Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Haute-Loire (French: Deuxième circonscription de la Haute-Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Haute-Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

2nd constituency of Haute-Loire
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Haute-Loire's 2nd Constituency shown within Haute-Loire
Location of Haute-Loire in France
Deputy	Jean-Pierre Vigier[1] LR
Department	Haute-Loire
Cantons	Allègre, Auzon, Blesle, Brioude Nord, Brioude Sud, Cayres, La Chaise-Dieu, Craponne-sur-Arzon, Langeac Lavoûte-Chilhac, Loudes, Paulhaguet, Pinols, Pradelles, Le Puy Nord, Le Puy Ouest, Le Puy Sud-Ouest, Saint-Paulien, Saugues, Solignac-sur-Loire
Registered voters	79462 [2]
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Description

One of only two seats in the department, the 2nd Constituency of the Haute-Loire covers the eastern portion of the department. The constituency includes the prefecture of Le Puy-en-Velay.

The constituency has consistently elected deputies from the centre right.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Jean Proriol	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012	Jean-Pierre Vigier	UMP
	2017		LR
	2022
	2024

^[1]

Election Results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Jean-Pierre Vigier	LR		21,573	38.69	-6.99	34,629	64.53	-3.82
	Suzanne Maryse Denise Fourets	RN		17,885	32.08	+18.47	19,033	35.47	new
	Andre Antoine Célestin Chapaveire	PS	NFP	10,898	19.55	-0.24	WITHDREW
	Patricia Pierrette Gire-Joubert	REN	ENS	4,607	8.26	-3.28
	Antoine Brebion	LO		795	1.43	+0.52
Votes				55,758	100.00		53,662	100.00
Valid votes				55,758	97.70	+0.18	53,662	95.43	+1.07
Blank votes				834	1.46	-0.23	1,867	3.32	-0.42
Null votes				481	0.84	+0.05	703	1.25	-0.65
Turnout				57,073	71.89	+18.66	56,232	70.83	+20.85
Abstentions				22,317	28.11	-18.66	23,160	29.17	-20.85
Registered voters				79,390			79,392
Source:
Result				LR HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LR (UDC)	Jean-Pierre Vigier	18,850	45.68	+4.78
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Azelma Sigaux	8,166	19.79	+1.2
	RN	Thierry Perez	5,618	13.61	+5.32
	PRV (Ensemble)	Christian Allegre	4,764	11.54	−15.91
	REC	Clémence D'Aubignan	1,041	2.52	N/A
	DVE	Jean-Philippe Clement	856	2.07	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,971	-	−
Turnout			41,266	53.23	−0.14
2nd round result
	LR (UDC)	Jean-Pierre Vigier	25,621	68.35	+4.46
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Azelma Sigaux	11,862	31.65	N/A
Turnout			37,483	49.98	+1.48
	LR hold

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Pierre Vigier	LR	16,958	40.90	22,306	63.89
	Pierre Eteocle	REM	11,382	27.45	12,606	36.11
	Lionel Bouton	FI	4,759	11.48
	Aurore Arnaud	FN	3,437	8.29
	Josiane Mialon	PS	1,625	3.92
	Marie-Laure Busselot	ECO	1,323	3.19
	Michelle Chaumet	PCF	785	1.89
	Alexis Monjauze	DVD	414	1.00
	Renaud Mauchet	EXD	312	0.75
	Françoise Sarret	DIV	253	0.61
	Georges Fridlender	EXG	213	0.51
Votes			41,461	100.00	34,912	100.00
Valid votes			41,461	97.77	34,912	90.59
Blank votes			641	1.51	2,507	6.51
Null votes			306	0.72	1,120	2.91
Turnout			42,408	53.37	38,539	48.50
Abstentions			37,055	46.63	40,923	51.50
Registered voters			79,463		79,462
Source: Ministry of the Interior[3]

2012

2012 legislative election in Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency^[4]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Pierre Vigier	UMP	18,351	38.19%	24,698	51.52%
	André Chapaveire	PS	17,229	35.86%	23,244	48.48%
	Maria Raia	FN	4,950	10.30%
	Michelle Chaumet	FG	3,332	6.93%
	Celline Gacon	EELV	1,799	3.74%
	Alexis Monjauze		1,522	3.17%
	Johanna Seytre	??	514	1.07%
	Annie Boubault	LO	322	0.67%
	William Theaux	PP	29	0.06%
Valid votes			48,048	97.50%	47,942	96.18%
Spoilt and null votes			1,231	2.50%	1,906	3.82%
Votes cast / turnout			49,279	61.37%	49,848	62.01%
Abstentions			31,025	38.63%	30,541	37.99%
Registered voters			80,304	100.00%	80,389	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean Proriol	17,793	36.03
	PS	André Chapaveire	10,904	22.08
	DIV	Laurent Duplomb	7,140	14.46
	MoDem	Jean-Pierre Vigier	5,396	10.93
	PCF	Christiane Laidouni	1,512	3.06
	LV	Pierre Pommarel	1,494	3.03
	EXG	François Boudet	1,434	2.90
	FN	Jacqueline Largeteau	1,410	2.86
	Others	N/A	2,300
Turnout			50,873	63.29
2nd round result
	UMP	Jean Proriol	24,389	53.63
	PS	André Chapaveire	21,090	46.37
Turnout			48,987	60.95
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean Proriol	21,603	41.83
	PS	Arlette Arnaud-Landau	15,236	29.50
	DIV	Jean-Pierre Vigier	6,312	12.22
	FN	Hélène Le Guezenne	4,023	7.79
	Others	N/A	4,473
Turnout			53,118	67.32
2nd round result
	UMP	Jean Proriol	27,030	57.91
	PS	Arlette Arnaud-Landau	19,643	42.09
Turnout			49,016	62.21
	UMP gain from PPDF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPDF (UDF)	Jean Proriol	21,172	41.95
	PS	André Roure	14,617	28.96
	FN	Helène Le Guezennec	5,301	10.50
	PCF	Evelyne Valentin	3,926	7.78
	LV	Pierre Pommarel	3,635	7.20
	LDI	Serge-Pierre Mondani	1,823	3.61
Turnout			54,525	70.63
2nd round result
	PPDF (UDF)	Jean Proriol	27,854	52.58
	PS	André Roure	25,117	47.42
Turnout			56,532	73.23
	PPDF hold