title: Loire's 4th constituency
text: # Loire's 4th constituency
  
  The 4th constituency of the Loire (French: Quatrième circonscription de la Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.
  
  ## Description
  
  The 4th constituency of the Loire lies to the south of Saint-Etienne in the south of the department.
  
  The seat has generally favoured candidates from the centre-right however in both 1988 and 1997 the voters opted for a Communist Party deputy. Since 2002 the seat has reliably conservative although incumbent Dino Cinieri held on by only 99 votes in 2017.
  
  ## Assembly members
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1988 | Théo Vial-Massat | PCF |
  | 1993 | Daniel Mandon | UDF |
  | 1997 | Bernard Outin | PCF |
  | 2002 | Dino Cinieri | UMP |
  | 2007 | Dino Cinieri | UMP |
  | 2012 | Dino Cinieri | UMP |
  | 2017 | Dino Cinieri | LR |
  | 2022 | Dino Cinieri | LR |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Loire's 4th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | LR (UDC) | Dino Cinieri | 12,601 | 25.81 | +2.90 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Bernard Paemelaere | 11,501 | 23.56 | +0.40 |
  | | RN | Anthony Gibert | 10,555 | 21.62 | +7.53 |
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Shannon Seban | 8,224 | 16.84 | -13.60 |
  | | REC | Jean-Baptiste Rouquerol | 1,930 | 3.95 | N/A |
  | | ECO | Pascal Thomas | 1,177 | 2.41 | +2.41 |
  | | PRG | Sana Belmouden | 975 | 2.00 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,863 | - | - |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,826 | 47.80 | -1.30 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LR (UDC) | Dino Cinieri | 27,847 | 61.61 | +11.48 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Bernard Paemelaere | 17,352 | 38.39 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,199 | 46.06 | +4.09 |
  | | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | David Kauffer | REM | 14,880 | 30.44 | 18,940 | 49.87 |
  | | Dino Cinieri | LR | 11,199 | 22.91 | 19,039 | 50.13 |
  | | Raphaëlle Jeanson | FN | 7,835 | 16.03 | | |
  | | Léo Chavas | FI | 5,206 | 10.65 | | |
  | | Christophe Faverjon | PCF | 5,108 | 10.45 | | |
  | | Olivier Joly | DVD | 2,431 | 4.97 | | |
  | | Gérard Guillaumin | ECO | 1,005 | 2.06 | | |
  | | Patrick Mignon | DLF | 638 | 1.31 | | |
  | | Françoise Leclet | EXG | 386 | 0.79 | | |
  | | Jean-Christophe Debens | DIV | 193 | 0.39 | | |
  | | Pascal Thomas | ECO | 0 | 0.00 | | |
  | | François Shematsi | EXD | 0 | 0.00 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 48,881 | 100.00 | 37,979 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 48,881 | 98.47 | 37,979 | 89.51 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 556 | 1.12 | 3,306 | 7.79 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 203 | 0.41 | 1,145 | 2.70 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,640 | 49.10 | 42,430 | 41.97 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 51,460 | 50.90 | 58,678 | 58.03 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 101,100 | | 101,108 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  2012 legislative election in Loire's 4th constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Dino Cinieri | UMP | 19,227 | 33.08% | 24,528 | 41.96% |
  | | Léla Bencharif | EELV | 12,979 | 22.33% | 23,195 | 39.68% |
  | | Robert Heyraud | FN | 12,405 | 21.35% | 10,731 | 18.36% |
  | | Christophe Faverjon | FG | 9,982 | 17.18% | | |
  | | Jean-Claude Reymond | PRG | 1,566 | 2.69% | | |
  | | Jacques Berlioz | DLR | 1,001 | 1.72% | | |
  | | Odile Cote | LO | 430 | 0.74% | | |
  | | Pascal-Simon Thomas-Bonnard | AEI | 406 | 0.70% | | |
  | | Thierry Peyron | | 117 | 0.20% | | |
  | | Michèle Perez | MoDem dissident | 2 | 0.00% | | |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 58,115 | 98.56% | 58,454 | 98.18% |
  | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 847 | 1.44% | 1,081 | 1.82% |
  | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 58,962 | 59.48% | 59,535 | 60.07% |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,161 | 40.52% | 39,574 | 39.93% |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 99,123 | 100.00% | 99,109 | 100.00% |
  