Sarthe's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Sarthe is a French legislative constituency in the Sarthe département.

2nd constituency of the Sarthe
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
The constituency in Sarthe
Deputy	Marietta Karamanli PS
Department	Sarthe
Cantons	Bouloire, Le Mans-Est-Campagne, Le Mans-Sud-Est, Le Mans-Sud-Ouest, Le Mans-Ville-Est, Montfort-le-Gesnois
Registered voters	118,052
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Geography

The constituency is based in the centre of the department, containing most of the city of Le Mans.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Fernand Poignant	Ind. Soc.
	1962	Robert Manceau	PCF
	1967
	1968	Jacques Chaumont	UDR
	1973
	1978	Daniel Boulay	PCF
	1981	Raymond Douyère	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Raymond Douyère	PS
	1993	Jean-Marie Geveaux	RPR
	1997	Raymond Douyère	PS
	2000 (By-election)	Jean-Marie Geveaux	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007	Marietta Karamanli	PS
	2012
	2017
	2022

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marietta Karamanli	PS	NFP	20,700	39.95	28,660	57.31
	François Fèvre	LR	UXD	18,282	35.29	21,349	42.69
	Samuel Chevallier	UDI	Ensemble	11,962	23.09
	Clément Cheuret	Ind		91	0.18
	Thomas Hubert	LO		776	1.50
Valid votes				51,811	96.58	50,009	92.97
Blank votes				1,510	2.81	3,221	5.99
Null votes				322	0.60	563	1.05
Turnout				53,643	64.04	53,793	64.21
Abstentions				30,121	35.96	29 86	5.79
Registered voters				83,764		83,779
Source:
Result				PS HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS (NUPÉS)	Marietta Karamanli	12,668	36.53	-2.77
	RN	Angéline Furet	7,261	20.94	+7.84
	HOR (Ensemble)	Alexandra Monet	6,517	18.79	−7.02
	LR (UDC)	François Le Forestier	2,985	8.61	−7.34
	PS	Muriel Cabaret*	2,323	6.70	N/A
	REC	Olivier Beslier	987	2.85	N/A
	DVE	Marylin Zbirou	874	2.52	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,061	6.70
Turnout			34,676	42.85	−4.49
2nd round result
	PS (NUPÉS)	Marietta Karamanli	20,399	63.06	+1.18
	RN	Angéline Furet	11,952	36.94	N/A
Turnout			32,351	43.18	+7.32
	PS hold

* PS dissident without the support of the NUPES alliance

^[1]

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Aurélie Perot	10,021	25.81
	PS	Marietta Karamanli	9,355	24.10
	UDI	Samuel Chevallier	6,191	15.95
	FN	Pascal Nicot	5,086	13.10
	LFI	Matthias Tavel	4,735	12.20
	EELV	Elisabeth Sesma	1,164	3.00
	Others	N/A	2,270
Turnout			38,822	47.34
2nd round result
	PS	Marietta Karamanli	18,192	61.88
	LREM	Aurélie Perot	11,208	38.12
Turnout			29,400	35.86
	PS hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Marietta Karamanli	22,024	48.15
	UMP	Philippe Metivier	10,966	23.97
	FN	Marie D'Herbais	6,182	13.52
	FG	Pascale Soulard	2,538	5.55
	EELV	Rémy Batiot	1,277	2.79
	Others	N/A	2,753
Turnout			45,740	54.88
2nd round result
	PS	Marietta Karamanli	27,506	64.53
	UMP	Philippe Metivier	15,121	35.47
Turnout			42,627	51.15
	PS hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Marie Geveaux	19,986	42.93	+0.43
	PS	Marietta Karamanli	15,965	34.29	+3.84
	MoDem	Pascaline Treton	2,526	5.43	+5.43
	PCF	Pascale Soulard	1,661	3.57	+1.08
	FN	Joël Métivier	1,596	3.43	−3.22
	Others	N/A	4,826	10.37
Turnout			82,212	41.73
2nd round result
	PS	Marietta Karamanli	23,476	52.48	+4.63
	UMP	Jean-Marie Geveaux	21,261	47.52	−4.63
Turnout			82,209	55.91
	PS gain from UMP

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Marie Geveaux	20,163	42.50	+5.19
	PS	Géraud Guibert	14,445	30.45	+4.41
	FN	Pierre-Jean Bodiger	3,631	7.65	+2.20
	PCF	Jean-Claude Laude	2,206	4.65	−3.98
	Others	N/A	7,001	14.75
Turnout			48, 758	61.34
2nd round result
	UMP	Jean-Marie Geveaux	22,389	52.15	+0.68
	PS	Géraud Guibert	20,546	47.85	−0.68
Turnout			44,340	55.78
	UMP hold

2000 by-election

The Deputy for this seat, Raymond Douyère resigned on 31 December 1999, after being appointed to the Monetary Policy Council of the Bank of France. A by-election was subsequently called for the following March to fill the vacancy.^[2][3]

2000 by-election: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Jean-Marie Geveaux	11,223	37.31	+9.08
	PS	Géraud Guibert	7,834	26.04	−3.04
	PCF	Jean-Claude Laude	2,597	8.63	−1.27
	LV	Sylvie Granger	2,269	7.54	+4.46
	DVG	Claude Picault	1,812	6.02	N/A
	FN	Pierre-Jean Bodiger	3,631	5.45	−6.17
	Others	N/A	2,679	9.01
Turnout			31,924	40.16
2nd round result
	RPR	Jean-Marie Geveaux	16,881	51.47	+9.94
	PS	Géraud Guibert	15,914	48.53	−9.94
Turnout			34,743	43.71
	RPR gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Raymond Douyère	14,873	29.80	+13.29
	RPR	Jean-Marie Geveaux	14,090	28.23	+2.21
	FN	Charles Met	5,779	11.62	+2.50
	PCF	Christian Martin	4,994	10.00	−1.53
	DVG	Phillipe Goude	3,167	6.34	−4.13
	Others	N/A	6,993	14.01
Turnout			52,842	66.77
2nd round result
	PS	Raymond Douyère	30,638	58.47	+10.60
	RPR	Jean-Marie Geveaux	21,761	41.53	−10.60
Turnout			55,578	70.24
	PS gain from RPR

1993

Legislative Election 1993: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Jean-Marie Geveaux	12,694	26.02	N/A
	PS	Raymond Douyère	8,056	16.51	−26.98
	UDF	Patric Piard	5,762	11.81	−13.66
	PCF	Daniel Boulay	5,626	11.53	−12.63
	DVG	Phillipe Goude	5,131	10.52	N/A
	FN	Charles Met	4,451	9.12	+3.28
	Others	N/A	7,065	14.48
Turnout			52,623	66.33
2nd round result
	RPR	Jean-Marie Geveaux	24,994	52.23	N/A
	PS	Raymond Douyère	22,863	47.77	−17.68
Turnout			52,068	65.64
	RPR gain from PS

1988

Legislative Election 1988: Sarthe's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Raymond Douyère	20,441	43.49	N/A
	UDF	Jean Daunay	11,970	25.47	N/A
	PCF	Daniel Boulay [a]	11,357	24.16	N/A
	FN	Josette Vigoureux-Marchand	2,747	5.84	N/A
	Others	N/A	490	1.04
Turnout			48,245	62.95
2nd round result
	PS	Raymond Douyère	30,753	65.45	N/A
	UDF	Jean Daunay	16,234	34.55	N/A
Turnout			48,932	63.86
	PS win (new seat)

Sources

• "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 2017.

• French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

Notes

1. Achieved a high enough vote share to proceed to the second round but withdrew beforehand