Aisne's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of the Aisne is a French legislative constituency in the Aisne département.

4th constituency of the Aisne

French National Assembly constituency
Aisne's 4th constituency shown within Picardie
Deputy	Marc Delatte REM
Department	Aisne
Cantons	Chauny, Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, Soissons Nord, Soissons Sud, Tergnier, Vic-sur-Aisne
Registered voters	78,988

Description

Aisne's 4th constituency covers the territory around Soissons in the west of the department.

In common with other seats in Aisne the 4th constituency switched from the Gaullist to the Communists in the 1970s and maintained a preference for the left between then and 2017.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Albert Catalifaud	UNR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Roland Renard	PCF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Bernard Lefranc	PS
	1993	Emmanuelle Bouquillon	UDF
	1997	Jacques Desallangre	MDC
	2007		FG
	2012	Marie-Françoise Bechtel	MRC
	2017	Marc Delatte	REM

Election results

2007

 Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Aisne's 4th Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jacques Desallangre	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	11,802	26.17%	24,792	54.58%
	Brigitte Thuin-Macherez	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	14,481	32.12%	20,633	45.42%
	Claire le Flecher	Socialist Party	PS	7,322	16.24%
	Wallerand de Saint Just	National Front	FN	3,726	8.26%
	Isabelle Letrillart	Movement for France	MPF	2,303	5.11%
	Yannick Sable	Democratic Movement	MoDem	1,949	4.32%
	Dominique Natanson	Far Left	EXG	1,009	2.24%
	Vincent Bocquet	The Greens	VEC	869	1.92%
	Laetitia Voisin	Far Left	EXG	657	1.46%
	Henri Lienaux	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	569	1.26%
	Philippe Enguehard	Divers	DIV	380	0.84%
	Houssens Besbas	Divers	DIV	22	0.05%
Total				45,089	100%	45,425	100%
Registered voters				79,255		79,252
Blank/Void ballots				740	1.61%	1,144	2.46%
Turnout				45,829	57.82%	46,569	58.76%
Abstentions				33,426	42.18%	32,683	41.24%
Result						DVG HOLD

2012

 Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Aisne's 4th Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marie-Françoise Bechtel	Citizen and Republican Movement	MRC	10,073	23.37%	21,875	53.62%
	Isabelle Letrillart	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	10,476	24.31%	18,924	46.38%
	Evelyne Ruelle	National Front	FN	8,062	18.70%
	Jean-Luc Lanouilh	Left Front	FG	7,460	17.31%
	Frédéric Alliot		RDG	4,096	9.50%
	Charles-Edouard Lauriston	Radical Party	PRV	891	2.07%
	Stéphanie Lebee	The Greens	VEC	727	%
	Martine Lehideux	Far Right	EXD	412	0.96%
	Michelle Sapori	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	353	0.82%
	Laetitia Voisin	Far Left	EXG	282	0.65%
	Barbara Knockaert	Far Left	EXG	269	0.62%
Total				43,101	100%	40,799	100%
Registered voters				78,987		78,988
Blank/Void ballots				611	1.40%	1,593	3.76%
Turnout				43,712	55.34%	42,392	53.67%
Abstentions				35,275	44.66%	36,596	46.33%
Result						MRC GAIN

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marc Delatte	REM	9,683	28.07	16,256	56.27
	Jean Messiha	FN	8,010	23.22	12,631	43.73
	Isabelle Létrillart	LR	6,969	20.20
	Sylvie Heyvaerts	FI	2,995	8.68
	Marie-Françoise Bechtel	DVG	2,747	7.96
	Michel Carreau	PCF	2,427	7.03
	Francis Meuley	ECO	611	1.77
	Jean-Pierre Vitu	EXG	463	1.34
	Caroline Mariotti	EXD	327	0.95
	Natacha Roselet	DIV	268	0.78
Votes			34,500	100.00	28,887	100.00
Valid votes			34,500	97.91	28,887	90.18
Blank votes			530	1.50	2,192	6.84
Null votes			208	0.59	952	2.97
Turnout			35,238	44.54	32,031	40.49
Abstentions			43,878	55.46	47,083	59.51
Registered voters			79,116		79,114
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-12-20.