# Charente-Maritime's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Cinquième 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 nine (pre-2015) cantons: those of Le Château-d'Oléron, Marennes, Royan-Ouest, Saint-Agnant, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Saint-Porchaire, Saujon, Tonnay-Charente, and La Tremblade.
At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 5th constituency had a total population of 112,002.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | André Lacaze | CNIP |
| | 1962 | Jean de Lipkowski | UNR |
| | 1967 | Jean de Lipkowski | UDR |
| | 1968 | Jean de Lipkowski | UDR |
| | 1973 | Jean de Lipkowski | UDR |
| | 1978 | Jean de Lipkowski | RPR |
| | 1981 | Jean de Lipkowski | RPR |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean de Lipkowski | RPR |
| | 1993 | Jean de Lipkowski | RPR |
| | 1997 | Didier Quentin | RPR |
| | 2002 | Didier Quentin | UMP |
| | 2007 | Didier Quentin | UMP |
| | 2012 | Didier Quentin | UMP |
| | 2017 | Didier Quentin | LR |
| | 2022 | Christophe Plassard | H |
| | 2024 |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Aymeric Mongelous | RN | | 36,296 | 43.83 | +18.07 | 39,259 | 47.89 | |
| | Christophe Plassard | HOR | ENS | 27,134 | 32.75 | +8.92 | 42,725 | 52.11 | |
| | Anne Brachet | PS | NFP | 18,344 | 22.15 | +2.27 | WITHDREW | WITHDREW | WITHDREW |
| | Danièle Cassette | LO | | 1,051 | 1.27 | +0.23 | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 82,815 | 97.31 | -1.05 | 81,984 | 95.46 | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,609 | 1.89 | +0.77 | 2,758 | 3.21 | |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 676 | 0.79 | +0.28 | 1,128 | 1.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,100 | 70.74 | +19.97 | 85,870 | 71.37 | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,196 | 29.26 | -19.97 | 34,447 | 28.63 | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 120,296 | | | 120,317 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Charente-Maritime's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Séverine Werbrouck | 15,404 | 25.76 | +10.23 |
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Christophe Plassard | 14,245 | 23.83 | N/A |
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Margarita Sola | 11,886 | 19.88 | −6.21 |
| | LR (UDC) | Didier Quentin | 10,519 | 17.59 | −6.19 |
| | REC | Florence Courtois | 2,474 | 4.14 | N/A |
| | DIV | Romuald Dequatre | 1,525 | 2.55 | N/A |
| | PRG | Marie-Noëlle Groch | 1,506 | 2.52 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,228 | 3.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,787 | 50.77 | +0.94 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Christophe Plassard | 28,233 | 51.74 | N/A |
| | RN | Séverine Werbrouck | 26,336 | 48.26 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,569 | 49.69 | +6.70 |
| | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Didier Quentin | LR | 12,933 | 23.78 | 23,151 | 54.89 |
| | Gérard Potennec | DIV | 11,415 | 20.99 | 19,024 | 45.11 |
| | Séverine Werbrouck | FN | 8,444 | 15.53 | | |
| | Mickael Vallet | PS | 7,355 | 13.52 | | |
| | Geoffrey Lebreton Perez | FI | 4,936 | 9.08 | | |
| | Christian Gerin | DIV | 3,509 | 6.45 | | |
| | Stéphanie Muzard | ECO | 1,327 | 2.44 | | |
| | Thierry Gille | DIV | 1,206 | 2.22 | | |
| | Maurice Montangon | DLF | 863 | 1.59 | | |
| | Jacques Guiard | PCF | 569 | 1.05 | | |
| | Stéphane Theas | ECO | 444 | 0.82 | | |
| | Audrey Jean | DIV | 396 | 0.73 | | |
| | Béatrice Machillot | DIV | 234 | 0.43 | | |
| | Khamssa Rahmani | EXG | 229 | 0.42 | | |
| | Pierre Duponchel | DIV | 214 | 0.39 | | |
| | Julien Millot | DIV | 208 | 0.38 | | |
| | Patrice Guillory | DIV | 67 | 0.12 | | |
| | Gilles Geirnaert | DVG | 36 | 0.07 | | |
