 | |
| | UDF | Yves Métaireau | 6,110 | 10.81 | |
| | FN | Philippe Rouger | 5,045 | 8.93 | |
| | PCF | Marc Justy | 4,289 | 7.59 | |
| | LO | Jean-Claude Saint-Arroman | 1,731 | 3.06 | |
| | DVD | Patrick Simon | 1,563 | 2.77 | |
| | LV | Danièle Estay | 1,535 | 2.72 | |
| | UDF | Philippe Levenne* | 1,294 | 2.29 | |
| | GE | Michèle Levesque | 1,219 | 2.16 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,655 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,634 | 69.31 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | René Leroux | 29,982 | 50.16 | |
| | RPR | Christophe Priou | 29,786 | 49.84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,428 | 72.57 | |
| | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR |
* UDF dissident

## Sources

* Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.
* ↑ "Aurélien Taché et Émilie Cariou coprésidents des Nouveaux démocrates". Le Point. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Loire-Atlantique". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.