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. POITOU-CHARENTE (17 Deputies) ==================================================================== Charente (4 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 56,221 34.4 4 (+3) Communist Party (PCF) 15,275 09.3 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 7,668 04.7 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 28,698 17.5 - (-2) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 22,422 13.7 - (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 16,725 10.2 - Others 16,423 10.0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 163,432 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Angouleme Est, Ouest: Jean-Claude Viollet (PS) 02 Cognac: Marie-Line Reynaud (PS) 03 Confolens: Jerome Lambert (PS) 04 Angouleme Nord: Jean-Claude Beauchaud (PS) Charente-Maritime (5 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 41,619 16.8 2 (+2) Communist Party (PCF) 22,834 09.2 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 47,049 19.0 1 (+1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 13,663 05.5 1 (-1) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 62,840 25.4 1 (-2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 28,624 11.6 - Others 30,483 12.3 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 247,112 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 La Rochelle: Michel Crepeau (PRS) 1 02 Rochefort: Bernard Grasset (PS) 03 Saintes: Jean Rouger (PS) 04 Royan Est: Dominique Bussereau (UDF) * 05 Royan Ouest: Didier Quentin (RPR) 1 Died March 1999. Replaced by Maxime Bono (PS) Deux-Sevres (4 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 58,149 34.0 2 (+1) Communist Party (PCF) 8,580 05.0 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 10,384 06.1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) - - Union for French Democracy (UDF) 69,570 40.7 2 (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 12,556 07.3 - Others 11,768 06.9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 171,007 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Niort: Genevieve Perrin-Gaillard (PS) 02 Saint-Maxient-l'Ecole: Segolene Royal (PS) 1 03 Parthenay: Jean-Marie Morisset (UDF) 04 Bressuire-Thouars: Dominique Paille (UDF) 1 Appointed Minister for Education June 1997, replaced by Jean- Pierre Marche (PS) Vienne (4 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 54,555 29.9 2 (+2) Communist Party (PCF) 15,937 08.7 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 10,092 05.5 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 33,449 18.4 1 (-1) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 30,128 16.5 1 (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 19,019 10.4 - Others 18,975 10.4 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 182,155 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Poitiers Nord: Alain Claeys (PS) 02 Poitiers Sud: Philippe Decaudin (PS) 03 Montmorillon: Arnaud Lepercq (RPR) 04 Chatellerault: Jean-Pierre Abelin (UDF) Total Poitou-Charentes (17 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 210,544 27.6 10 (+8) Communist Party (PCF) 62,626 08.2 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 75,193 09.8 1 (+1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 75,810 09.9 2 (-4) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 184,960 24.2 4 (-5) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 76,924 10.1 - Others 77,649 10.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 763,706 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------