Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency

8th constituency of Alpes Maritimes
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Constituency in department
Alpes Maritimes in France
Deputy	Alexandra Martin LR
Department	Alpes Maritimes
Cantons	Antibes-Biot, Antibes-Centre, Bar-sur-Loup, Vallauris-Antibes Ouest
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The 8th constituency of Alpes-Maritimes is a French legislative constituency currently represented by Alexandra Martin of The Republicans (LR). It contains the town and surrounding areas of Cannes.

Historic Representation

This constituency has existed since 1986 and elects deputies since 1988. Never in its history, it has elected left-of-centre candidates and, since 1993, no such candidate has even reached the second round of a legislative election.

The first historically elected deputy is Louise Moreau from centre-right UDF. From 1971 to 1995, she is mayor of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, a city bordering Cannes to the west. First elected as deputy in 1978, representing the former 5th constituency, she claims this new seat on a wide margin in 1988 against a socialist candidate. In 1993, she has to face Michel Mouillot, the then mayor of Cannes. The election is close but she is reelected. In 1995, Louise Moreau is defeated during the municipal election in Mandelieu and in 1997, her successor, Henri Leroy, also a right-wing candidate, is a candidate against her. Leroy is eliminated in the first round and Moreau prevails again in the second round, facing a far-right cadndiate from the National Front. Moreau dies in 2001, causing a by-election to replace her.

Then, the newly-elected mayor of Cannes, from the right-wing RPR, Bernard Brochand is elected against the UDF candidate. Brochand is widely reelected in 2002, against a National Front candidate in the second round. In 2007, the Mandelieu mayor, Henri Leroy is once again a candidate and faces Brochand in the second round. Brochand is reelected on a reduced margin. In 2012, he garners almost two thirds of the vote in the second round, opposing him to the National Front, once again. In 2017, he is reelected against an En Marche ! candidate. He is aged 79 upon this election and as such, becomes the most senior member of the Assembly.

In 2022, Brochand retires and Alexandra Martin is the new candidate for his party, The Republicans. Martin is elected with almost 70% of the vote in the second round. She is the female departmental councillor for the canton of Cannes-2.

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Louise Moreau	UDF
	1993
	1997
	2001	Bernard Brochand	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007
	2012
	2017		LR
	2022	Alexandra Martin
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Alexandra Martin	LR	UDC	15,284	28.39	28,012	52.57
	Dorette Landerer	NR		23,010	42.74	25,279	47.43
	Lucia Soudant	LFI	NFP	7,837	14.56
	Mike Castro Demaria	REN	Ensemble	6,508	12.09
	Anne Itty	DIV		950	1.76
	Marie-José Pereira	LO		181	0.34
	Christophe Neutzler	DVC		66	0.12
Valid votes				53,836	98.47	53,290	97.89
Blank votes				581	1.06	906	1.66
Null votes				257	0.47	240	0.44
Turnout				54,674	64.77	54,436	64.50
Abstentions				29,740	35.23	29,965	35.50
Registered voters				84,414		84,401
Source: [1]
Result				LR HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LR (UDC)	Alexandra Martin	12,144	33.40	+2.97
	HOR (Ensemble)	Jean-Valéry Desens	7,080	19.47	-11.74
	RN	Dorette Landerer	6,766	18.61	−1.91
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Lucia Soudant	4,506	12.39	+1.27
	REC	Adrien Grosjean	3,481	9.58	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,378	6.55
Turnout			36,355	43.69	−0.89
2nd round result
	LR (UDC)	Alexandra Martin	21,547	69.27	+12.14
	HOR (Ensemble)	Jean-Valéry Desens	9,557	30.73	−12.14
Turnout			31,104	39.44	−0.87
	LR hold

