Ille-et-Vilaine's 7th constituency

The 7th constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine is a French legislative constituency in the Ille-et-Vilaine 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.

7th constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine

French National Assembly constituency
Constituency in department
Ille-et-Vilaine in France
Deputy	Gilles Lurton LR
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Cantons	(pre-2015) Cancale, Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, Dol-de-Bretagne, Pleine-Fougères, Saint-Malo Nord, Saint-Malo Sud

Geography

The constituency contains the historic French port town of Saint-Malo.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
1986		constituency created
	1988	René Couanau	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2007		UMP, then DVD
	2012	Gilles Lurton	UMP
	2017		LR

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Valérie Fribolle	REM	19,605	36.61	20,282	43.79
	Gilles Lurton	LR	18,641	34.81	26,032	56.21
	Philippe Miailhes	FN	4,286	8.00
	Solenn Hallou	DVG	4,044	7.55
	Nicolas Chevallier	FI	3,672	6.86
	Adel Malik-Monrocq	DIV	715	1.34
	Brieuc Quil	DVD	491	0.92
	Gwénola Bouriel	ECO	447	0.83
	Édouard Descottes	EXG	398	0.74
	Éliane Leclercq	REG	394	0.74
	Geneviève Drouard	ECO	311	0.58
	Guillaume Betend	DIV	243	0.45
	Jean-Michel Groisier	EXG	212	0.40
	Raoul Kuczyk	DIV	93	0.17
Votes			53,552	100.00	46,314	100.00
Valid votes			53,552	98.55	46,314	93.45
Blank votes			542	1.00	2,312	4.67
Null votes			244	0.45	934	1.88
Turnout			54,338	54.81	49,560	49.99
Abstentions			44,802	45.19	49,582	50.01
Registered voters			99,140		99,142
Source: Ministry of the Interior[1]

2012

2012 legislative election in Ille-Et-Vilaine's 7th constituency[2]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Isabelle Thomas	PS	17,678	31.33%	27,477	48.96%
	Gilles Lurton	UMP dissident	11,946	21.17%	28,644	51.04%
	Nicolas Belloir	UMP	10,130	17.95%
	Michel Penhouet	PRG	4,317	7.65%
	Pascal Clement	FN	4,249	7.53%
	Jean-Francis Richeux	AC	3,752	6.65%
	Carole Le Bechec	EELV	1,681	2.98%
	Solenn Hallou	FG	1,558	2.76%
	Pierre Chapa		376	0.67%
	Serge Monrocq	AEI	323	0.57%
	Emeline Berhault	JB (BNAFET)	247	0.44%
	Edouard Descottes	LO	170	0.30%
Valid votes			56,427	98.76%	56,121	97.35%
Spoilt and null votes			706	1.24%	1,527	2.65%
Votes cast / turnout			57,133	60.06%	57,648	60.60%
Abstentions			37,999	39.94%	37,483	39.40%
Registered voters			95,132	100.00%	95,131	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Ille-et-Vilaine 7th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	René Couanau	32,745	57.00
	PS	Isabelle Thomas	24,698	43.00
Turnout			57,443	59.78
	UMP hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Ille-et-Vilaine 7th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	René Couanau	30,963	51.71	+51.71
	PS	Isabelle Thomas	15,768	26.33
	FN	Monique Beaujan	4,050	6.76
	LV	Yannick Lebrelot	1,800	3.01
	CPNT	Jean-Pierre Héry	1,478	2.47
	LCR	Pierre Chapa	1,080	1.80
	PCF	Jean-Charles Le Sager	1,055	1.76
	UDB	Henri Gourmelen	864	1.44
	LO	Jeanne Toupet	647	1.08
	MEI	Serge Monrocq	514	0.86
	MNR	Patrick Le Guillou	491	0.82
	GE	Claude Ollivro	432	0.72
	MRC	Nicole Madiot	300	0.50
	Workers' Party	Jean-Michel Groisier	277	0.46
	DVD	Jacques Béraud	164	0.27
Turnout			59,883	65.43
	UMP gain from UDF		Swing

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ille-et-Vilaine 7th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	René Couanau	31,971	53.93	-11.15
	PS	Isabelle Thomas	27,313	46.07	+11.15
Turnout			59,284	70.88
	UDF hold		Swing

1993

Legislative Election 1993: Ille-et-Vilaine 7th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	René Couanau	35,027	65.08
	PS	Isabelle Thomas	18,793	34.92
Turnout			53,280	66.56
	UDF hold		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.