Pyrénées-Orientales's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of the Pyrénées-Orientales (French: Quatrième circonscription des Pyrénées-Orientales) is a French legislative constituency in the Pyrénées-Orientales 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.

4th constituency of the Pyrénées-Orientales
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Pyrénées-Orientales's 3rd Constituency shown within the Pyrénées-Orientales
Deputy	Michèle Martinez RN
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Cantons	Argelès-sur-Mer, Arles-sur-Tech, Céret, Côte-Vermeille, Elne, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Thuir
Registered voters	97099[1]
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Description

The 4th constituency of Pyrénées-Orientales stretches lies in the south east of the department along the border with Spain.

The seat has generally leaned to the left with a sole conservative victory in 2007 being the exception. In common with other seats in Pyrénées-Orientales 2017 saw a strong performance by the National Front.

Assembly Members

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1988	Henri Sicre	PS
	2007	Jacqueline Irles	UMP
	2012	Pierre Aylagas	PS
	2017	Sébastien Cazenove	LREM
	2022	Michèle Martinez	RN

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Michèle Martinez	RN		33,159	47.90	38,045	58.14
	Julien Baraillé	PS	NFP	17,963	25.95	27,395	41.86
	Patricia Nadal	REN	Ensemble	11,454	16.54
	Philippe Romain	LR		3,183	4.60
	Céline Davesa	Ind	REG	1,937	2.80
	Odile Maisonneuve	R!		960	1.39
	Caroline Poupard	LO		575	0.83
Valid votes				69,231	97.04	65,440	92.94
Blank votes				1,301	1.82	3,900	5.50
Null votes				810	1.14	1,604	2.26
Turnout				71,342	69.44	70,944	69.05
Abstentions				31,400	30.56	31,803	30.95
Registered voters				102,742		102,747
Source:
Result				RN GAIN

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Pyrénées-Orientales's 4th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RN	Michèle Martinez	15,056	30.40	+10.38
	LREM (Ensemble)	Sébastien Cazenove	10,799	21.81	-7.19
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Jérôme Pous	10,294	20.79	−5.08
	PS	Alexandre Reynal*	4,727	9.55	N/A
	REC	Sylvie Truchet	2,730	5.51	N/A
	LR (UDC)	Bruno Galan	2,396	4.84	−10.53
	DIV	Jordi Vera	1,271	2.57	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,250	4.54
Turnout			49,523	49.65	−0.82
2nd round result
	RN	Michèle Martinez	24,332	56.28	+14.25
	LREM (Ensemble)	Sébastien Cazenove	18,905	43.72	−14.25
Turnout			43,237	47.19	+2.52
	RN gain from LREM

* PS dissident

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2017

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency^[4]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sébastien Cazenove	La République En Marche!	LREM	13,831	29.00	22,193	57.97
	Stéphane Massanell	National Front	FN	9,546	20.02	16,092	42.03
	Jacqueline Irles	The Republicans	LR	7,329	15.37
	Dominique Guérin	La France Insoumise	FI	5,112	10.72
	Nicolas Garcia	Communist Party	PCF	3,645	7.64
	Alexandre Reynal	Socialist Party	PS	3,580	7.51
	Jordi Vera	Regionalist	REG	1,867	3.91
	Franck Huette	Ecologist	ECO	1,152	2.42
	Gisèle Mouragues	Debout la France	DLF	438	0.92
	Daniel Aillaud	Independent	DIV	429	0.90
	Esther Silan	Far Left	EXG	345	0.72
	Carole Percy	Independent	DIV	243	0.51
	Michèle Vadureau Perez	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	174	0.36
Total				47,691	100%	38,285	100%
Registered voters				97,100		97,099
Blank/Void ballots				1,316	2.69%	5,086	11.73%
Turnout				49,007	50.47%	43,371	44.67%
Abstentions				48,093	49.53%	53,728	55.33%
Result						REM GAIN FROM PS

