Gironde's 8th constituency

8th constituency of Gironde
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Location of constituency in Department
Location of Gironde in France
Deputy	Sophie Panonacle RE
Department	Gironde
Cantons	(pre-2015) Arcachon, Audenge, Bazas, Belin-Béliet, Captieux, Grignols, Saint-Symphorien, La Teste-de-Buch, Villandraut.
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The 8th constituency of the Gironde (French: Huitième circonscription de la Gironde) is a French legislative constituency in Gironde 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.

Historical representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Robert Cazalet	UDF
	1993
	1997	François Deluga	PS
	2002	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	UMP
	2007
	2008	François Deluga	PS
	2012	Yves Foulon	UMP
	2017	Sophie Panonacle	LREM
	2022		RE
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Laurent Lamara	RN		31,248	36.86	+17.13	36,137	43.59	+3.59
	Sophie Panonacle	REN	Ensemble	26,881	31.71	-3.31	46,756	56.41	-3.59
	Marylène Faure	PCF	NFP	15,849	18.70	-0.14	withdrew
	Marc Morin	LR	UDC	8,673	10.23	+0.26
	Marie-Christine Caries	REC		1,090	1.20	-4.52
	Rémy Coste	LO		898	1.06	+0.41
	Céline Blut	DIV		137	0.16	new
Votes				84,776	100.00		82,893	100.00
Valid votes				84,776	97.55	-0.70	82,893	95.28	+3.97
Blank votes				1,463	1.68	+0.40	3,023	3.47	-2.98
Null votes				663	0.76	+0.29	1,085	1.25	-0.99
Turnout				86,902	71.49	+20.68	87,001	71.56	+23.66
Abstentions				34,656	28.51	-20.68	34,580	28.44	-23.66
Registered voters				121,558			121,581
Source: [1]
Result				RE HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Gironde's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM (Ensemble)	Sophie Panonacle	20,943	35.02	-5.36
	RN	Laurent Lamara	11,798	19.73	+9.17
	PCF (NUPÉS)	Marylène Faure	11,269	18.84	−1.00
	LR (UDC)	Marc Morin	5,964	9.97	−14.02
	REC	Alexane Isnard	3,420	5.72	N/A
	DVG	Alain Chauteau	2,211	3.70	N/A
	Others	N/A	4,203
Turnout			59,808	50.81	−0.71
2nd round result
	LREM (Ensemble)	Sophie Panonacle	31,442	60.00	+0.25
	RN	Laurent Lamara	20,965	40.00	−0.25
Turnout			52,407	47.90	+2.75
	LREM hold

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sophie Panonacle	REM	22,337	40.38	26,713	59.75
	Yves Foulon	LR	13,271	23.99	17,997	40.25
	Laurent Lamara	FN	5,841	10.56
	Cécile Coti	FI	5,692	10.29
	Pierre Pradayrol	PS	2,879	5.20
	Nicolas Dubot	ECO	1,983	3.58
	Anny Bey	DVD	1,316	2.38
	Sophie Le Page	DLF	1,047	1.89
	Danielle Trannoy	PCF	428	0.77
	Fabienne Coulais	DIV	304	0.55
	Solange Texier	EXG	219	0.40
Votes			55,317	100.00	44,710	100.00
Valid votes			55,317	98.46	44,710	90.80
Blank votes			617	1.10	3,145	6.39
Null votes			251	0.45	1,385	2.81
Turnout			56,185	51.52	49,240	45.15
Abstentions			52,880	48.48	59,820	54.85
Registered voters			109,065		109,060
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Gironde's 8th constituency

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Yves Foulon	UMP	22,217	38.07%	30,043	51.10%
	Nathalie Le Yondre	PS	21,036	36.05%	28,750	48.90%
	Lydie Croizier	FN	6,282	10.76%
	Alain Rigolet	DVD	2,503	4.29%
	Vital Baude	EELV	2,133	3.65%
	Mélisande Elias	FG	1,998	3.42%
	Jean-Louis Apecarena	MRC	430	0.74%
	Elisabeth Rezer-Sandillon	Cap 21	391	0.67%
	Christian Meynard	AEI	382	0.65%
	France Sibert	DLR	359	0.62%
	Monique Nicolas	NPA	254	0.44%
	Marie-Elise Lorblancher	PCD	211	0.36%
	Solange Texier	LO	164	0.28%
Valid votes			58,360	98.56%	58,793	97.02%
Spoilt and null votes			855	1.44%	1,807	2.98%
Votes cast / turnout			59,215	60.53%	60,600	61.94%
Abstentions			38,616	39.47%	37,231	38.06%
Registered voters			97,831	100.00%	97,831	100.00%

2008 by-election

2008 by-election: Gironde's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	François Deluga	19,884	43.80
	UMP	Yves Foulon	18,603	41.00
	DIV	Emmanuel Perrin	1,717	3.80
	DIV	Jacques Courmontagne	1,621	3.60
	Far left	Monique Nicolas	1,461	3.20
	PCF	Christian Darriet	1,048	2.30
	FN	Lydie Croizier	1,047	2.30
	Others	N/A	33
Turnout			46,449	38.80
2nd round result
	PS	François Deluga	27,370	54.30
	UMP	Yves Foulon	23,054	45.70
Turnout			51,968	43.40
	PS gain from UMP

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Gironde's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	36,538	47.55
	PS	François Deluga	24,207	31.50
	MoDem	Sophie Mette	5,272	6.86
	FN	Lydie Croizier	2,119	2.76
	CPNT	Philippe Sebie	1,997	2.60
	LV	Elisabeth Rezer Sandillon	1,961	2.55
	Far left	Monique Nicolas	1,539	2.00
	Others	N/A	3,205
Turnout			77,885	65.25
2nd round result
	UMP	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	40,852	54.13
	PS	François Deluga	34,614	45.87
Turnout			77,487	64.92
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Gironde's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	François Deluga	22,736	31.77
	UMP	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	19,234	26.88
	DVD	Yves Foulon	11,400	15.93
	FN	Colette Calichon	6,630	9.27
	CPNT	Victor Alcaraz	3,719	5.20
	LV	Michel Daverat	1,600	2.24
	Others	N/A	6,236
Turnout			72,745	68.86
2nd round result
	UMP	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	34,982	52.52
	PS	François Deluga	31,627	47.48
Turnout			69,023	65.34
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Gironde's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	François Deluga	20,505	33.06
	UDF	Robert Cazalet	15,355	24.76
	UDF	Claude Espied*	8,612	13.89
	FN	Colette Monier	7,796	12.57
	PCF	Pierre Cléaz	4,021	6.48
	DVD	Jack Hennequin	1,939	3.13
	Others	N/A	3,792
Turnout			65,391	70.79
2nd round result
	PS	François Deluga	33,894	51.94
	UDF	Robert Cazalet	31,368	48.06
Turnout			68,973	74.67
	PS gain from UDF

* UDF dissident