# Finistère's 6th constituency

The 6th constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère 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 | Jean-Yves Cozan | UDF |
| 1993 | Jean-Yves Cozan | UDF |
| 1997 | Kofi Yamgnane | PS |
| 2002 | Christian Ménard | UMP |
| 2007 | Christian Ménard | UMP |
| 2012 | Richard Ferrand | PS |
| 2017 | Richard Ferrand | LREM |
| 2022 | Mélanie Thomin | PS |
| 2024 | Mélanie Thomin | PS |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Mélanie Thomin | PS | NFP | 24,664 | 37.88 | +3.17 | 38,630 | 61.83 | +10.97 |
| | Patrick Le Fur | RN | | 19,671 | 30.21 | +15.70 | 23,847 | 38.17 | N/A |
| | Erwan Crouan | DVC | ENS | 18,223 | 27.99 | -5.57 | WITHDREW | WITHDREW | WITHDREW |
| | Tugdal Perennec | DIV | | 808 | 1.24 | N/A | | | |
| | Philippe Cordier | LO | | 753 | 1.16 | +0.19 | | | |
| | Evelyne Carayon | REC | | 637 | 0.98 | -1.84 | | | |
| | Kenny Delferriere | NPA | | 360 | 0.55 | N/A | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 65,116 | 97.29 | -0.70 | 62,477 | 92.57 | +1.35 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,294 | 1.93 | +0.51 | 3,814 | 5.65 | +1.61 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 521 | 0.78 | +0.19 | 1,203 | 1.78 | -0.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,931 | 73.08 | +18.01 | 67,494 | 73.73 | +18.79 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 24,649 | 26.92 | -18.01 | 24,043 | 26.27 | -18.79 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 91,580 | | | 91,537 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Finistère's 6th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Richard Ferrand | 16,526 | 33.56 | -0.37 |
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Mélanie Thomin | 15,345 | 31.16 | +9.64 |
| | RN | Patrick Le Fur | 7,146 | 14.51 | +7.57 |
| | LR (UDC) | Gaëlle Nicolas | 5,218 | 10.60 | −7.50 |
| | UDB | Philippe Plouzane | 1,500 | 3.05 | N/A |
| | REC | Sophie Broustaut | 1,387 | 2.82 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,123 | 4.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,245 | 55.07 | −3.07 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Mélanie Thomin | 23,948 | 50.85 | N/A |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Richard Ferrand | 23,144 | 49.15 | −7.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,092 | 54.94 | +6.70 |
| | PS gain from LREM | PS gain from LREM | PS gain from LREM | PS gain from LREM | PS gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Richard Ferrand | REM | 17,230 | 33.93 | 20,991 | 56.53 |
| | Gaëlle Nicolas | LR | 9,193 | 18.10 | 16,140 | 43.47 |
| | Christian Troadec | REG | 7,047 | 13.88 | | |
| | Jean-Michel Lucas | FI | 5,855 | 11.53 | | |
| | Nathanaël Legeard | ECO | 4,360 | 8.59 | | |
| | Patrick Le Fur | FN | 3,523 | 6.94 | | |
| | Lionel Chabrol | DIV | 773 | 1.52 | | |
| | Maxime Paul | PCF | 711 | 1.40 | | |
| | Sophie Rossigneux | DLF | 584 | 1.15 | | |
| | Bernard Fehringer | DIV | 405 | 0.80 | | |
| | Robert Béra | DVG | 307 | 0.60 | | |
| | Élisabeth Piro | EXG | 292 | 0.58 | | |
| | Catherine Carpentier | DIV | 264 | 0.52 | | |
| | Jean Queinnec | EXD | 233 | 0.46 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 50,777 | 100.00 | 37,131 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 50,777 | 97.83 | 37,131 | 86.22 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 770 | 1.48 | 4,327 | 10.05 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 355 | 0.68 | 1,607 | 3.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,902 | 58.14 | 43,065 | 48.24 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,372 | 41.86 | 46,204 | 51.76 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 89,274 | | 89,269 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Finistere's 6th constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Richard Ferrand | PS | 18,300 | 32.29% | 31,965 | 58.36% |
| | Dominique Cap | UMP | 15,733 | 27.76% | 22,807 | 41.64% |
| | Christian Troadec | PS dissident–MBP | 11,286 | 19.92% | | |
| | Marie-Anne Haas | FN | 4,312 | 7.61% | | |
| | Noëlle Péoc'h | FG | 2,999 | 5.29% | | |
| | Jocelyne Leclerc | EELV | 2,118 | 3.74% | | |
| | Marie Laurent | PCD | 636 | 1.12% | | |
| | André Ménesguen | NPA | 556 | 0.98% | | |
| | Sophie Rossigneux | DLR | 540 | 0.95% | | |
| | Élisabeth Piro | LO | 188 | 0.33% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 56,668 | 98.79% | 54,772 | 96.79% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 695 | 1.21% | 1,814 | 3.21% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 57,363 | 64.17% | 56,586 | 63.33% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 32,033 | 35.83% | 32,769 | 36.67% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 89,396 | 100.00% | 89,355 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Finistère's 6th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Christian Ménard | 24,659 | 41.39 | |
| | PS | Richard Ferrand | 15,050 | 25.26 | |
| | DVG | Christian Troadec | 7,393 | 12.41 | |
| | MoDem | Catherine Le Moan | 5,224 | 8.77 | |
| | Far left | Matthieu Guillemot | 2,208 | 3.71 | |
| | DVE | Danielle Lemoine | 1,216 | 2.04 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,834 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,434 | 68.13 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Christian Ménard | 29,903 | 50.19 | |
| | PS | Richard Ferrand | 29,673 | 49.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,127 | 68.92 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Finistère's 6th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Kofi Yamgnane | 18,668 | 31.16 | |
| | UMP | Christian Ménard | 14,662 | 24.48 | |
| | DVG | Christian Troadec | 6,759 | 11.28 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Yves Cozan | 6,167 | 10.29 | |
| | DVD | Dominique Cap | 5,673 | 9.47 | |
| | FN | Marie-Anne Haas | 2,685 | 4.48 | |
| | LV | Serge Borvon | 1,411 | 2.36 | |
| | PCF | Claudine Laporte | 1,251 | 2.09 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,629 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,686 | 70.87 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Christian Ménard | 30,031 | 50.14 | |
| | PS | Kofi Yamgnane | 29,865 | 49.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,428 | 71.75 | |
| | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Finistère's 6th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Kofi Yamgnane | 21,115 | 36.66 | |
| | UDF | Jean-Yves Cozan | 20,255 | 35.10 | |
| | PCF | Daniel Créoff | 5,594 | 9.69 | |
| | FN | Eric Calmejane | 4,842 | 8.39 | |
| | GE | Robert Beby | 2,484 | 4.30 | |
| | Regionalist | Christian Pierre | 1,848 | 3.20 | |
| | DVD | Georges Nieto | 1,526 | 2.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,117 | 72.32 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Kofi Yamgnane | 33,649 | 53.75 | |
| | UDF | Jean-Yves Cozan | 28,957 | 46.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,677 | 79.03 | |
| | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF |

## Sources

* ↑ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* ↑ "Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024". Le Monde. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
* Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.