Saône-et-Loire's 4th constituency

4th constituency of Saône-et-Loire

French National Assembly constituency
Saône-et-Loire's 4th Constituency shown within Burgundy.
Deputy	Cécile Untermaier PS
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Canton	Beaurepaire-en-Bresse, Chalon-sur-Saône-Nord, Cuiseaux, Cuisery, Louhans, Montpont-en-Bresse, Montret, Pierre-de-Bresse, Saint-Germain-du-Bois, Saint-Germain-du-Plain, Saint-Martin-en-Bresse, Sennecey-le-Grand, Tournus
Voters	81,128

The 4th constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is a French legislative constituency in the Saône-et-Loire département.

Description

The 4th constituency of the Saône-et-Loire covers the north of Chalon-sur-Saône and the eastern part of the department. Following substantial boundary changes prior to the 2012 election the seat is now entirely different in character from its predecessor.

Whilst the seat has historically been a bastion of the Socialist Party, the new boundaries make it far more marginal and the PS candidate won by only 379 at the 2012 election.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Pierre Joxe	PS
	1988	Didier Mathus	PS
	2012	Cécile Untermaier	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Saône-et-Loire's 4th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Cécile Untermaier	23,810	50.40
	UMP	Arnaud Danjean	23,431	49.60
Turnout			48,771	60.12
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).