Finistère's 2nd constituency explained

The 2nd constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère département, comprising the city of Brest.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Georges Lombard	CNIP
	1962	Charles Le Goasguen	UNR
	1967	Georges Lombard	CNIP
	1968	Michel de Bennetot	UDR
	1973
	1978	Eugène Berest	UDF
	1981	Joseph Gourmelon	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Joseph Gourmelon	PS
	1993	Bertrand Cousin	RPR
	1997	Jean-Noël Kerdraon	PS
	2002	Patricia Adam
	2007
	2012
	2017	Jean-Charles Larsonneur	LREM
	2022		RE
	2022	Pierre-Yves Cadalen	LFI

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Pierre-Yves Cadalen	LFI	NFP		35.28	+1.36		41.01	-8.83
	Danis Kervella	RN			22.58	+12.55		23.31	N/A
	Jean-Charles Larsonneur	RE diss.			18.48	+2.87		35.68	-14.48
	Tristan Bréhier	RE	ENS		17.04	+3.47
	Françoise Houard	LR			2.70	-0.87
	Geneviève Henry	DVE			2.12	N/A
	Alain Rousseau	REC			0.70	-3.20
	Rémy Collard	LO			0.67	+0.13
	Melvyn Hita	EXG			0.32	N/A
	Martial Koffi	EXD			0.10	N/A
Valid votes					97.93	+0.43		97.91	+3.39
Blank votes					1.97	-0.43		2.01	-3.31
Null votes					0.10	±0.00		0.08	-0.08
Turnout					69.80	+20.47		70.43	+22.09
Abstentions					30.20	-20.47		29.57	-22.09
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior,[1] Le Monde[2] [3]
Result							LFI GAIN FROM RE

2022

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* LREM dissidents
** PS dissident

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Charles Larsonneur	REM		39.99		59.58
	Pierre-Yves Cadalen	FI		15.10		40.42
	Patricia Adam	PS		14.10
	Véronique Bourbigot	LR		11.70
	Karine Léal	FN		7.27
	Nathalie Chaline	ECO		3.05
	Éric Guellec	PCF		1.58
	Christophe Monnier	DVD		1.51
	Colette Kerrain	REG		1.06
	Jean-François Labiau	DIV		0.93
	Patrick Merdy	REG		0.76
	Barthélémy Gonella	DVG		0.74
	Gaëtan Segalen	DIV		0.71
	André Cherblanc	EXG		0.67
	Gilles Le Roux	DIV		0.44
	Roger Calvez	EXG		0.39
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				97.90		91.31
Blank votes				2.05		8.32
Null votes				0.05		0.36
Turnout				51.81		44.08
Abstentions				48.19		55.92
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior[4]

2012

2012 legislative election in Finistere's 2nd constituency^[5]

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patricia Adam	PS		49.36%		66.84%
	Marc Berthelot	UMP		22.50%		33.16%
	Madeleine Fabre	FN		8.59%
	Jacqueline Here	FG		6.75%
	Fortuné Pellicano	MoDem		4.85%
	Julie Le Goic	EELV		4.68%
	Anne-Marie Kervern	UDB		1.57%
	Sylvie Gourmelen	NPA		0.86%
	Lydie Contignon	POI		0.44%
	André Cherblanc	LO		0.40%
Valid votes				98.18%		96.56%
Spoilt and null votes				1.82%		3.44%
Votes cast / turnout				54.56%		51.84%
Abstentions				45.44%		48.16%
Registered voters				100.00%		100.00%

2007

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2002

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1997

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* PS dissident

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: Web site: Résultats électoraux officiels en France . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111220150907/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/elections/resultats . 2011-12-20.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024 . 23 June 2024 . Ministry of Interior.
2. Web site: Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription . 19 June 2024 . 22 June 2023 . Le Monde.
3. Web site: Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024 . 30 June 2024 . 30 June 2024 . Le Monde.
4. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2017. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2017 Legislative Election.
5. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2012. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2012 Legislative Election.