# Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Quatrième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of Charente-Maritime, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

## Description

The constituency is made up of 11 whole (pre-2015) cantons – those of Archiac, Cozes, Gémozac, Jonzac, Mirambeau, Montendre, Montguyon, Montlieu-la-Garde, Pons, Royan-Est, and Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge – plus two communes (Colombiers and La Jard) belonging to a twelfth: that of Saintes-Est.
At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 4th constituency had a total population of 101,987.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | André Bégouin | CNIP |
| | 1962 | Daniel Daviaud | PRV |
| | 1967 | Daniel Daviaud | PRV |
| | 1968 | Louis Joanne | UDR |
| | 1973 | Louis Joanne | RI |
| | 1978 | Philippe Marchand | PS |
| | 1981 | Philippe Marchand | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Philippe Marchand | PS |
| | 1993 | Dominique Bussereau | UDF |
| | 1997 | Dominique Bussereau | UDF |
| | 2002 | Dominique Bussereau | UMP |
| | 2007 | Dominique Bussereau | UMP |
| | 2012 | Dominique Bussereau | UMP |
| | 2017 | Raphaël Gérard | LREM |
| | 2022 | Raphaël Gérard | RE |
| | 2024 | Pascal Markowsky | RN |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Pascal Markowsky | RN | | 28,510 | 45.21 | +19.44 | 31,356 | 50.74 | |
| | Raphaël Gérard | RE | ENS | 17,625 | 27.95 | +0.36 | 30,447 | 49.26 | |
| | Danièle Desselles | LFI | NFP | 10,972 | 17.40 | -2.33 | | | |
| | Céline Drouillard | LR | | 5,251 | 8.33 | -6.45 | | | |
| | Olivier Tripelon | LO | | 707 | 1.12 | -0.47 | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 63,065 | 96.96 | -0.24 | 61,803 | 94.59 | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,370 | 2.11 | +0.22 | 2,579 | 3.95 | |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 610 | 0.94 | +0.02 | 955 | 1.46 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,045 | 68.80 | +18.47 | 65,337 | 69.10 | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,499 | 31.20 | -18.47 | 29,217 | 30.90 | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 94,544 | | | 94,554 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | RN GAIN FROM RE | RN GAIN FROM RE | RN GAIN FROM RE | RN GAIN FROM RE | RN GAIN FROM RE | RN GAIN FROM RE | RN GAIN FROM RE |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Raphaël Gérard | 12,743 | 27.59 | -6.26 |
| | RN | Pascal Markowsky | 11,900 | 25.77 | +8.78 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Danièle Desselles | 9,114 | 19.73 | −1.90 |
| | LR (UDC) | Françoise De Roffignac | 6,828 | 14.78 | −7.42 |
| | REC | Jean Robin | 1,935 | 4.19 | N/A |
| | DIV | Stéphane Loth | 935 | 2.02 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,727 | 5.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,182 | 50.33 | −0.41 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Raphaël Gérard | 21,447 | 50.90 | -0.39 |
| | RN | Pascal Markowsky | 20,685 | 49.10 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,132 | 48.92 | +4.74 |
| | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Raphaël Gérard | REM | 15,055 | 33.85 | 18,070 | 51.29 |
| | Loic Girard | LR | 9,872 | 22.20 | 17,159 | 48.71 |
| | Isabelle Texier | FN | 7,556 | 16.99 | | |
| | Lucie Kirchner | FI | 5,324 | 11.97 | | |
| | Fabienne Dugas-Raveneau | PS | 2,536 | 5.70 | | |
| | Laurence Marcillaud | ECO | 1,194 | 2.68 | | |
| | Benoît Biteau | PRG | 824 | 1.85 | | |
| | Éric Devise | DLF | 782 | 1.76 | | |
| | Pascal Pellerin | PCF | 568 | 1.28 | | |
| | Valerie Barraud | EXG | 379 | 0.85 | | |
| | Ingrid Chrismann | DIV | 298 | 0.67 | | |
| | Philippe Davril | DVG | 88 | 0.20 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 44,476 | 100.00 | 35,229 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 44,476 | 97.51 | 35,229 | 88.70 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 780 | 1.71 | 2,969 | 7.48 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 357 | 0.78 | 1,521 | 3.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,613 | 50.74 | 39,719 | 44.18 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 44,282 | 49.26 | 50,175 | 55.82 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 89,895 | | 89,894 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 4th Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Dominique Bussereau | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 20,485 | 40.01% | 26,740 | 52.15% |
| | Fabienne Dugas-Raveneau | Socialist Party | PS | 18,129 | 35.41% | 24,540 | 47.85% |
| | Tony Lambert | Front National | FN | 6,946 | 13.57% | | |
| | Jean-Yves Boiffier | Left Front | FG | 2,168 | 4.23% | | |
| | Jean-Luc Guerbois | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1,243 | 2.43% | | |
| | Valérie Verduzier | Centrist | CEN | 795 | 1.55% | | |
| | Laure Serra | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 524 | 1.02% | | |
| | Martine Gantner | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 379 | 0.74% | | |
| | Valérie Baraud | Far Left | EXG | 348 | 0.68% | | |
| | Stéphane Hays | Other | AUT | 182 | 0.36% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51,199 | 100% | 51,280 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 87,692 | | 87,675 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 873 | 1.00% | 1,617 | 1.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,072 | 59.38% | 52,897 | 60.33% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,620 | 40.62% | 34,778 | 39.67% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP HOLD | UMP HOLD |

