Vendée's 4th constituency

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

4th constituency of Vendée
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Deputy	Veronique Besse DVD
Department	Vendée
Cantons	Les Herbiers, Montaigu, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Pouzauges, Saint-Fulgent
Registered voters	134,426
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Description

• Philippe de Villiers resigns on 24 October 1994. Bruno Retailleau is elected on 26 November 1994 in a by-election.
• Philippe de Villiers resigned on 19 July 2004 to sit in the European Parliament. Véronique Besse is elected on 23 January 2005 in a by-election.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Antoine Guitton	CNIP
	1962	Vincent Ansquer	UNR
	1967		UDR
	1968
	1973
	1978		RPR
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Philippe de Villiers	UDF
	1993
	1994	Bruno Retailleau	LDI
	1997	Philippe de Villiers
	2002		MPF
	2005	Véronique Besse
	2007
	2012
	2017	Martine Leguille-Balloy	REM
	2022	Véronique Besse	DVD

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Véronique Besse	Ind	DVD	28,086	39.31	31,068	43.36
	Jacques Proux	RN		16,345	22.88	17,613	24.58
	Ilias Nagnonhou	RE	Ensemble	13,192	18.46	10,796	15.07
	Julie Mariel-Godard	PCF		13,164	18.42	12,170	16.99
	Claude Bour	LO		666	0.93
Valid votes				71,453	97.31	71,647	97.97
Blank votes				1,442	1.96	1,108	1.52
Null votes				533	0.73	375	0.51
Turnout				73,428	70.12	73,130	69.83
Abstentions				31,289	29.88	31,599	30.17
Registered voters				104,717		104,729
Source: [1]
Result				DVD HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 4th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVD	Véronique Besse	16,904	34.97	N/A
	LREM (Ensemble)	Martine Leguille-Balloy	10,531	21.78	-24.86
	PCF (NUPÉS)	Céline Sauvetre	8,498	17.58	+2.25
	RN	Bruno Dalcantara	5,218	10.79	+3.48
	DVE	Theodore Babarit	2,797	5.79	N/A
	DVC	Denis Le Bars	2,300	4.76	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,095	4.32
Turnout			48,343	48.24	−3.29
2nd round result
	DVD	Véronique Besse	23,336	59.69	N/A
	LREM (Ensemble)	Martine Leguille-Balloy	15,761	40.31	−22.19
Turnout			39,097	41.75	+2.31
	DVD gain from LREM

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 4th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Martine Leguille-Balloy	23,508	46.60
	UDI	Wilfrid Montassier	14,005	27.76
	LFI	Anita Lavergne	4,197	8.32
	FN	Danise Vicente	3,678	7.29
	EELV	Claudine Goichon	2,449	4.85
	PCF	Marie-Françoise Michenaud	1,123	2.33
	Others	N/A	1,484
Turnout			50,444	51.53
2nd round result
	LREM	Martine Leguille-Balloy	24,129	62.50
	UDI	Wilfrid Montassier	14,475	37.50
Turnout			38,604	39.44
	LREM gain from MPF

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée 4th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MPF	Véronique Besse	31,806	57,04	−3,92
	PS	Maï Haeffelin	14,248	25,55	+9,15
	FN	Maryse Borie	3,555	6,38	+4,72
	MoDem	Christian Ricot	2,253	4,04	−6,82
	PCF	Marie-Françoise Michenaud	1,630	2,92	+2,92
	LV	Daniel Rondeau	1,245	2,23	−2,19
	DVE	Yann Denis	422	0,76	−0,68
	DVE	Laurent Orgeas	352	0,63	+0,63
	Far left	Michel Stambouli	245	0,44	−0,91
Turnout			56,858	60,15	−3,91
	MPF hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée 4th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MPF	Véronique Besse	34,458	60.96
	PS	Jean-François Bolteau	9,269	16.40
	MoDem	Arnold Schwerdorffer	6,137	10.86
	LV	Patrick You	2,501	4.42
	CPNT	Martine Aury	1,062	1.88
	FN	Jean-Marie Dieulangard	938	1.66
	DVE	Anita Barbarit	813	1.44
	Far left	Jean-Claude Chevallier	763	1.35
	LO	Michel Stambouli	585	1.03
Turnout			56,525	64.06
	MPF hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 4th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MPF	Philippe de Villiers	38,113	67.15
	DVG	Michelle Devanne	9,794	17.26
	DVD	Madeleine Lelievre	2,664	4.69
	DVE	David Lelievre	2,158	3.80
	FN	Georges Kouskoff	1,767	3.11
	Others	N/A	2,258
Turnout			58,636	68.57
	MPF gain from DVD

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 4th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVD	Philippe de Villiers	26,560	47.44
	LV	Philippe Boursier	11,525	20.59
	RPR	Marcel Albert	10,465	18.69
	FN	Christian Proust	3,852	6.88
	DVD	Madeleine Lelièvre	1,806	3.23
	PCF	Magali Burgaud	1,775	3.17
Turnout			60,402	76.62
2nd round result
	DVD	Philippe de Villiers	36,931	68.35
	LV	Philippe Boursier	17,103	31.65
Turnout			57,910	73.47
	DVD hold