# Landes's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Landes (French: Deuxième circonscription des Landes) is a French legislative constituency in the Landes 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.

## Description

The 2nd constituency of the Landes lies in the south of the department bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the south. As well as a long stretch of coastline the seat also includes the spa town and Subprefecture Dax.
Politically the constituency has traditionally supported the Socialist Party (France) with the exceptions of the 1993 and 2017 elections.

## Assembly Members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Jean-Pierre Pénicaut | PS |
| 1993 | Henri Lalanne | UDF |
| 1997 | Jean-Pierre Dufau | PS |
| 2002 | Jean-Pierre Dufau | PS |
| 2007 | Jean-Pierre Dufau | PS |
| 2012 | Jean-Pierre Dufau | PS |
| 2017 | Lionel Causse | LREM |
| 2022 | Lionel Causse | LREM |
| 2024 | Lionel Causse | RE |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Ludovic Biesbrouck | RN | | 28,264 | 32.60 | +16.49 | 32,167 | 38.19 | new |
| | Lionel Causse | REN | Ensemble | 26,051 | 30.05 | -3.68 | 52,064 | 61.81 | +9.87 |
| | Jean-Marc Lespade | PCF | NFP | 24,645 | 28.43 | -1.86 | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| | Marc Vernier | LR | UDC | 4,625 | 5.33 | +0.54 | | | |
| | Dominique Lecuona | PO | | 1,358 | 1.57 | +0.66 | | | |
| | Stéphane David | REC | | 918 | 1.06 | -3.06 | | | |
| | Pascal Demangeot | LO | | 839 | 0.97 | +0.19 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 86,700 | 100.00 | | 84,231 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 86,700 | 96.89 | -0.44 | 84,231 | 93.87 | +1.80 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,886 | 2.11 | +0.09 | 4,012 | 4.47 | -0.91 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 899 | 1.00 | +0.34 | 1,487 | 1.66 | -0.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 89,485 | 71.81 | +19.38 | 89,730 | 72.01 | +20.51 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,132 | 28.19 | -19.38 | 34,885 | 27.99 | -20.51 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 124,617 | | | 124,615 | | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Landes's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Lionel Causse | 21,175 | 33.73 | -9.23 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Jean-Marc Lespade | 19,015 | 30.29 | -1.97 |
| | RN | Véronique Rivoire | 10,116 | 16.11 | +6.40 |
| | LR (UDC) | Marc Vernier | 3,008 | 4.79 | −6.08 |
| | R! | Sophie De Brosses | 2,736 | 4.36 | N/A |
| | REC | Muriel Loubet | 2,584 | 4.12 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 4,147 | 6.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,781 | 52.43 | −1.62 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Lionel Causse | 30,305 | 51.94 | -11.01 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Jean-Marc Lespade | 28,043 | 48.06 | +11.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,348 | 51.50 | +4.92 |
| | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Lionel Causse | REM | 25,414 | 42.96 | 29,682 | 62.95 |
| | Caroline Dacharry | FI | 6,960 | 11.77 | 17,471 | 37.05 |
| | Sylviane Pacot | LR | 6,433 | 10.87 | | |
| | Christine Basly-Lapègue | PS | 6,163 | 10.42 | | |
| | Francis Garcia | FN | 5,742 | 9.71 | | |
| | Jean-Marc Lespade | PCF | 3,881 | 6.56 | | |
| | Marie-Ange Delavenne | ECO | 2,078 | 3.51 | | |
| | Jean-Pierre Pourrut | DLF | 1,159 | 1.96 | | |
| | Didier Tousis | DVG | 514 | 0.87 | | |
| | Éric Lavit | DIV | 420 | 0.71 | | |
| | Pascal Castéra | EXG | 394 | 0.67 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 59,158 | 100.00 | 47,153 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 59,158 | 97.48 | 47,153 | 90.16 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,080 | 1.78 | 3,454 | 6.60 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 447 | 0.74 | 1,690 | 3.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,685 | 54.05 | 52,297 | 46.58 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 51,594 | 45.95 | 59,976 | 53.42 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 112,279 | | 112,273 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Landes's 2nd constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jean-Pierre Dufau | PS | 27,501 | 44.37% | 34,840 | 60.75% |
| | Julien Dubois | UMP | 16,065 | 25.92% | 22,513 | 39.25% |
| | Jean-Marc Lespade | FG | 6,551 | 10.57% | | |
| | Laurence Monteil | FN | 6,376 | 10.29% | | |
| | Alain Godot | EELV | 1,926 | 3.11% | | |
| | Philippe Mouhel | MoDem | 1,480 | 2.39% | | |
| | Jean-Pierre Pourrut | DLR | 861 | 1.39% | | |
| | Michel Lefebvre | AEI | 433 | 0.70% | | |
| | Pascal Castera | LO | 276 | 0.45% | | |
| | Daniel Minvielle | NPA | 260 | 0.42% | | |
| | Mélanie Bosquet | ?? | 254 | 0.41% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 61,983 | 98.03% | 57,353 | 96.04% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 1,246 | 1.97% | 2,363 | 3.96% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 63,229 | 60.34% | 59,716 | 56.99% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,555 | 39.66% | 45,061 | 43.01% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 104,784 | 100.00% | 104,777 | 100.00% |