| | Rémi Lefèvre | DIV | 2 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 54,387 | 100.00 | 42,175 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 54,387 | 97.93 | 42,175 | 88.03 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 782 | 1.41 | 3,919 | 8.18 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 370 | 0.67 | 1,816 | 3.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,539 | 49.83 | 47,910 | 42.99 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 55,914 | 50.17 | 63,524 | 57.01 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 111,453 | | 111,434 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 5th Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Didier Quentin | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 25,925 | 41.68% | 32,697 | 53.99% |
| | Pascal Ferchaud | Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 21,637 | 34.79% | 27,866 | 46.01% |
| | Jean-Marc de Lacoste Lareymondie | Front National | FN | 8,769 | 14.10% | | |
| | Jacques Guiard | Left Front | FG | 2,340 | 3.76% | | |
| | Laurence Marcillaud | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1,272 | 2.05% | | |
| | Michel Renault | Centrist | CEN | 957 | 1.54% | | |
| | Sylvie Moreau | Ecologist | ECO | 608 | 0.98% | | |
| | Pascale Lequeux | Ecologist | ECO | 361 | 0.58% | | |
| | Anne Bernon | Far Left | EXG | 327 | 0.53% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 62,196 | 100% | 60,563 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 106,006 | | 105,996 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 811 | 0.77% | 1,604 | 1.51% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,007 | 59.44% | 62,167 | 58.65% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 42,999 | 40.56% | 43,829 | 41.35% |
| 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 5th Constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UMP | Didier Quentin | 31,884 | 53.51 |
| | PRG | Vincent Barraud | 10,798 | 18.12 |
| | MoDem | Alexis Blanc | 4,790 | 8.04 |
| | FN | Elise Somprou | 2,345 | 3.94 |
| | CPNT | Jean-Louis Jaulin | 1,993 | 3.34 |
| | LV | Nicole Kentzel | 1,983 | 3.33 |
| | Far left | Marie Dolores Delgado | 1,803 | 3.03 |
| | PCF | Jacques Guiard | 1,647 | 2.76 |
| | MPF | Claude Meunier | 1,142 | 1.92 |
| | Independent | Patrick Vaisse | 637 | 1.07 |
| | Far left | Marouani Ben Hadj Salem | 383 | 0.64 |
| | Independent | Alain Ignacimouttou | 185 | 0.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,086 | 35.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,808 | 60.52 |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | Swing | |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Charente-Maritime's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Didier Quentin | 27,560 | 48.33 | |
| | PS | Régine Joly | 12,794 | 22.43 | |
| | FN | Didier Fontaine | 6,063 | 10.63 | |
| | CPNT | Olivier Delabbey | 3,519 | 6.17 | |
| | LV | Eric Chollon | 2,213 | 3.88 | |
| | PCF | Jacques Guiard | 1,368 | 2.40 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,512 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,135 | 64.83 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Didier Quentin | 33,340 | 64.76 | |
| | PS | Régine Joly | 18,144 | 35.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,568 | 59.74 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Charente-Maritime's 5th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RPR | Didier Quentin | 13,663 | 27.03 | |
| | PS | Claude Billot-Zeller | 12,238 | 24.21 | |
| | FN | Pascal Markowski | 6,688 | 13.23 | |
| | RPR | Jean-Noël de Lipkowski | 6,514 | 12.89 | |
| | PCF | Jacques Guiard | 4,177 | 8.26 | |
| | MPF | Claude Meunier | 3,424 | 6.77 | |
| | LV | Réjane Grué | 2,421 | 4.79 | |
| | MEI | Paul Liénart | 1,415 | 2.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,721 | 65.90 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RPR | Didier Quentin | 29,964 | 55.37 | |
| | PS | Claude Billot-Zeller | 24,153 | 44.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,819 | 70.93 | |
| | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold |