Saône-et-Loire's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Saône-et-Loire

French National Assembly
constituency

Saône-et-Loire's 5th Constituency shown within Burgundy.
Deputy
 Christophe Sirugue
PS
Department Saône-et-Loire
Canton Buxy, Chalon-sur-Saône-Centre, Chalon-sur-Saône-Ouest, Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud, Montceau-les-Mines-Nord, Montceau-les-Mines-Sud, Montcenis, Montchanin
Voters 91,109

The 5th constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is a French legislative constituency in the Saône-et-Loire département.

Description

The 5th constituency of the Saône-et-Loire covers the centre of the department and includes the majority of Chalon-sur-Saône as well as the town of Montceau-les-Mines noted for its now closed coal mines. Montceau-les-Mines was only added to the seat following the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.

The seat was won by Christophe Sirugue of the PS in 2007 ending 19 years of conservative control.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Dominique Perben RPR
1993 Jean-Paul Emorine RPR
1995 André Gentien RPR
1997 Dominique Perben RPR
2002 UMP
2002 Dominique Juillot UMP
2007 Christophe Sirugue PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Saône-et-Loire's 4th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Christophe Sirugue 27,430 59.26
UMP Isabelle Dechaume 18,857 40.74
Turnout 48,189 52.89
PS hold Swing

Sources

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

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