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Finistère's 8th constituency

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8th constituency of Finistère
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Constituency in department
Deputy
DepartmentFinistère
Cantonsd’Arzano, Bannalec, Concarneau, Pont-Aven, Quimperlé, Rosporden, Scaër

The 8th constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère 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.

Deputies

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Election Member Party
1958 Louis Orvoën MRP
1962
1967
1968 Jean-Claude Petit RI
1973 Louis Le Pensec PS
1978
1981
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Louis Le Pensec PS
2002 Gilbert Le Bris
2007
2012
2017 Erwan Balanant LREM
2017 MoDem
2022
2024

Election results

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2024

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The 8th constituency was one of the rare instances of a quadangular (where four candidates qualify for the second round).

Candidate Party Alliance First round Second round
Votes % +/– Votes % +/–
Christian Perez RN 20,003 30.80 +14.68 21,974 35.39 N/A
Erwan Balanant RE ENS 18,031 27.76 -7.11 40,112 64.61 +13.18
Sébastien Miossec PS diss. 14,399 22.17 N/A
WITHDREW
Thomas Le Bon LFI NFP 11,768 18.12 -13.54
WITHDREW
Anne Morel LO 741 1.14 -0.75
Valid votes 64,942 97.48 +0.64 62,086 93.78 +1.38
Blank votes 1,139 1.71 -0.30 2,966 4.48 -0.55
Null votes 542 0.81 -0.34 1,150 1.74 -0.83
Turnout 66,623 72.62 +19.70 66,202 72.16 +19.37
Abstentions 25,116 27.38 -19.70 25,547 27.84 -19.37
Registered voters 91,739 91,749
Source: Ministry of the Interior,[1] Le Monde[2][3]
Result MoDEM HOLD

2022

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Legislative Election 2022: Finistère's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MoDem (Ensemble) Erwan Balanant 16,270 34.87 +1.45
LFI (NUPÉS) Youeen Le Flao 14,772 31.66 -6.55
RN Christian Perez 7,522 16.12 +6.43
LR (UDC) Claire Gourlaouen 3,104 6.65 −3.22
REC Pierre Couedelo 1,678 3.60 N/A
PA Laurent Dran 940 2.01 N/A
Others N/A 2,378 5.10
Turnout 46,664 52.92 −1.40
2nd round result
MoDem (Ensemble) Erwan Balanant 23,292 52.43 +0.98
LFI (NUPÉS) Youeen Le Flao 21,135 47.57 −0.98
Turnout 44,427 52.79 +7.01
MoDem gain from LREM

2017

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Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Erwan Balanant REM 15,458 33.42 18,233 51.45
Michael Quernez PS 8,417 18.20 17,203 48.55
Emmanuel Magnan FI 6,001 12.97
Laëtitia Boidin LR 4,564 9.87
Mikaël Caréo FN 4,481 9.69
Marie-Andrée Jérôme-Clovis ECO 1,842 3.98
Jacques Rannou PCF 1,417 3.06
Atto Dossena DVD 1,072 2.32
Yann Pelliet REG 1,063 2.30
Joseph Pichon DLF 600 1.30
Denis Madelaine-Nicot REG 391 0.85
Anne Morel EXG 371 0.80
Catherine Mercier DIV 341 0.74
Didier Troude DVG 233 0.50
Votes 46,251 100.00 35,436 100.00
Valid votes 46,251 97.64 35,436 88.77
Blank votes 795 1.68 3,024 7.58
Null votes 321 0.68 1,460 3.66
Turnout 47,367 54.32 39,920 45.78
Abstentions 39,838 45.68 47,281 54.22
Registered voters 87,205 87,201
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

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2012 legislative election in Finistere's 8th constituency[4]
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Gilbert Le Bris PS 24,092 48.58% 30,844 65.78%
Atto Dossena UMP 10,527 21.23% 16,043 34.22%
Gilles Ebroussard FN 4,461 9.00%
Marcel Tilly FG 3,246 6.55%
Stéphane Lefloch EELV 2,651 5.35%
Erwan Balanant MoDem 2,171 4.38%
Isabelle Moign UDB 632 1.27%
Hervé Vanzande NC 428 0.86%
Françoise Pontigny Lucas PCD 421 0.85%
Anne-Marie Rimbault JB (BNAFET) 296 0.60%
Anne Morel LO 279 0.56%
Annie Menvielle POI 217 0.44%
Roland Dufleit GE 168 0.34%
Valid votes 49,589 98.29% 46,887 96.08%
Spoilt and null votes 865 1.71% 1,912 3.92%
Votes cast / turnout 50,454 59.75% 48,799 57.80%
Abstentions 33,984 40.25% 35,623 42.20%
Registered voters 84,438 100.00% 84,422 100.00%

2007

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Legislative Election 2007: Finistère's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Gilbert Le Bris 18,883 35.62
UMP Jeanne Yvonne Triche 18,097 34.14
MoDem Catherine Tanguy Gallen 3,966 7.48
Far left Eric Le Bour 2,774 5.23
Far left Fabrice Le Danvic 1,671 3.15
LV Fanny Chauffin 1,578 2.98
FN Georges Blanche 1,322 2.49
Others N/A 4,724
Turnout 53,969 65.81
2nd round result
PS Gilbert Le Bris 29,023 53.48
UMP Jeanne Yvonne Triche 25,247 46.52
Turnout 55,961 68.24
PS hold

2002

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Legislative Election 2002: Finistère's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Gilbert Le Bris 19,850 38.68
UMP Jeanne Yvonne Triche 19,124 37.27
FN Jean-Louis Penn 2,877 5.61
LV Marie-Christine Lalloue 2,537 4.94
PCF Jacques Rannou 2,492 4.86
CPNT Gerard Le Bris 1,334 2.60
Others N/A 3,101
Turnout 52,245 67.14
2nd round result
PS Gilbert Le Bris 26,278 50.97
UMP Jeanne Yvonne Triche 25,282 49.03
Turnout 53,224 68.40
PS hold

1997

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Legislative Election 1997: Finistère's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Louis Le Pensec 20,788 41.77
RPR Jean Lomenech 15,719 31.59
PCF Eric Couvez 4,610 9.26
FN Anne-Marie Kerléo 4,237 8.51
LV Marc Navellou 1,450 2.91
GE Rolland Dufleit 1,312 2.64
Regionalist Jean Moign 1,105 2.22
Others N/A 542
Turnout 51,828 69.73
2nd round result
PS Louis Le Pensec 30,669 59.21
RPR Jean Lomenech 21,126 40.79
Turnout 54,247 72.99
PS hold

Sources

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  • Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.