# Loire-Atlantique's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département, covering the eastern part of the city of Nantes. 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. From 1958 to 1986, the constituency was made up of the cantons of Nantes-5, 6 and 7. In 1986, this was changed to the cantons of Nantes-2, 3, 4 and 9. (In 2015, Nantes-9 was abolished and its territory split between Nantes-2 and 7.)

## Historic representation

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1997 | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | PS |
| 2002 | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | PS |
| 2007 | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | PS |
| 2012 | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | PS |
| 2017 | Valérie Oppelt | LREM |
| 2022 | Andy Kerbrat | LFI |
| 2024 | Andy Kerbrat | 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 | % | +/– |
| | Andy Kerbrat | LFI | NFP | 34,341 | 51.67 | +5.05 | | | |
| | Valérie Oppelt | REN | Ensemble | 17,744 | 26.70 | -1.74 | | | |
| | Nolwenn Fer | RN | | 9,157 | 13.78 | +8.79 | | | |
| | Louisa Amrouche | LR | UDC | 3,893 | 5.86 | -3.49 | | | |
| | Adrien Copros | DVG | | 786 | 1.18 | new | | | |
| | Nicolas Bazille | LO | | 542 | 0.82 | +0.06 | | | |
| | Zora Chignole | DIV | | 0 | 0.00 | new | | | |
| | Nicolas Vabre | NPA | | 0 | 0.00 | new | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 66,463 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 66,463 | 98.37 | +0.03 | | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 832 | 1.23 | +0.06 | | | |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 266 | 0.39 | -0.02 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,561 | 73.81 | +17.70 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 23,971 | 26.19 | -17.70 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 91,532 | | | | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Andy Kerbrat | 23,524 | 46.62 | +11.45 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Valérie Oppelt | 14,350 | 28.44 | -11.34 |
| | LR (UDC) | Foulques Chombart De Lauwe | 4,717 | 9.35 | −4.60 |
| | RN | Nicolas Gasnier | 2,520 | 4.99 | +1.07 |
| | REC | Cecile Scheffen | 2,077 | 4.12 | N/A |
| | DVE | Christine Lambart | 1,173 | 2.32 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,093 | 4.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,454 | 56.11 | −0.66 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Andy Kerbrat | 26,851 | 55.80 | +15.79 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Valérie Oppelt | 21,271 | 44.20 | −15.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,122 | 55.06 | +9.66 |
| | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Valérie Oppelt | REM | 19,160 | 39.78 | 21,542 | 59.99 |
| | Carole Malard | FI | 7,627 | 15.83 | 14,370 | 40.01 |
| | Sébastien Pilard | LR | 6,717 | 13.95 | | |
| | Pascale Chiron | ECO | 4,905 | 10.18 | | |
| | Alain Robert | PS | 4,410 | 9.16 | | |
| | Agnès Chrissement | FN | 1,888 | 3.92 | | |
| | Sophie Clocher | DVG | 531 | 1.10 | | |
| | Elhadi Azzi | PRG | 464 | 0.96 | | |
| | Jean de Mascureau | DLF | 421 | 0.87 | | |
| | Isabelle Dudouet-Bercegeay | DIV | 377 | 0.78 | | |
| | Mary Haway | DVG | 310 | 0.64 | | |
| | Oriane Lévêque | DIV | 274 | 0.57 | | |
| | Aurélien Boulé | REG | 247 | 0.51 | | |
| | Sandra Cormier | EXG | 242 | 0.50 | | |
| | Nicolas Bazille | EXG | 234 | 0.49 | | |
| | Donatienne Jossic | REG | 178 | 0.37 | | |
| | Laurent Cottereau | DVG | 96 | 0.20 | | |
| | François Chapron | DVG | 85 | 0.18 | | |
| | Béatrice Dumontet-Tarrius | DVD | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 48,166 | 100.00 | 35,912 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 48,166 | 98.85 | 35,912 | 92.15 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 419 | 0.86 | 2,392 | 6.14 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 142 | 0.29 | 666 | 1.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,727 | 56.77 | 38,970 | 45.40 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,107 | 43.23 | 46,868 | 54.60 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 85,834 | | 85,838 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 2nd constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | PS | 21,118 | 44.64% | 26,205 | 62.22% |
| | Laurence Garnier | UMP | 13,195 | 27.89% | 15,911 | 37.78% |
| | Pascale Chiron | EELV | 3,625 | 7.66% | | |
| | Eliana Delisante | FG | 3,024 | 6.39% | | |
| | Michel Lombardo | FN | 2,666 | 5.64% | | |
| | Yvon Chotard | MoDem | 1,585 | 3.35% | | |
| | Louis-Georges Barret | PCD | 1,052 | 2.22% | | |
| | Jean-Philippe Guillouche | AC | 337 | 0.71% | | |
| | Jean-Pierre Souverville | AEI | 297 | 0.63% | | |
| | Sandra Cormier | NPA | 260 | 0.55% | | |
| | Hélène Defrance | LO | 147 | 0.31% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 47,306 | 99.30% | 42,116 | 97.83% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 335 | 0.70% | 935 | 2.17% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 47,641 | 58.40% | 43,051 | 52.77% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,940 | 41.60% | 38,531 | 47.23% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 81,581 | 100.00% | 81,582 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | François Pinte | 19,217 | 38.93 | |
| | PS | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | 17,968 | 36.40 | |
| | MoDem | Jean-Yves Bocher | 4,220 | 8.55 | |
| | LV | Pascale Chiron | 2,545 | 5.16 | |
| | Far left | Thierry Fourage | 1,177 | 2.38 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,252 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,782 | 60.27 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | 26,479 | 54.76 | |
| | UMP | François Pinte | 21,876 | 45.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,198 | 59.57 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | François Pinte | 18,079 | 37.49 | |
| | PS | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | 17,698 | 36.70 | |
| | UDF | Jean-Yves Bocher | 3,241 | 6.72 | |
| | FN | Barbara Lussaud | 2,441 | 5.06 | |
| | LV | Catherine Choquet | 1,749 | 3.63 | |
| | PR | Yvon Chotard | 981 | 2.03 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,482 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,757 | 63.67 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | 22,316 | 50.37 | |
| | UMP | François Pinte | 21,992 | 49.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,086 | 58.88 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | 13,233 | 30.66 | |
| | RPR | Elisabeth Hubert | 12,882 | 29.85 | |
| | FN | Samuel Maréchal [fr] | 4,439 | 10.28 | |
| | DVD | Annick du Roscoät | 3,107 | 7.20 | |
| | LV | Gérard Aubron | 2,313 | 5.36 | |
| | PCF | Claude Constant | 2,204 | 5.11 | |
| | DVG | Yvon Chotard | 1,300 | 3.01 | |
| | UDF | Bertrand Tourillon | 1,087 | 2.52 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,595 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,708 | 61.22 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Marie-Françoise Clergeau | 23,051 | 50.82 | |
| | RPR | Elisabeth Hubert | 22,307 | 49.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,153 | 64.57 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

## References and Sources

* ↑ "Composition des circonscriptions". Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets (version papier numérisée) (in French). 241. French government: 9372. 14 October 1958 – via legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Loire-Atlantique". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 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.