# Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is a French legislative constituency in the Saône-et-Loire département.

## Description

The 2nd constituency of the Saône-et-Loire covers the southwestern portion of the department, The constituency has no major urban centre but does include the town of Marcigny, which is famous for the ceramics factory of Émile Henry Ltd.
Politically the seat has swung between left and right, between 1988 and 1997 it was held by Jean-Marc Nesme of the UDF who re-captured the seat in 2002 this time running as a UMP candidate.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Pierre Dufour | CNIP |
| | 1962 | Paul Duraffour | PRRRS |
| | 1967 | Paul Duraffour | PRRRS |
| | 1968 | Paul Duraffour | PRRRS |
| | 1973 | Paul Duraffour | MRG |
| | 1978 | Paul Duraffour | MRG |
| | 1981 | Paul Duraffour | MRG |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean-Marc Nesme | UDF |
| | 1993 | Jean-Marc Nesme | UDF |
| | 1997 | Jacques Rebillard | PRG |
| | 2002 | Jean-Marc Nesme | UMP |
| | 2007 | Jean-Marc Nesme | UMP |
| | 2012 | Edith Gueugneau | DVG |
| | 2017 | Josiane Corneloup | LR |
| | 2022 | Josiane Corneloup | LR |
| | 2024 | Josiane Corneloup | LR |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Olivier Damien | RN | | 19,738 | 37.85 | +19.01 | 21,360 | 41.61 | new |
| | Josiane Corneloup | LR | UDC | 17,511 | 33.58 | -3.23 | 29,977 | 58.39 | -8.26 |
| | Sébastien Gautheron | PCF | NFP | 9,124 | 17.50 | -2.51 | | | |
| | Raymond Zekpa | RE | Ensemble | 5,094 | 9.77 | -6.47 | | | |
| | Patrick Berthelot | LO | | 677 | 1.30 | -0.49 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 52,144 | 100.00 | | 51,337 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 52,144 | 97.34 | -0.45 | 51,337 | 95.31 | +1.20 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 894 | 1.67 | +0.14 | 1,816 | 3.37 | -0.73 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 532 | 0.99 | +0.31 | 710 | 1.32 | -0.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,570 | 69.92 | +19.45 | 53,863 | 70.29 | +23.17 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 23,051 | 30.08 | -19.45 | 22,767 | 29.71 | -23.17 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 76,621 | | | 76,630 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | LR HOLD | LR HOLD | LR HOLD | LR HOLD | LR HOLD | LR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LR (UDC) | Josiane Corneloup | 14,031 | 36.81 | +12.76 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Céline Vinauger | 7,627 | 20.01 | +6.88 |
| | RN | Olivier Damien | 7,179 | 18.84 | +6.80 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Laurence Gauthier | 6,188 | 16.24 | −15.11 |
| | REC | Laurence Albert | 1,373 | 3.60 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,715 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,113 | 50.47 | +0.70 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LR (UDC) | Josiane Corneloup | 22,823 | 66.65 | +15.61 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Céline Vinauger | 11,419 | 33.35 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,242 | 47.12 | +6.80 |
| | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM | Vincent Chauvet | 12,225 | 31.35 | |
| | LR | Josiane Corneloup | 9,376 | 24.05 | |
| | FN | Antoine Chudzik | 4,696 | 12.04 | |
| | PCF | Philippe Bonnot | 3,886 | 9.97 | |
| | PRG | Dominique Lotte | 3,813 | 9.78 | |
| | DVD | Philippe Guyot De Caila | 1,533 | 3.93 | |
| | EELV | Dominique Cornet | 1,231 | 3.16 | |
| | DLF | Eric Nevers | 890 | 2.28 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,343 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,993 | 49.77 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LR | Josiane Corneloup | 16,124 | 51.04 | |
| | LREM | Vincent Chauvet | 15,466 | 48.96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,590 | 40.32 | |
| | LR gain from DVG | LR gain from DVG | LR gain from DVG | LR gain from DVG | LR gain from DVG |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 17,777 | 37.35 | |
| | DVG | Edith Gueugneau | 14,004 | 29.42 | |
| | EELV | Nicolas Guillemet | 6,996 | 14.70 | |
| | FN | Marie-Christiane Colas | 5,779 | 12.14 | |
| | FG | Isabelle Voillot | 2,149 | 4.51 | |
| | Others | N/A | 892 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,597 | 58.54 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVG | Edith Gueugneau | 25,124 | 52.82 | |
| | UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 22,443 | 47.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,567 | 58.51 | |
| | DVG gain from UMP | DVG gain from UMP | DVG gain from UMP | DVG gain from UMP | DVG gain from UMP |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 17,157 | 43.38 | |
| | PRG | Jacques Rebillard | 13,304 | 33.64 | |
| | MoDem | André Chassort | 2,692 | 6.81 | |
| | DVG | Alain Bailly | 1,924 | 4.86 | |
| | PCF | Hubert Louis | 1,093 | 2.76 | |
| | FN | Nicole Pellenard | 921 | 2.33 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,461 | - | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,381 | 62.57 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 20,262 | 50.09 | |
| | PRG | Jacques Rebillard | 20,187 | 49.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,466 | 64.26 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 17,008 | 40.80 | |
| | PRG | Jacques Rebillard | 15,419 | 36.99 | |
| | FN | Marie-Christine Bignon | 4,847 | 11.63 | |
| | PCF | Hubert Louis | 1,456 | 3.49 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,953 | - | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,537 | 65.84 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Jean-Marc Nesme | 19,980 | 50.09 | |
| | PRG | Jacques Rebillard | 19,909 | 49.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,188 | 63.77 | |
| | UMP gain from PRG | UMP gain from PRG | UMP gain from PRG | UMP gain from PRG | UMP gain from PRG |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Saône-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PPDF (UDF) | Jean-Marc Nesme | 15,444 | 37.11 | |
| | PRG | Jacques Rebillard | 12,446 | 29.91 | |
| | FN | Michel Aufranc | 4,166 | 10.01 | |
| | PCF | Hubert Louis | 3,690 | 8.87 | |
| | LDI | Christian Duclos | 1,953 | 4.69 | |
| | LV | Maité Aymes | 1,504 | 3.61 | |
| | DVG | Alain Bailly | 1,477 | 3.55 | |
| | MDC | Jacques Mitaine | 934 | 2.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,720 | 69.91 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PRG | Jacques Rebillard | 22,619 | 51.66 | |
| | PPDF (UDF) | Jean-Marc Nesme | 21,169 | 48.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,259 | 72.32 | |
| | PRG gain from PPDF | PRG gain from PPDF | PRG gain from PPDF | PRG gain from PPDF | PRG gain from PPDF |

## Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Saône-et-Loire". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2022.