2012

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency^[5]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Pierre Aylagas	Socialist Party	PS	20,457	35.98	30,005	55.42
	Jacqueline Irles	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	15,446	27.16	24,137	44.58
	Marie-Thérèse Costa-Fesenbeck	National Front	FN	10,437	18.35
	Nicolas Garcia	Left Front	FG	7,135	12.55
	Bruno Rouane	Europe Ecology – The Greens	EELV	1,445	2.54
	Yves Castanet	Ecologist	ECO	522	0.92
	Jean-Michel Serve	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	344	0.60
	Carol Malortigue	Ecologist	ECO	297	0.52
	Monique Jaulin	Ecologist	ECO	265	0.47
	Jean Boucher	Far Left	EXG	203	0.36
	Esther Silan	Far Left	EXG	196	0.34
	Natacha Bordez	Other	AUT	115	0.20
Total				56,862	100%	54,142	100%
Registered voters				92,344		92,337
Blank/Void ballots				998	1.72%	2,858	5.01%
Turnout				57,860	62.66%	57,000	61.73%
Abstentions				34,484	37.34%	35,337	38.27%
Result						PS GAIN FROM UMP

2007

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency^[6]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jacqueline Irles	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	21,124	37.59	28,070	50.25
	Pierre Aylagas	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	10,072	17.92	27,790	49.75
	Olivier Ferrand	Socialist Party	PS	8,567	15.25
	Nicolas Garcia	Communist Party	PCF	5,323	9.47
	Yves Porteix	UDF-Democratic Movement	UDF-MoDem	3,010	5.36
	Marie-Therese Costa-Fesenbeck	National Front	FN	2,566	4.57
	Myriam Granat	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	1,245	2.22
	Franck Huette	The Greens	LV	907	1.61
	Yannick Fissier	Far Left	EXG	833	1.48
	Nicole Puigbo	Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions	CPNT	636	1.13
	Françoise Tibau	Regionalist	REG	543	0.97
	Jacques Cros	Ecologist	ECO	474	0.84
	Jacques Menechal	Movement for France	MPF	358	0.64
	Maria Hernandez	Independent	DIV	279	0.50
	Esther Silan	Far Left	EXG	254	0.45
Total				56,191	100%	55,860	100%
Registered voters				87,687		87,370
Blank/Void ballots				1,053	1.84%	2,400	4.12%
Turnout				57,244	65.28%	58,260	66.68%
Abstentions				30,443	34.72%	29,110	33.32%
Result						UMP GAIN FROM PS

2002

Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 4th Constituency^[7]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Henri Sicre	Socialist Party	PS	16,182	31.09	24,921	51.58
	Myriam Granat	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	14,416	27.69	23,392	48.42
	Edouard Fesenbeck	National Front	FN	8,483	16.30
	Nicolas Garcia	Communist Party	PCF	4,563	8.77
	Catherine Delhoste	Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions	CPNT	1,369	2.63
	Annick Duval	The Greens	LV	1,308	2.51
	Virginie Barre	Regionalist	REG	1,001	1.92
	Sebastine Lefevre	Revolutionary Communist League	LCR	785	1.51
	Chantal Decosse	Republican Pole	PR	764	1.47
	Christiane Bruneau	Movement for France	MPF	754	1.45
	Annette Delcroix	Independent	DIV	594	1.14
	Jose Marin	National Republican Movement	MNR	546	1.05
	J. Marie Benito	Workers' Struggle	LO	541	1.04
	CANDIDATE	Edwige Pia	ECO	496	0.95
	Martine Lebrun	Ecologist	ECO	192	0.37
	Christian Joubert	Independent	DIV	60	0.12
Total				52,054	100%	48,313	100%
Registered voters				80,515		80,513
Blank/Void ballots				1,439	2.69%	3,107	6.04%
Turnout				53,493	66.44%	51,420	63.87%
Abstentions				27,022	33.56%	29,093	36.13%
Result						PS HOLD