Landes's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Landes (French: Deuxième circonscription des Landes) is a French legislative constituency in the Landes 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.

2nd constituency of Landes
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Landes's 2nd Constituency shown within Landes
Deputy	Lionel Causse[1] LREM
Department	Landes
Cantons	(pre-2015) Dax-Nord, Dax-Sud, Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, Soustons
Registered voters	120071[2]
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Description

The 2nd constituency of the Landes lies in the south of the department bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the south. As well as a long stretch of coastline the seat also includes the spa town and Subprefecture Dax.

Politically the constituency has traditionally supported the Socialist Party (France) with the exceptions of the 1993 and 2017 elections.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Jean-Pierre Pénicaut	PS
	1993	Henri Lalanne	UDF
	1997	Jean-Pierre Dufau	PS
	2002
	2007
	2012
	2017	Lionel Causse	LREM
	2022
	2024		RE

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Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Ludovic Biesbrouck	RN		28,264	32.60	+16.49	32,167	38.19	new
	Lionel Causse	REN	Ensemble	26,051	30.05	-3.68	52,064	61.81	+9.87
	Jean-Marc Lespade	PCF	NFP	24,645	28.43	-1.86	withdrew
	Marc Vernier	LR	UDC	4,625	5.33	+0.54
	Dominique Lecuona	PO		1,358	1.57	+0.66
	Stéphane David	REC		918	1.06	-3.06
	Pascal Demangeot	LO		839	0.97	+0.19
Votes				86,700	100.00		84,231	100.00
Valid votes				86,700	96.89	-0.44	84,231	93.87	+1.80
Blank votes				1,886	2.11	+0.09	4,012	4.47	-0.91
Null votes				899	1.00	+0.34	1,487	1.66	-0.89
Turnout				89,485	71.81	+19.38	89,730	72.01	+20.51
Abstentions				35,132	28.19	-19.38	34,885	27.99	-20.51
Registered voters				124,617			124,615
Source:
Result				RE HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Landes's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM (Ensemble)	Lionel Causse	21,175	33.73	-9.23
	PCF (NUPÉS)	Jean-Marc Lespade	19,015	30.29	-1.97
	RN	Véronique Rivoire	10,116	16.11	+6.40
	LR (UDC)	Marc Vernier	3,008	4.79	−6.08
	R!	Sophie De Brosses	2,736	4.36	N/A
	REC	Muriel Loubet	2,584	4.12	N/A
	Others	N/A	4,147	6.61
Turnout			62,781	52.43	−1.62
2nd round result
	LREM (Ensemble)	Lionel Causse	30,305	51.94	-11.01
	PCF (NUPÉS)	Jean-Marc Lespade	28,043	48.06	+11.01
Turnout			58,348	51.50	+4.92
	LREM hold

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Lionel Causse	REM	25,414	42.96	29,682	62.95
	Caroline Dacharry	FI	6,960	11.77	17,471	37.05
	Sylviane Pacot	LR	6,433	10.87
	Christine Basly-Lapègue	PS	6,163	10.42
	Francis Garcia	FN	5,742	9.71
	Jean-Marc Lespade	PCF	3,881	6.56
	Marie-Ange Delavenne	ECO	2,078	3.51
	Jean-Pierre Pourrut	DLF	1,159	1.96
	Didier Tousis	DVG	514	0.87
	Éric Lavit	DIV	420	0.71
	Pascal Castéra	EXG	394	0.67
Votes			59,158	100.00	47,153	100.00
Valid votes			59,158	97.48	47,153	90.16
Blank votes			1,080	1.78	3,454	6.60
Null votes			447	0.74	1,690	3.23
Turnout			60,685	54.05	52,297	46.58
Abstentions			51,594	45.95	59,976	53.42
Registered voters			112,279		112,273
Source: Ministry of the Interior[4]

2012

2012 legislative election in Landes's 2nd constituency^[5]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Pierre Dufau	PS	27,501	44.37%	34,840	60.75%
	Julien Dubois	UMP	16,065	25.92%	22,513	39.25%
	Jean-Marc Lespade	FG	6,551	10.57%
	Laurence Monteil	FN	6,376	10.29%
	Alain Godot	EELV	1,926	3.11%
	Philippe Mouhel	MoDem	1,480	2.39%
	Jean-Pierre Pourrut	DLR	861	1.39%
	Michel Lefebvre	AEI	433	0.70%
	Pascal Castera	LO	276	0.45%
	Daniel Minvielle	NPA	260	0.42%
	Mélanie Bosquet	??	254	0.41%
Valid votes			61,983	98.03%	57,353	96.04%
Spoilt and null votes			1,246	1.97%	2,363	3.96%
Votes cast / turnout			63,229	60.34%	59,716	56.99%
Abstentions			41,555	39.66%	45,061	43.01%
Registered voters			104,784	100.00%	104,777	100.00%

References

1. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Assemblée nationale : Élections législatives 2002 – Recensement de la population par circonscription". assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans les Landes". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
4. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
5. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.