title: Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency
text: # Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency
  
  The 8th constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique 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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The constituency is based around Saint-Nazaire.
  
  ## Historic representation
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1988 | Claude Évin | PS |
  | 1993 | Étienne Garnier | RPR |
  | 1997 | Claude Évin | PS |
  | 2002 | Claude Évin | PS |
  | 2007 | Marie-Odile Bouillé | PS |
  | 2012 | Marie-Odile Bouillé | PS |
  | 2017 | Audrey Dufeu-Schubert | LREM |
  | 2022 | Matthias Tavel | LFI |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Matthias Tavel | 13,432 | 32.04 | -4.50 |
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Audrey Dufeu | 11,341 | 27.05 | -11.39 |
  | | RN | Gauthier Bouchet | 6,443 | 15.37 | +6.36 |
  | | PS | Xavier Perrin* | 5,174 | 12.34 | N/A |
  | | LR (UDC) | Andréa Porcher | 1,901 | 4.53 | -3.48 |
  | | REC | Frédérica Duvillier | 1,059 | 2.53 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 2,578 | 6.15 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,928 | 47.31 | -2.98 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Matthias Tavel | 21,596 | 54.45 | +11.15 |
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Audrey Dufeu | 18,063 | 45.55 | -11.15 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,659 | 46.89 | +4.05 |
  | | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM |
  
  * PS dissident
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Audrey Dufeu-Schubert | REM | 16,285 | 38.44 | 19,344 | 56.70 |
  | | Lionel Debraye | FI | 6,768 | 15.98 | 14,773 | 43.30 |
  | | Laurianne Deniaud | PS | 5,978 | 14.11 | | |
  | | Gauthier Bouchet | FN | 3,816 | 9.01 | | |
  | | Florence Beuvelet | LR | 3,394 | 8.01 | | |
  | | Fabrice Bazin | ECO | 1,692 | 3.99 | | |
  | | Yvon Renévot | PCF | 1,042 | 2.46 | | |
  | | Armelle Guénolé | DLF | 581 | 1.37 | | |
  | | Hervé Carro | REG | 520 | 1.23 | | |
  | | Stéphanie Chagnon | DIV | 500 | 1.18 | | |
  | | Dennis Octor | PRG | 486 | 1.15 | | |
  | | Eddy Le Beller | EXG | 436 | 1.03 | | |
  | | Pierre-Christophe Rousseau | DIV | 309 | 0.73 | | |
  | | Philippe Moreau | REG | 305 | 0.72 | | |
  | | Tony Moulis | DIV | 252 | 0.59 | | |
  | | Catherine Tarrius | DVD | 0 | 0.00 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 42,364 | 100.00 | 34,117 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,364 | 98.40 | 34,117 | 93.04 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 501 | 1.16 | 1,743 | 4.75 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 186 | 0.43 | 809 | 2.21 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,051 | 50.29 | 36,669 | 42.84 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 42,550 | 49.71 | 48,934 | 57.16 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 85,601 | | 85,603 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  Legislative Election 2012: Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PS | Marie-Odile Bouille | 23,475 | 51.70 | |
  | | UMP | Maryvonne Le Liboux | 7,671 | 16.89 | |
  | | FN | Jean-Claude Blanchard | 4,593 | 10.12 | |
  | | FG | Yvon Renevot | 3,695 | 8.14 | |
  | | EELV | Pascale Hameau | 2,762 | 6.08 | |
  | | MoDem | Xavier Bruckert | 1,088 | 2.40 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 2,121 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,405 | 55.98 | |
  | | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
  
  ### 2007
  
  Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PS | Marie-Odile Bouille | 17,896 | 39.07 | |
  | | UMP | Jean-François Arthur | 13,160 | 28.73 | |
  | | MoDem | Kevin Izorce | 3,760 | 8.21 | |
  | | LV | Arlette Mousseau | 2,483 | 5.42 | |
  | | PCF | Christian Saulnier | 2,140 | 4.67 | |
  | | Far left | Philippe Creneguy | 1,545 | 3.37 | |
  | | FN | Bernard Morin | 1,156 | 2.52 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 3,665 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,550 | 58.84 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | PS | Marie-Odile Bouille | 28,471 | 64.30 | |
  | | UMP | Jean-François Arthur | 15,806 | 35.70 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,496 | 57.51 | |
  | | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
  
  ### 2002
  
  Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PS | Claude Evin | 18,391 | 41.49 | |
  | | UMP | Joel Gicquiaud | 8,964 | 20.22 | |
  | | UDF | Danielle Richard | 3,653 | 8.24 | |
  | | FN | Bernard Morin | 2,920 | 6.59 | |
  | | PCF | Jean Rene Teillant | 2,648 | 5.97 | |
  | | LV | Bernard Garnier | 2,308 | 5.21 | |
  | | LMR | Thierry Moyon | 1,188 | 2.68 | |
  | | LCR | Christophe Gilbert | 1,058 | 2.39 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 3,199 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,223 | 62.59 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | PS | Claude Evin | 25,090 | 63.67 | |
  | | UMP | Joel Gicquiaud | 14,317 | 36.33 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,263 | 57.11 | |
  | | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
  
  ### 1997
  
  Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 8th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PS | Claude Evin | 13,699 | 30.55 | |
  | | MRC | Joël Batteux* | 10,146 | 22.63 | |
  | | RPR | Etienne Garnier | 9,145 | 20.39 | |
  | | FN | Eric de la Brosse | 4,020 | 8.97 | |
  | | LO | Marie-France Belin | 2,002 | 4.46 | |
  | | Far left | Bernard Garnier | 1,293 | 2.88 | |
  | | GE | Marie-Martine Lips | 1,229 | 2.74 | |
  | | MEI | Jean-Roland Lassalle | 904 | 2.02 | |
  | | DVD | Gilles Régnier | 896 | 2.00 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,506 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,110 | 63.63 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | PS | Claude Evin | 21,077 | 100.00 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,359 | 41.01 | |
  | | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR |
  
  * Withdrew before the 2nd round
  