Gironde's 8th constituency explained

The 8th constituency of the Gironde (French: Huitième circonscription de la Gironde) is a French legislative constituency in Gironde 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.

Historical representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Robert Cazalet	UDF
	1993
	1997	François Deluga	PS
	2002	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	UMP
2007
	2008	François Deluga	PS
	2012	Yves Foulon	UMP
	2017	Sophie Panonacle	LREM
	2022		RE
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Laurent Lamara	RN			36.86	+17.13		43.59	+3.59
	Sophie Panonacle	REN	Ensemble		31.71	style="color:red;"	-3.31		56.41	style="color:red;"	-3.59
	Marylène Faure	PCF	NFP		18.70	style="color:red;"	-0.14	withdrew
	Marc Morin	LR	UDC		10.23	+0.26
	Marie-Christine Caries	REC			1.20	style="color:red;"				-4.52
	Rémy Coste	LO			1.06	+0.41
	Céline Blut	DIV			0.16	new
Votes					100.00			100.00
Valid votes					97.55	style="color:red;"	-0.70		95.28	+3.97
Blank votes					1.68	+0.40		3.47	style="color:red;"	-2.98
Null votes					0.76	+0.29		1.25	style="color:red;"	-0.99
Turnout					71.49	+20.68		71.56	+23.66
Abstentions					28.51	style="color:red;"	-20.68		28.44	style="color:red;"	-23.66
Registered voters
Source: https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/75/33/3308/index.html
Result

2022

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sophie Panonacle	REM		40.38		59.75
	Yves Foulon	LR		23.99		40.25
	Laurent Lamara	FN		10.56
	Cécile Coti	FI		10.29
	Pierre Pradayrol	PS		5.20
	Nicolas Dubot	ECO		3.58
	Anny Bey	DVD		2.38
	Sophie Le Page	DLF		1.89
	Danielle Trannoy	PCF		0.77
	Fabienne Coulais	DIV		0.55
	Solange Texier	EXG		0.40
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				98.46		90.80
Blank votes				1.10		6.39
Null votes				0.45		2.81
Turnout				51.52		45.15
Abstentions				48.48		54.85
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior[2]

2012

2012 legislative election in Gironde's 8th constituency^[3]

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Votes	%	Votes	%
	Yves Foulon	UMP		38.07%		51.10%
	Nathalie Le Yondre	PS		36.05%		48.90%
	Lydie Croizier	FN		10.76%
	Alain Rigolet	DVD		4.29%
	Vital Baude	EELV		3.65%
	Mélisande Elias	FG		3.42%
	Jean-Louis Apecarena	MRC		0.74%
	Elisabeth Rezer-Sandillon	Cap 21		0.67%
	Christian Meynard	AEI		0.65%
	France Sibert	DLR		0.62%
	Monique Nicolas	NPA		0.44%
	Marie-Elise Lorblancher	PCD		0.36%
	Solange Texier	LO		0.28%
Valid votes				98.56%		97.02%
Spoilt and null votes				1.44%		2.98%
Votes cast / turnout				60.53%		61.94%
Abstentions				39.47%		38.06%
Registered voters				100.00%		100.00%

2008 by-election

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2007

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2002

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1997

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* UDF dissident

Notes and References

1. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Gironde . 2022-09-12 . 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.