Corrèze's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Corrèze is one of two French legislative constituencies in the Corrèze department (Limousin). There were three constituencies in the department until the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.

2nd constituency of the Corrèze

French National Assembly constituency
The two constituencies of Corrèze
Corrèze in France
Deputy	Frédérique Meunier LR
Department	Corrèze
Cantons	(pre-2015) Ayen, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Beynat, Brive-la-Gaillarde Centre, Brive-la-Gaillarde Nord-Est, Brive-la-Gaillarde Nord-Ouest, Brive-la-Gaillarde Sud-Est, Brive-la-Gaillarde Sud-Ouest, Juillac, Larche, Lubersac, Malemortsur-Corrèze, Meyssac, Mercoeur, Saint-Privat

Following that redistricting, it consists of fifteen (pre-2015) cantons :

• Ayen, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Beynat, Brive-la-Gaillarde Centre, Brive-la-Gaillarde Nord-Est, Brive-la-Gaillarde Nord-Ouest, Brive-la-Gaillarde Sud-Est, Brive-la-Gaillarde Sud-Ouest, Juillac, Larche, Lubersac, Malemortsur-Corrèze, Meyssac, Mercoeur and Saint-Privat.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Roland Dumas	FGDS
	1968	Jean Charbonnel	UDR
	1973	Jean Charbonnel	UDR
	1978	Jacques Chaminade	PCF
	1981	Jean-Claude Cassaing	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean Charbonnel	Miscellaneous right
	1993	Bernard Murat	RPR
	1997	Philippe Nauche	PS
	2002	Frédéric Soulier	UMP
	2007	Philippe Nauche	PS
	2012
	2017	Frédérique Meunier	LR

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patricia Bordas	REM	14,887	30.63	18,849	49.97
	Frédérique Meunier	LR	10,611	21.83	18,874	50.03
	Philippe Nauche	PS	6,872	14.14
	Selin Ersoy	FI	5,596	11.51
	Jean-Pierre Moret	FN	4,241	8.72
	Jean-Claude Deschamps	DVD	1,467	3.02
	Jean-Marc Comas	DVD	1,457	3.00
	Philippe Tillet	PCF	1,408	2.90
	Jean-Pierre Faurie	DLF	604	1.24
	Daniel Ponthier	EXD	447	0.92
	Bruno Meura	ECO	382	0.79
	Sylvie Sicard	EXG	325	0.67
	Julien Magne	DIV	277	0.57
	Paul de Montbron	DIV	34	0.07
Votes			48,608	100.00	37,723	100.00
Valid votes			48,608	96.56	37,723	84.10
Blank votes			1,135	2.25	4,337	9.67
Null votes			598	1.19	2,797	6.24
Turnout			50,341	54.40	44,857	48.48
Abstentions			42,191	45.60	47,674	51.52
Registered voters			92,532		92,531
Source: Ministry of the Interior[1]

2012

2012 legislative election in Correze's 2nd constituency

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Nauche	PS	26,810	46.39%	33,193	58.96%
	Pascal Coste	UMP	17,748	30.71%	23,100	41.04%
	Alain Balmisse	FN	5,405	9.35%
	Eric Coquerel	FG	4,004	6.93%
	Jean-Claude Deschamps	MoDem	1,268	2.19%
	Daniel Freygefond	EELV	1,191	2.06%
	Claire Roborel De Climens	MPF	430	0.74%
	Jean-Pierre Grau		362	0.63%
	Claude Jarry Des Loges	AEI	300	0.52%
	Bruno Ratié	LO	274	0.47%
Valid votes			57,792	97.83%	56,293	96.13%
Spoilt and null votes			1,284	2.17%	2,266	3.87%
Votes cast / turnout			59,076	64.26%	58,559	63.70%
Abstentions			32,861	35.74%	33,364	36.30%
Registered voters			91,937	100.00%	91,923	100.00%

Source: Ministry of the Interior[2]

2007

2007 legislative election: Corrèze's 2nd constituency - Runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Philippe Nauche	23,106	50.94
	UMP	Frédéric Soulier	22,251	49.06
Turnout			46,795	67.17
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

References

1. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

Sources

• Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
• 2012 results in the Corrèze's 2nd constituency, Minister of the Interior
• Constituencies of the Corrèze, Atlaspol website