FRENCH REPUBLIC LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 MAY AND 1 JUNE 1997 VOTES AND SEATS BY DEPARTMENT AND REGION ==================================================================== Votes are those cast in the first round of the legislative elections. PAYS DE LA LOIRE (30 Deputies) ==================================================================== Loire-Atlantique (10 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 138,881 28.3 6 (+4) Communist Party (PCF) 27,660 05.6 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 26,828 05.5 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 80,380 16.4 2 (-3) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 81,612 16.6 2 (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 47,593 09.7 - Others 89,065 18.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 490,019 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Nantes Ouest: Patrick Rimbert (PS) 02 Nantes Sud: Marie-Francoise Clergeau (PS) 03 Saint-Herblain: Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS) 04 Reze: Jacques Floch (PS) 05 Carquefou: Edouard Landrain (UDF) 06 Chateaubriant: Michel Hunault (RPR) 07 Guerande: Rene Leroux (PS) 08 Saint-Nazaire: Claude Evin (PS) 09 Paimboeuf, Pornic: Pierre Heriaud (UDF) 10 Vertou: Serge Poignant (RPR) Maine-et-Loire (7 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 67,534 21.4 - Communist Party (PCF) 17,222 05.4 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 13,510 04.3 1 (+1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 27,836 08.8 1 Union for French Democracy (UDF) 95,899 30.3 5 (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 32,970 10.4 - Others 61,184 19.3 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 316,155 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Angers Centre, Est, Nord-Est: Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (RPR) 02 Angers Sud, Trelaze: Hubert Grimault (UDF) 03 Longue-Jumelles: Christian Martin (UDF) 04 Saumur Sud, Thouarce: Jean-Michel Marchand (Verts) 05 Cholet: Maurice Ligot (UDF) 06 Angers Ouest: Herve de Charette (UDF) 07 Angers Nord, Segre: Marc Laffineur (UDF) * Mayenne (3 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 33,042 23.8 - Communist Party (PCF) 5,000 03.6 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 3,034 02.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 16,345 11.8 1 (-1) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 31,600 22.7 2 (+1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 10,700 07.7 - Others 39,198 28.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 138,919 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Laval: Francois d'Aubert (UDF) * 02 Chateau-Gontier: Henri de Gastines (RPR) 03 Mayenne: Roger Lestas (UDF) Sarthe (5 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 71,179 29.5 3 (+3) Communist Party (PCF) 18,350 07.6 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 11,340 04.7 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 67,708 27.9 1 (-3) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 17,015 07.0 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 25,035 10.3 - Others 31,996 13.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 242,623 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Le Mans Nord: Pierre Hellier (UDF) * 02 Le Mans East: Raymond Douyere (PS) 1 03 La Fleche: Guy-Michel Chauveau (PS) 04 Sable-sur-Sarthe: Francois Fillon (RPR) 05 La Ferte-Bernard: Jean-Claude Boulard (PS) 1 Resigned December 1999. Replaced March 2000 by Jean-Marie Geveaux (RPR) Vendee (5 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 60,261 23.0 - Communist Party (PCF) 12,740 04.8 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 20,313 07.7 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 34,069 13.0 3 Union for French Democracy (UDF) 51,176 19.5 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 25,328 13.5 - Others 58,270 22.2 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 262,157 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 La Roche-sur-Yon Nord: Jean-Luc Preel (UDF) 02 La Roche-sur-Yon Sud: Dominique Caillaud (UDF) 03 Les Sables-d'Olonne: Louis Guedon (RPR) 04 Mortagne-sur-Sevre: Philippe de Villiers (Ind Right) 05 Fontenay-le-Comte: Joel Sarlot (UDF) * Total Pays-de-la-Loire (30 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 370,897 25.6 9 (+7) Communist Party (PCF) 80,972 05.6 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 75,025 05.2 1 (+1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 226,338 15.6 8 (-7) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 277,302 19.1 11 (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 141,626 09.8 - Others 277,713 19.1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,449,873 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------