Marne's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Marne (French: Cinquième circonscription de la Marne) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

5th constituency of Marne
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
The constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Incumbent deputy	Charles de Courson LC
Department	Marne
Cantons	Anglure, Avize, Écury-sur-Coole, Fère-Champenoise, Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Sompuis, Thiéblemont-Farémont, Vertus, Vitry-le-François-Est, Vitry-le-François-Ouest
Registered voters	76,921 (2017)
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Description

The constituency – which covers the south-central and south-eastern parts of the department and includes the town of Vitry-le-François – is made up of the eleven former cantons of Anglure, Avize, Écury-sur-Coole, Fère-Champenoise, Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Sompuis, Thiéblemont-Farémont, Vertus, Vitry-le-François-Est, and Vitry-le-François-Ouest.^[1]

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 5th constituency had a total population of 83,412.

The constituency has returned the centre-right politician Charles de Courson, currently a member of the Les Centristes, at every election since 1993.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Bouquet	PS
	1993	Charles de Courson	UDF
	1997
	2002
	2007		NC
	2012
	2017		UDI
	2022		LC

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Marne's 5th constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LC	Charles de Courson	21,751	42.66	−1.88
	LO	Joëlle Bastien	502	0.98	N/A
	PS (NFP)	Gaël Padiou	4,774	9.36	N/A
	RN	Thierry Bosson	23,954	46.99	+19.75
Turnout			50,981	98.10	+49.08
Registered electors			75,602
2nd round result
	LC	Charles de Courson	26,393	50.43	+7.77
	RN	Thierry Besson	25,947	49.57	+2.58
Turnout			52,340	98.34	+0.24
Registered electors			75,580
	LC hold		Swing

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Marne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LC (UDC)	Charles de Courson	16,329	44.54	+1.61
	RN	Pierre-Romain Thionnet	9,989	27.24	+5.74
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Karine Le Luron	4,066	11.09	+0.74
	MoDem (Ensemble)	Isabelle Pestre	3,268	8.91	−11.97
	REC	Emmanuel Renoud	1,293	3.53	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,720	-	−
Turnout			36,665	49.02	−2.16
2nd round result
	LC (UDC)	Charles de Courson	21,325	63.03	-8.54
	RN	Pierre-Romain Thionnet	12,506	36.97	+8.54
Turnout			33,831	46.35	+0.01
	LC gain from UDI

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Charles de Courson	UDI	16,631	42.93	24,074	71.57
	Thomas Laval	FN	8,329	21.50	9,563	28.43
	Bertrand Trepo	REM	8,089	20.88
	Laurène Massicard	FI	2,752	7.10
	Dominique Chailloux	PCF	1,261	3.25
	Estelle Arbogast	DLF	742	1.92
	Françoise Dehut	ECO	332	0.86
	Joëlle Bastien	EXG	279	0.72
	Julien Havasi	EXD	175	0.45
	Naceur Yagoubi	DIV	152	0.39
Votes			38,742	100.00	33,637	100.00
Valid votes			38,742	98.40	33,637	94.37
Blank votes			446	1.13	1,471	4.13
Null votes			184	0.47	537	1.51
Turnout			39,372	51.18	35,645	46.34
Abstentions			37,556	48.82	41,276	53.66
Registered voters			76,928		76,921
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NM	Charles de Courson	22,051	47.69
	PS	Mariane Doremus	11,677	25.25
	FN	Pascal Erre	8,389	18.14
	FG	Nathalie Mayance	1,387	3.00
	Others	N/A	2,738
Turnout			46,242	59.11
2nd round result
	NM	Charles de Courson	28,219	65.79
	PS	Mariane Doremus	14,673	34.21
Turnout			42,892	54.83
	NM hold