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Buerch	REM	11,199	31.21	13,061	42.87
	Bernard Brochand	LR	10,919	30.43	17,403	57.13
	Anne Kessler	FN	7,363	20.52
	Maddy Vard	FI	2,264	6.31
	Fabien Torres	ECO	675	1.88
	Antoine Babu	PS	664	1.85
	Daniel Kahn	ECO	539	1.50
	Pamela Biatour	DLF	530	1.48
	David Bayle	DVD	414	1.15
	Christine Schouver	PCF	388	1.08
	Virginie Despeghel	ECO	374	1.04
	Jean-Pierre Villon	ECO	228	0.64
	Denise Grison	DIV	163	0.45
	Liliane Pecout	EXG	119	0.33
	Anne Lempereur	DIV	47	0.13
Votes			35,886	100.00	30,464	100.00
Valid votes			35,886	98.18	30,464	92.19
Blank votes			515	1.41	2,022	6.12
Null votes			149	0.41	559	1.69
Turnout			36,550	44.58	33,045	40.31
Abstentions			45,439	55.42	48,942	59.69
Registered voters			81,989		81,987
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Alpes-Maritimes' 8th Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bernard Brochand	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	20,350	47.78%	22,951	66.13%
	Adrien Grosjean	National Front	FN	10,096	23.71%	11,757	33.87%
	Elisabeth Deborde	The Greens	VEC	8,997	21.13%
	Sylvie Rolly	Left Front	FG	1,344	3.16%
	Serge Gardien	Ecologist	ECO	711	1.67%
	Marlène Poirier	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	553	1.30%
	Jean-Pierre Villon	Ecologist	ECO	383	0.90%
	Liliane Pecout	Far Left	EXG	154	0.36%
Total				42,588	100%	34,708	100%
Registered voters				80,580		80,580
Blank/Void ballots				717	1.66%	3,117	8.24%
Turnout				43,305	53.74%	37,825	46.94%
Abstentions				37,275	46.26%	42,755	53.06%
Result						UMP HOLD

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Alpes-Maritimes' 8th Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bernard Brochand	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	17,081	42.60%	18,299	54.97%
	Henri Leroy	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	11,189	27.90%	14,993	45.03%
	Apolline Crapiz	Socialist Party	PS	4,776	11.91%
	Lydia Schenardi	National Front	FN	2,515	6.27%
	Patrick Lafargue	Democratic Movement	MoDem	2,287	5.70%
	Sylvie Rolly	Communist	COM	619	1.54%
	Lionel Nussle	The Greens	VEC	563	1.40%
	Jean-Pierre Villon	Ecologist	ECO	465	1.16%
	Henri Vincent-Viry	Far Right	EXD	202	0.50%
	Henri Cyvoct	Far Left	EXG	186	0.46%
	Ginette Barbarin	Divers	DIV	123	0.31%
	Michel Brun	Divers	DIV	93	0.23%
Total				40,099	100%	33,292	100%
Registered voters				67,697		67,697
Blank/Void ballots				526	1.29%	2,690	7.48%
Turnout				40,625	60.01%	35,982	53.15%
Abstentions				27,072	39.99%	31,715	46.85%
Result						UMP HOLD

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Bernard Brochand	16,260	42.93
	FN	Jean-Pierre Malen	7,606	20.08
	PS	Appoline Crapiz	5,495	14.51
	DVD	Gilles Cima	5,463	14.42
	PCF	Claude Meyffret	885	2.34
	Others	N/A	2,168
Turnout			38,341	62.87
2nd round result
	UMP	Bernard Brochand	22,605	72.17
	FN	Jean-Pierre Malen	8,719	27.83
Turnout			33,726	55.30
	UMP gain from UDF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FN	Albert Peyron	10,153	27.63
	UDF	Louise Moreau	9,317	25.35
	DVD	Henry Leroy	4,433	12.06
	PRG	Jany Mossé	4,346	11.83
	PCF	Claude Meyffret	2,255	6.14
	LV	Didier Cherel	1,881	5.12
	DVD	Paul Vogel	1,877	5.11
	MPF	Robert Calmettes	1,008	2.74
	Others	N/A	1,478
Turnout			38,102	64.50
2nd round result
	UDF	Louise Moreau	23,268	64.18
	FN	Albert Peyron	12,988	35.82
Turnout			39,849	67.57
	UDF hold

References and sources

Results at the Ministry of the Interior (French)