Loire's 4th constituency explained

The 4th constituency of the Loire (French: Quatrième circonscription de la Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

Description

The 4th constituency of the Loire lies to the south of Saint-Etienne in the south of the department.

The seat has generally favoured candidates from the centre-right however in both 1988 and 1997 the voters opted for a Communist Party deputy. Since 2002 the seat has reliably conservative although incumbent Dino Cinieri held on by only 99 votes in 2017.

Assembly members

Election		Member	Party
			PCF
		Daniel Mandon	UDF
			PCF
		Dino Cinieri	UMP
	2007
	2017		LR
	2022
	2024	Sylvie Bonnet

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Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Gerbert Rambaud	RN			40.80	+19.18		44.58	new
	Sylvie Bonnet	LR	UDC		30.72	+4.91		55.42	style="color:red;"	-6.19
	Bernard Paemelaere	LFI	NFP		26.54	+2.98	withdrew
	Nora Ibbari	LO			1.94	+0.86
Votes					100.00			100.00
Valid votes					97.28	style="color:red;"	-0.98		95.56	+1.20
Blank votes					2.09	+0.80		3.44	style="color:red;"	-0.75
Null votes					0.63	+0.18		1.01	style="color:red;"	-0.44
Turnout					69.33	+21.53		69.40	+23.34
Abstentions					30.67	style="color:red;"	-21.53		30.60	style="color:red;"	-23.34
Registered voters
Source: https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/84/42/4204/index.html
Result				LR HOLD

2022

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	David Kauffer	REM		30.44		49.87
	Dino Cinieri	LR		22.91		50.13
	Raphaëlle Jeanson	FN		16.03
	Léo Chavas	FI		10.65
	Christophe Faverjon	PCF		10.45
	Olivier Joly	DVD		4.97
	Gérard Guillaumin	ECO		2.06
	Patrick Mignon	DLF		1.31
	Françoise Leclet	EXG		0.79
	Jean-Christophe Debens	DIV		0.39
	Pascal Thomas	ECO		0.00
	François Shematsi	EXD		0.00
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				98.47		89.51
Blank votes				1.12		7.79
Null votes				0.41		2.70
Turnout				49.10		41.97
Abstentions				50.90		58.03
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior[3]

2012

2012 legislative election in Loire's 4th constituency^[4]

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Votes	%	Votes	%
	Dino Cinieri	UMP		33.08%		41.96%
	Léla Bencharif	EELV		22.33%		39.68%
	Robert Heyraud	FN		21.35%		18.36%
	Christophe Faverjon	FG		17.18%
	Jean-Claude Reymond	PRG		2.69%
	Jacques Berlioz	DLR		1.72%
	Odile Cote	LO		0.74%
	Pascal-Simon Thomas-Bonnard	AEI		0.70%
	Thierry Peyron			0.20%
	Michèle Perez	MoDem dissident		0.00%
Valid votes				98.56%		98.18%
Spoilt and null votes				1.44%		1.82%
Votes cast / turnout				59.48%		60.07%
Abstentions				40.52%		39.93%
Registered voters				100.00%		100.00%

2007

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2002

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1997

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. Web site: 577 Députés – Assemblée nationale. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2017. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2017 Legislative Election.
4. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2012. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2012 Legislative Election.