Saône-et-Loire's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Saône-et-Loire

Saône-et-Loire's 5th Constituency shown within Burgundy.

Deputy

Department

Canton

Buxy, Chalon-sur-Saône-Centre, Chalon-sur-Saône-Ouest, Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud, Montceau-les-Mines-Nord, Montceau-les-Mines-Sud, Montcenis, Montchanin

Voters

91,109

The 5th constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is a French legislative constituency in the Saône-et-Loire département.

Description

The 5th constituency of the Saône-et-Loire covers the centre of the department and includes the majority of Chalon-sur-Saône as well as the town of Montceau-les-Mines noted for its now closed coal mines. Montceau-les-Mines was only added to the seat following the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.

The seat was won by Christophe Sirugue of the PS in 2007 ending 19 years of conservative control.

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Dominique Perben	RPR
	1993	Jean-Paul Emorine	RPR
	1995	André Gentien	RPR
	1997	Dominique Perben	RPR
	2002	Dominique Perben	UMP
	2002	Dominique Juillot	UMP
	2007	Christophe Sirugue	PS

Legislative Election 2012: Saône-et-Loire's 4th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Christophe Sirugue	27,430	59.26
	UMP	Isabelle Dechaume	18,857	40.74
Turnout			48,189	52.89
	PS hold		Swing

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

Constituencies in Burgundy (15)

Côte-d'Or (5)	Côte-d'Or's 1st Côte-d'Or's 2nd Côte-d'Or's 3rd Côte-d'Or's 4th Côte-d'Or's 5th

Nièvre (2)	Nièvre's 1st Nièvre's 2nd

Saône-et-Loire (5)	Saône-et-Loire's 1st Saône-et-Loire's 2nd Saône-et-Loire's 3rd Saône-et-Loire's 4th Saône-et-Loire's 5th

Yonne (3)	Yonne's 1st Yonne's 2nd Yonne's 3rd

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