Corrèze's 2nd constituency explained

The 2nd constituency of the Corrèze is one of two French legislative constituencies in the Corrèze department (Limousin). There were three constituencies in the department until the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.

Following that redistricting, it consists of fifteen (pre-2015) cantons :

• Ayen, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Beynat, Brive-la-Gaillarde Centre, Brive-la-Gaillarde Nord-Est, Brive-la-Gaillarde Nord-Ouest, Brive-la-Gaillarde Sud-Est, Brive-la-Gaillarde Sud-Ouest, Juillac, Larche, Lubersac, Malemortsur-Corrèze, Meyssac, Mercoeur and Saint-Privat.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Jean Filliol	UNR
	1962	Jean Charbonnel
	1966	Pierre Pouyade
	1967	Roland Dumas	FGDS
	1968	Jean Charbonnel	UDR
	1972	Charles Ceyrac
	1973	Jean Charbonnel
	1973	Charles Ceyrac
	1978	Jacques Chaminade	PCF
	1981	Jean-Claude Cassaing	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean Charbonnel	DVD
	1993	Bernard Murat	RPR
	1997	Philippe Nauche	PS
	2002	Frédéric Soulier	UMP
	2007	Philippe Nauche	PS
2012
	2017	Frédérique Meunier	LR
	2022
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Valéry Elophe	RN			36.28	+18.73		40.06	new
	Frédérique Meunier	LR	UDC		35.04	+11.76		59.94	+1.54
	Amandine Dewaele	LÉ	NFP		26.63	+5.47	withdrew
	Sylvie Sicard	LO			2.04	+1.15
Votes					100.00			100.00
Valid votes					95.97	style="color:red;"	-0.48		93.34	+2.01
Blank votes					2.23	+0.01		4.14	style="color:red;"	-1.09
Null votes					1.80	+0.47		2.52	style="color:red;"	-0.92
Turnout					71.59	+17.74		71.57	+19.48
Abstentions					28.41	style="color:red;"	-17.74		28.43	style="color:red;"	-19.48
Registered voters
Source: https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/75/19/1902/index.html
Result				LR HOLD

2022

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patricia Bordas	REM		30.63		49.97
	Frédérique Meunier	LR		21.83		50.03
	Philippe Nauche	PS		14.14
	Selin Ersoy	FI		11.51
	Jean-Pierre Moret	FN		8.72
	Jean-Claude Deschamps	DVD		3.02
	Jean-Marc Comas	DVD		3.00
	Philippe Tillet	PCF		2.90
	Jean-Pierre Faurie	DLF		1.24
	Daniel Ponthier	EXD		0.92
	Bruno Meura	ECO		0.79
	Sylvie Sicard	EXG		0.67
	Julien Magne	DIV		0.57
	Paul de Montbron	DIV		0.07
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				96.56		84.10
Blank votes				2.25		9.67
Null votes				1.19		6.24
Turnout				54.40		48.48
Abstentions				45.60		51.52
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior[2]

2012

Candidate! colspan="1" rowspan="2"

Party	First round		Second round
Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Nauche	PS		46.39%		58.96%
	Pascal Coste	UMP		30.71%		41.04%
	Alain Balmisse	FN		9.35%
	Eric Coquerel	FG		6.93%
	Jean-Claude Deschamps	MoDem		2.19%
	Daniel Freygefond	EELV		2.06%
	Claire Roborel De Climens	MPF		0.74%
	Jean-Pierre Grau			0.63%
	Claude Jarry Des Loges	AEI		0.52%
	Bruno Ratié	LO		0.47%
Valid votes				97.83%		96.13%
Spoilt and null votes				2.17%		3.87%
Votes cast / turnout				64.26%		63.70%
Abstentions				35.74%		36.30%
Registered voters				100.00%		100.00%

Source: Ministry of the Interior^[3]

2007

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2002

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1997

Sources

• Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
• 2012 results in the Corrèze's 2nd constituency, Minister of the Interior
• Constituencies of the Corrèze, Atlaspol website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Corrèze . 2022-08-26 . Le Monde.fr . fr-FR.
2. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2017. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2017 Legislative Election.
3. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2012. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2012 Legislative Election.