Réunion's 5th constituency explained

The 5th constituency of Réunion is a French legislative constituency on the island of Réunion. As of 2024, it is represented by Jean-Hugues Ratenon, a Rézistans Égalité 974 deputy; close to La France Insoumise.^[1]

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	2002		UMP
	2007
	2012	Jean-Claude Fruteau	PS
	2017	Jean-Hugues Ratenon[2]	RÉ974
	2022
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Hugues Ratenon	RÉ974	NFP	11,536	33.18	20,285	53.75
	Joan Doro	RN		10,456	30.07	17,456	46.25
	Anne Chane-Kaye-Bone	DVG		5,757	16.56
	Léopoldine Settama-Vidon	DVC		3,655	10.51
	Jean-Yves Payet	LO		989	2.84
	Jérémy Laup	DIV		800	2.30
	Alexandrine Duchemane Araye	DVG		443	1.27
	Jean Dominique Ramassamy	DVD		413	1.19
	Dominique Sautron	REC		300	0.86
	Lydia Picard	DIV		287	0.83
	Jean-Paul Limbé	DIV		132	0.38
Valid votes				34,768	100.00	37,741	100.00
Blank votes				955	2.59	1,252	3.09
Null votes				1,168	3.19	1,582	3.90
Turnout				36,891	40.70	40,575	44.75
Abstentions				53,745	59.30	50,099	55.25
Registered voters				90,636		90,674
Source: https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/04/974/97405/index.htmlhttps://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-legislatives-2024/la-reunion/la-reunion/#circonscription-05
Result				RÉ974 HOLD

2022

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Hugues Ratenon	RÉ974 (NUPES)	9,345	36.38	17,748	62.81
	Ridwane Issa	DVG	4,286	16.69	10,510	37.19
		UDI (UDC)	3,754	14.62
	Laurent Virapoullé	LREM (ENS)	3,425	13.33
	Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain	RN	2,314	9.01
	Léopoldine Settama-Vidon	DVC	1,197	4.66
	Jean-Yves Payet	LO	709	2.76
	Didier Gauvin	PCR	388	1.51
	Martine Dijoux	LP (UPF)	267	1.04
Votes			25,685	100.00	28,258	100.00
Valid votes			25,685	94.99	28,258	92.80
Blank votes			596	2.20	923	3.03
Null votes			760	2.81	1,269	4.17
Turnout			27,040	30.83	30,450	34.72
Abstentions			60,657	69.17	57,253	65.28
Registered voters			87,697		87,703
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Daniel Gonthier	LR		30.51		47.12
	Jean-Hugues Ratenon	DVG		17.38		52.88
	Léopoldine Settama-Vidon	REM		15.92
	Philippe Le Constant	PS		12.40
	Jean-Luc Julie	DVD		7.17
	Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain	FN		5.92
	Alicia Hayano	DVD		2.68
	Jean-Yves Payet	EXG		2.47
	Magaly Bassonville	DIV		1.93
	Fabien Dijoux	DIV		1.47
	Willy Tarkin	DVG		1.10
	Jean-Paul Hoareau	DIV		1.05
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				91.38		90.52
Blank votes				3.99		3.97
Null votes				4.63		5.50
Turnout				29.88		35.31
Abstentions				70.12		64.69
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in La-Reunion's 5th constituency

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Claude Fruteau	PS		43.07%		67.74%
		NC		19.80%		32.26%
	Eric Fruteau	PCR		17.86%
	Jean-Hugues Ratenon			12.54%
	Joseph Damour	FN		2.56%
	Jean-Yves Payet	LO		1.06%
	Guylène Clain	EELV		1.04%
	Priscilla Damour			0.77%
	Michel Allamele			0.67%
	Farida Tandrayen	MoDem		0.62%
Valid votes				95.27%		93.13%
Spoilt and null votes				4.73%		6.87%
Votes cast / turnout				41.68%		47.80%
Abstentions				58.32%		52.20%
Registered voters				100.00%		100.00%

Sources

• French Interior Ministry results website: Web site: Résultats électoraux officiels en France. fr.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-07-07 . RESULTATS. Législatives 2024 : Jean-Hugues Ratenon, le candidat du Nouveau Front Populaire, est réélu dans la 5ème circonscription de La Réunion . 2024-07-17 . Réunion la 1ère . fr-FR.
2. News: Résultats législatives 2022 : Jean-Hugues Ratenon est réélu député de la 5ème circonscription à La Réunion . 23 June 2022 . Réunion la 1ère . fr.