# Maine-et-Loire's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Maine-et-Loire (French: Deuxième circonscription de Maine-et-Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Maine-et-Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

## Description

The 2nd Constituency of Maine-et-Loire covers the centre of the department including some southern parts of Angers.
For many years the seat had been held by deputies from the centre-right, before being claimed by the Socialist Party in 2007. At the 2017 election the constituency was won by Stella Dupont a former PS regional councillor, pushing her former party to 7th place and just over 3% of the vote.

## Assembly members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Hubert Grimault | UDF |
| 1993 | Hubert Grimault | UDF |
| 1997 | Hubert Grimault | UDF |
| 2002 | Dominique Richard | UMP |
| 2007 | Marc Goua | PS |
| 2012 | Marc Goua | PS |
| 2017 | Stella Dupont | LREM |
| 2022 | Stella Dupont | RE |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Stella Dupont | EC | Ensemble | 21,671 | 33.01 | 30,214 | 45.89 |
| | Léo Métayer | LFI | NFP | 18,621 | 28.36 | 18,315 | 27.81 |
| | Thomas Brisseau | RN | | 15,945 | 24.29 | 17,317 | 26.30 |
| | Benoît Triot | LR | | 5,864 | 8.93 | | |
| | Bertrand Salquain | DVC | | 2,719 | 4.14 | | |
| | Philippe Lebrun | LO | | 834 | 1.27 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 65,744 | 97.24 | 65,846 | 97.01 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,325 | 1.96 | 1,540 | 2.27 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 544 | 0.80 | 490 | 0.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,613 | 70.74 | 67,876 | 71.00 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,970 | 29.26 | 27,727 | 29.00 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 95,583 | | 95,603 | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Maine-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Stella Dupont | 18,538 | 39.72 | -6.21 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Caroline Bessat | 13,659 | 29.27 | +7.04 |
| | RN | Anne-Sophie Lemenach | 5,735 | 12.29 | +5.93 |
| | UDI (UDC) | Inès Henno | 2,833 | 6.07 | −10.29 |
| | DVE | Jean-Charles Baudoin | 1,723 | 3.69 | N/A |
| | REC | Aurélie Grenier | 1,647 | 3.53 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,531 | 5.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,666 | 50.79 | −0.97 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Stella Dupont | 25,005 | 56.76 | -12.33 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Caroline Bessat | 19,050 | 43.24 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,055 | 49.89 | +10.93 |
| | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Maine-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM | Stella Dupont | 21,473 | 45.93 | N/A |
| | LR | Maxence Henry | 5,651 | 12.09 | −12.04 |
| | LFI | Tiphaine Prier | 5,257 | 11.24 | N/A |
| | FN | Valentin Balhadjali | 2,974 | 6.36 | −2.63 |
| | EELV | Romain Dolais | 2,510 | 5.37 | +0.96 |
| | UDI | Laurent Damour | 1,996 | 4.27 | N/A |
| | PS | Florence Raymond Augier | 1,582 | 3.38 | −45.59 |
| | DIV | Abde-Rahmène Azzouzi | 1,407 | 3.01 | N/A |
| | PCF | Alain Pagano | 1,048 | 2.24 | −1.93 |
| | DLF | Jean-Baptiste Rouleau | 1,025 | 2.19 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,830 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,753 | 51.76 | −6.01 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM | Stella Dupont | 24,313 | 69.09 | N/A |
| | LR | Maxence Henry | 10,875 | 30.91 | −6.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,188 | 38.96 | −15.42 |
| | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Maine-et-Loire's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Marc Goua | 24,732 | 48.97 | |
| | UMP | Maxence Henry | 12,187 | 24.13 | |
| | FN | Michel Schaeffer | 4,542 | 8.99 | |
| | EELV | Bruno Baron | 2,229 | 4.41 | |
| | FG | Boris Battais | 2,107 | 4.17 | |
| | MoDem | François Cailleau | 2,073 | 4.10 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,637 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,507 | 57.77 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Marc Goua | 29,859 | 62.80 | |
| | UMP | Maxence Henry | 17,686 | 37.20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,545 | 54.38 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |