# Loire's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Loire is one of six French legislative constituencies in the Loire department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
It consists of the (pre-2014 cantonal re-organisation) cantons of Saint Étienne South-East 1, 2 and 3 and Saint Étienne South-West 1. Its population was 85,551 at the 1999 census.

## Deputies

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Christian Cabal | RPR |
| 1993 | Christian Cabal | RPR |
| 1997 | Christian Cabal | RPR |
| 2002 | Christian Cabal | UMP |
| 2007 | Jean-Louis Gagnaire | PS |
| 2012 | Jean-Louis Gagnaire | PS |
| 2017 | Jean-Michel Mis | LREM |
| 2022 | Andrée Taurinya | LFI |
| 2024 | Andrée Taurinya | LFI |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Andrée Taurinya | LFI | NFP | 13,652 | 43.09 | +8.72 | 15,584 | 48.73 | -1.90 |
| | Hervé Breuil | RN | | 8,595 | 27.13 | +11.79 | 9,128 | 28.54 | new |
| | Eric Le Jaouen | UDI | Ensemble | 7,310 | 23.08 | -4.28 | 7,268 | 22.73 | new |
| | Martial Mossmann | LC | | 871 | 2.75 | new | | | |
| | Nathalie Douspis | DVD | | 650 | 2.05 | +0.40 | | | |
| | Sophie Dieterich | LO | | 439 | 1.39 | +0.35 | | | |
| | Quentin Fontvielle | DVC | | 162 | 0.51 | +0.05 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 31,679 | 100.00 | | 31,980 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,679 | 97.98 | -0.42 | 31,980 | 97.96 | +4.24 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 474 | 1.47 | +0.32 | 495 | 1.52 | -2.93 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 178 | 0.55 | +0.10 | 170 | 0.52 | -1.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,331 | 63.53 | +18.59 | 32,645 | 64.12 | +20.73 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 18,558 | 36.47 | -18.59 | 18,265 | 35.88 | -20.73 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 50,889 | | | 50,910 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Andrée Taurinya | 7,738 | 34.37 | +5.73 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Jean-Michel Mis | 6,161 | 27.36 | -11.39 |
| | RN | Hervé Breuil | 3,454 | 15.34 | +1.70 |
| | LR (UDC) | Marie-Camille Rey | 1,938 | 8.61 | −5.60 |
| | REC | Francette Moreau | 1,145 | 5.09 | N/A |
| | PRG | Zahra Bencharif | 931 | 4.13 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,149 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,516 | 44.94 | +1.35 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Andrée Taurinya | 10,488 | 50.63 | +8.10 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Jean-Michel Mis | 10,225 | 49.37 | −8.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,713 | 43.39 | +6.13 |
| | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | Swing | +8.10 | |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jean-Michel Mis | REM | 8,860 | 38.75 | 10,425 | 57.47 |
| | Andrée Taurinya | FI | 3,516 | 15.38 | 7,716 | 42.53 |
| | Alexandra Ribeiro-Custodio | LR | 3,249 | 14.21 | | |
| | Pascal Arrighi | FN | 3,119 | 13.64 | | |
| | Olivier Longeon | ECO | 2,124 | 9.29 | | |
| | Vanessa Pecel | PCF | 907 | 3.97 | | |
| | Maxime Peyrard | DIV | 347 | 1.52 | | |
| | Nadia Lamour | ECO | 344 | 1.50 | | |
| | Joëlle Governatori | ECO | 211 | 0.92 | | |
| | Sauveur Cuadros | EXG | 187 | 0.82 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 22,864 | 100.00 | 18,141 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,864 | 98.59 | 18,141 | 91.54 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 236 | 1.02 | 1,239 | 6.25 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 90 | 0.39 | 438 | 2.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,190 | 43.59 | 19,818 | 37.26 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 30,005 | 56.41 | 33,376 | 62.74 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 53,195 | | 53,194 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jean-Louis Gagnaire | PS | 12,439 | 42.11% | 16,450 | 59.93% |
| | Alexandra Custodio | UMP | 7,738 | 26.19% | 10,999 | 40.07% |
| | Francis Rongier | FN | 5,004 | 16.94% | | |
| | Vanessa Pecel | FG | 2,169 | 7.34% | | |
| | Noélie Buisson-Descombes | EELV | 1,346 | 4.56% | | |
| | Mohamed Abdirahman | | 383 | 1.30% | | |
| | Denis Rivier | NPA | 168 | 0.57% | | |
| | Laurent Arena | SP | 111 | 0.38% | | |
| | Pascal Bouchet | LO | 106 | 0.36% | | |
| | Rémi Provenzano | | 78 | 0.26% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 29,542 | 99.09% | 27,449 | 97.18% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 272 | 0.91% | 797 | 2.82% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 29,814 | 52.03% | 28,246 | 49.31% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,486 | 47.97% | 29,034 | 50.69% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 57,300 | 100.00% | 57,280 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Christian Cabal | 10,289 | 38.89 | |
| | PS | Jean-Louis Gagnaire | 7,671 | 29.00 | |
| | MoDem | Denis Chambe | 2,889 | 10.92 | |
| | FN | François Dufosse | 1,331 | 5.03 | |
| | LV | Olivier Longeon | 888 | 3.36 | |
| | PCF | Véronique Naegelen | 871 | 3.29 | |
| | EXG | Hélène Millot | 668 | 2.53 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,847 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,733 | 53.32 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Louis Gagnaire | 14,194 | 53.99 | |
| | UMP | Christian Cabal | 12,095 | 46.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,983 | 53.82 | |
| | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Christian Cabal | 9,412 | 32.54 | |
| | LV | Roland Comte | 4,882 | 16.88 | |
| | FN | Michèle Bracciano | 4,282 | 14.81 | |
| | PS | Maurice Vincent* | 3,955 | 13.67 | |
| | DLC | Nicole Peycelon | 2,928 | 10.12 | |
| | PCF | Roger Dubien | 1,378 | 4.76 | |
| | PR | Christian Daudel | 594 | 2.05 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,491 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,324 | 58.08 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Christian Cabal | 13,195 | 53.67 | |
| | LV | Roland Comte | 11,391 | 46.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,787 | 51.08 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |
* PS dissident

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RPR | Christian Cabal | 8,847 | 28.70 | |
| | DVG | Bruno Vennin | 7,425 | 24.08 | |
| | FN | Michèle Bracciano | 7,237 | 23.47 | |
| | PCF | Roger Dubien | 3,016 | 9.78 | |
| | LDI | Louis Ouillon | 1,115 | 3.62 | |
| | EXG | Marcel Gaillard | 1,076 | 3.49 | |
| | LO | Mireille Jouffre | 822 | 2.67 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,293 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,874 | 58.86 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RPR | Christian Cabal | 14,788 | 42.35 | |
| | DVG | Bruno Vennin | 14,592 | 41.79 | |
| | FN | Michèle Bracciano | 5,539 | 15.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,891 | 66.28 | |
| | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold |