# Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency

The 4th 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 | Jacques Floch | PS |
| 1993 | Jacques Floch | PS |
| 1997 | Jacques Floch | PS |
| 2001 | Dominique Raimbourg | PS |
| 2002 | Jacques Floch | PS |
| 2007 | Dominique Raimbourg | PS |
| 2012 | Dominique Raimbourg | PS |
| 2017 | Aude Amadou | LREM |
| 2022 | Julie Laernoes | EELV |
| 2024 | Julie Laernoes | EELV |
* ↑ Substitute for Jacques Floch, and replaced him while he was Secretary of State of Veterans

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Julie Laerneos | LE | NFP | 30,619 | 46.83 | +4.01 | 34,265 | 53.40 | -4.63 |
| | Aude Amadou | REN | Ensemble | 14,815 | 22.66 | -6.69 | 16,225 | 25.29 | -16.68 |
| | Gaëlle Pineau | RN | | 13,116 | 20.06 | +9.85 | 13,678 | 21.32 | new |
| | Astrid Lusson | LR | UDC | 5,450 | 8.34 | +2.56 | | | |
| | Stéphane Pellegrini | LO | | 788 | 1.21 | +0.24 | | | |
| | François Olléon | ECO | | 593 | 0.91 | new | | | |
| | Mattis Gauvin | EXG | | 0 | 0.00 | new | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 65,381 | 100.00 | | 64,168 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 65,381 | 97.89 | -0.36 | 64,168 | 97.51 | +2.50 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 984 | 1.47 | +0.26 | 1,216 | 1.85 | -1.60 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 423 | 0.63 | +0.10 | 421 | 0.64 | -0.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,788 | 71.64 | +19.92 | 65,805 | 70.56 | +19.20 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 26,440 | 28.36 | -19.92 | 27,453 | 29.44 | -19.20 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 93,228 | | | 93,281 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | LE HOLD | LE HOLD | LE HOLD | LE HOLD | LE HOLD | LE HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Julie Laernoes | 20,291 | 42.82 | +3.08 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Aude Amadou | 13,908 | 29.35 | -9.85 |
| | RN | Gaëlle Pineau | 4,838 | 10.21 | +4.60 |
| | LR (UDC) | Sophie Pavageau | 2,737 | 5.78 | −2.84 |
| | FGR | Bruno Chavalier | 2,202 | 4.65 | N/A |
| | REC | Yohan Buteau | 1,180 | 2.49 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,236 | 4.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,392 | 51.72 | −2.29 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Julie Laernoes | 26,411 | 58.03 | +14.96 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Aude Amadou | 19,105 | 41.97 | −14.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,516 | 51.36 | +6.16 |
| | EELV gain from LREM | EELV gain from LREM | EELV gain from LREM | EELV gain from LREM | EELV gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Aude Amadou | REM | 18,577 | 39.20 | 21,179 | 56.93 |
| | Vincent Egron | FI | 8,238 | 17.38 | 16,025 | 43.07 |
| | Dominique Raimbourg | PS | 7,751 | 16.35 | | |
| | Isabelle Merand | UDI | 4,085 | 8.62 | | |
| | Alain Avello | FN | 2,657 | 5.61 | | |
| | François Nicolas | ECO | 2,307 | 4.87 | | |
| | Élodie Calonne | DLF | 646 | 1.36 | | |
| | Lilian Scales | ECO | 638 | 1.35 | | |
| | Mireille Pernot | PCF | 539 | 1.14 | | |
| | Amélie Barrely | REG | 329 | 0.69 | | |
| | Bernard Rineau | DVD | 292 | 0.62 | | |
| | Marie Cram | DIV | 265 | 0.56 | | |
| | Paul Raynaud | EXG | 235 | 0.50 | | |
| | André Koriat | DIV | 219 | 0.46 | | |
| | Nassira Semsar Behague | PRG | 190 | 0.40 | | |
| | Jean-Noël Rebora | DVG | 185 | 0.39 | | |
| | Maud Legeay | DIV | 174 | 0.37 | | |
| | Samuel Magaud | EXG | 66 | 0.14 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 47,393 | 100.00 | 37,204 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 47,393 | 98.58 | 37,204 | 92.48 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 471 | 0.98 | 2,211 | 5.50 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 211 | 0.44 | 815 | 2.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,075 | 54.01 | 40,230 | 45.20 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,943 | 45.99 | 48,774 | 54.80 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 89,018 | | 89,004 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dominique Raimbourg | PS | 27,581 | 55.35% |
| | Isabelle Merand Gauthier | PR | 9,858 | 19.78% |
| | Sylvie Carayol | FN | 4,026 | 8.08% |
| | Mireille Pernot | FG | 3,231 | 6.48% |
| | Didier Queraud | EELV dissident | 1,626 | 3.26% |
| | Danielle Vilvoisin | MPF | 1,281 | 2.57% |
| | Yann Quemeneur | UDB | 1,128 | 2.26% |
| | Lilian Scales | ?? | 698 | 1.40% |
| | Paul Raynaud | LO | 251 | 0.50% |
| | Samuel Magaud | Communistes | 147 | 0.30% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,827 | 98.54% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 736 | 1.46% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 50,563 | 61.05% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 32,254 | 38.95% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 82,817 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Dominique Raimbourg | 21,976 | 44.42 | |
| | UMP | Christine Thebaudeau | 12,615 | 25.50 | |
| | MoDem | Yves Aumon | 5,676 | 11.47 | |
| | LV | Catherine Esnee | 2,417 | 4.89 | |
| | MPF | Catherine Beaulieu | 1,528 | 3.09 | |
| | Far left | Pierre Chauvin | 1,266 | 2.56 | |
| | PCF | Yann Vince | 1,075 | 2.17 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,915 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,157 | 62.97 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Dominique Raimbourg | 29,978 | 64.49 | |
| | UMP | Christine Thebaudeau | 16,506 | 35.51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,489 | 59.62 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jacques Floch | 21,327 | 43.82 | |
| | UDF | Claude Gobin | 16,104 | 33.08 | |
| | FN | Fabienne Bar | 2,512 | 5.16 | |
| | LV | Marie-Christine Planer | 2,071 | 4.25 | |
| | MPF | Herve Beaulieu | 1,803 | 3.70 | |
| | PCF | Yann Vince | 972 | 2.00 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,886 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,514 | 66.76 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jacques Floch | 25,274 | 57.52 | |
| | UDF | Claude Gobin | 18,665 | 42.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,044 | 60.73 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jacques Floch | 19,135 | 42.64 | |
| | UDF | Stephan Urbanczyk | 10,144 | 22.61 | |
| | FN | Michel Boju | 3,892 | 8.67 | |
| | PCF | Jacques Guilbaud | 3,364 | 7.50 | |
| | DVD | Danièle Vilvoisin | 2,099 | 4.68 | |
| | LO | Robert Cerisier | 1,746 | 3.89 | |
| | Far left | Aline Chitelman | 1,431 | 3.19 | |
| | GE | Patrick Da Silva | 1,413 | 3.15 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,650 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,202 | 67.79 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jacques Floch | 28,389 | 63.46 | |
| | UDF | Stephan Urbanczyk | 16,347 | 36.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,290 | 67.92 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

## References and Sources

* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Loire-Atlantique". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
* Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.