### 2007

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charente Maritime’s 4th Constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UMP | Dominique Bussereau | 26,322 | 51.73 |
| | PS | Régine Joly | 12,161 | 23.90 |
| | MoDem | Céline Alleaume | 3,471 | 6.82 |
| | FN | Bernard Roy | 1,936 | 3.80 |
| | CPNT | Chantal Thomazeau | 1,630 | 3.20 |
| | Far left | Lino Piva | 1,113 | 2.19 |
| | LV | Danièle Lot | 982 | 1.93 |
| | PCF | Jean-Marc Langlais | 923 | 1.93 |
| | MPF | Séverine Werbrouck | 723 | 1.42 |
| | DVG | Alain Girard | 371 | 0.73 |
| | Far left | Christophe Bruneteau | 371 | 0.73 |
| | DVE | Françoise Doucet | 353 | 0.69 |
| | Independent | Jack Lionet | 281 | 0.55 |
| | DVD | Grégory Couillaud | 250 | 0.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,161 | 27.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,695 | 61.42 |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | Swing | |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Dominique Bussereau | 24,413 | 47.17 | |
| | PRG | Philippe Callaud | 11,003 | 21.26 | |
| | FN | Eliane Petrus | 5,392 | 10.42 | |
| | CPNT | Gérard Fontenay | 3,508 | 6.78 | |
| | LV | Nathalie Riollet | 1,679 | 3.24 | |
| | PCF | René Renaudet | 1,282 | 2.48 | |
| | DVG | Henri-Georges Dubois | 1,145 | 2.21 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,333 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,007 | 64.75 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Dominique Bussereau | 29,642 | 62.31 | |
| | PRG | Philippe Callaud | 17,932 | 37.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,503 | 60.47 | |
| | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Charente-Maritime's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Dominique Bussereau | 18,514 | 37.35 | |
| | PRG | Philippe Callaud | 13,401 | 27.04 | |
| | FN | Hilles Bredillot | 6,586 | 13.29 | |
| | PCF | Michelle Carmousse | 4,878 | 9.84 | |
| | MPF | Claude Trong | 2,534 | 5.11 | |
| | LV | Jack Lionet | 2,272 | 4.58 | |
| | MEI | Christophe Bultel | 1,382 | 2.79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,363 | 67.73 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Dominique Bussereau | 27,117 | 51.07 | |
| | PRG | Philippe Callaud | 25,981 | 48.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,652 | 71.91 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |