The 5th constituency of the Ain is a French legislative
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in the
Ain ''département''. It was created by ordinance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009, ratified by the French Parliament on 21 January 2010. It consists of the cantons of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Brénod, Champagne-in-Valromey, Hauteville-Lompnes, Izernore, Lhuis, Nantua, North Oyonnax, Oyonnax South, Poncin, Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Virieu-le-Grand. The constituency was first contested in the
2012 legislative elections.
Members elected
Election results
2024
2022
* Incumbent Damien Abad stood for
LR at the last election, but is standing as an independent having joined the
Borne government
The Borne government ( French: ''gouvernement Borne'') was the forty-third government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 16 May 2022 and headed by Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister under President Emmanuel Macron. It served as a caretake ...
as
Minister of Solidarity in May 2022. While not an official part of the
Ensemble Citoyens coalition, his candidacy is supported by the coalition and they have not stood a candidate in the constituency.
2017
2012
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! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Party
! colspan="2" , 1st round
! colspan="2" , 2nd round
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! width="75" , Votes
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, style="text-align:left;" , Damien Abad
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Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...
, UMP
,
, 31.81%
,
, 56.40%
, -
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, style="text-align:left;" , Josiane Exposito
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Socialist Party
, PS
,
, 28.51%
,
, 43.60%
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Sokolowski
, style="text-align:left;" ,
National Front
, FN
,
, 17.99%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Michel Perraud
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Radical Party
, PRV
,
, 9.49%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Mylène Ferri
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Left Front
, FG
,
, 7.32%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Jean Galienne
, style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist
, ECO
,
, 1.07%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Brigitte Sansano
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Miscellaneous Right
Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to centre-right or right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against thei ...
, DVD
,
, 0.73%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Royer
, style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist
, ECO
,
, 0.72%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Bernard Favre
, style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist
, ECO
,
, 0.56%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Michel Boulme
, style="text-align:left;" , Far Left
, EXG
,
, 0.53%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Christophe Ceresero-Lanes
, style="text-align:left;" , Far Left
, EXG
,
, 0.44%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Bernard Leger
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Miscellaneous Right
Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to centre-right or right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against thei ...
, DVD
,
, 0.42%
, colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" ,
, -
, style="color:inherit;background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Guy Largeron
, style="text-align:left;" , Far Left
, EXG
,
, 0.40%
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, colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total
,
, 100%
,
, 100%
, -
, colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;",
, -
, colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters
,
, style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;",
,
, style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;",
, -
, colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots
,
, 1.32%
,
, 3.23%
, -
, colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout
,
, 57.18%
,
, 54.70%
, -
, colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions
,
, 42.82%
,
, 45.30%
, -
, colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;",
, - style="font-weight:bold"
, colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result
, colspan="2" style="background-color:" , UMP WIN
Sources
* Official results of French elections from 1998:
{{French National Assembly constituencies
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