Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire (French: Cinquième circonscription de Maine-et-Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Maine-et-Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Maine-et-Loire's 5th Constituency shown within Maine-et-Loire
Deputy	Denis Masséglia[1] RE
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Cantons	Cholet I, Cholet II, Cholet III, Montfaucon
Registered voters	77379[2]
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Description

The 5th Constituency of Maine-et-Loire is situated in the south of the department. It includes the town of Cholet.

Politically the seat has historically favoured centre right candidates until the En Marche! landslide of 2017 when their candidate, Denis Masséglia, came close to winning in the first round.^[3]

Assembly members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Maurice Ligot	UDF
	1993
	1997
	2002	Gilles Bourdouleix	UMP
	2007
	2012
	2017	Denis Masséglia	LREM
	2022		RE

^[1]

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Denis Masséglia	REN	Ensemble	17,730	33.70	33,204
	Gilles Bourdouleix	LR	UXD	16,066	30.54	17,310	34.21
	France Moreau	LFI	NPF	11,220	21.33	82	0.16
	Jacquelin Ligot	LR		5,362	10.19
	Frédéric Guyard	DLF	DSV	822	1.56
	Didier Testu	LO		821	1.56
	Véronique Estang	R		583	1.11
Valid votes				52,604	96.81	50,596	94.24
Blank votes				1,207	2.22	2,298	4.28
Null votes				529	0.97	795	0.99
Turnout				54,340	67.84	53,689	67.01
Abstentions				25,757	32.16	26,436	32.99
Registered voters				80,097		80,125
Source:
Result				RE HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM (Ensemble)	Denis Masséglia	11,073	31.63	-16.00
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Christophe Airaud	8,039	22.96	+4.75
	DVD	Jacquelin Ligot	6,472	18.48	N/A
	RN	Sigline De Campeau	4,588	13.10	+5.80
	LREM	Jean-Michel Debarre*	2,150	6.14	N/A
	REC	Valérie Gorioux	1,025	2.93	N/A
	DLF (UPF)	Frédéric Guyard	719	2.05	N/A
	LO	Didier Testu	524	1.50	N/A
	PA	Hervé Fusil	423	1.21	N/A
Turnout			35,013	45.34	−3.40
2nd round result
	LREM (Ensemble)	Denis Masséglia	19,395	60.76	-7.61
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Christophe Airaud	12,525	39.24	N/A
Turnout			31,920	43.34	+4.34
	LREM hold

* LREM dissident

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2017

Legislative Election 2017: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Denis Masséglia	17,966	47.63
	DVD	Patrice Brault	8,017	21.26
	LFI	Kévin Certenais	3,197	8.48
	FN	Lucie Pineau	2,753	7.30
	EELV	Franck Louseau	2,101	5.57
	PS	Jean-Marc Vacher	1,568	4.16
	Others	N/A	2,115
Turnout			37,717	48.74
2nd round result
	LREM	Denis Masséglia	20,631	68.37
	DVD	Patrice Brault	9,545	31.63
Turnout			30,176	39.00
	LREM gain from LR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Gilles Bourdouleix	17,994	42.02
	PS	Laurence Adrien-Bigeon	15,226	35.55
	FN	Danielle Duret	2,910	6.80
	MoDem	Xavier Coiffard	2,247	5.25
	FG	Aurélie Monrouzeau	1,303	3.04
	AC	Philippe Renaudet	1,113	2.60
	EELV	Pierre Chalopin	1,070	2.50
	Others	N/A	961
Turnout			42,824	56.83
2nd round result
	UMP	Gilles Bourdouleix	21,287	51.07
	PS	Laurence Adrien-Bigeon	20,397	48.93
Turnout			41,684	55.32
	UMP hold