Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French legislative constituency in the southeastern Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. Like all constituencies, it elects one deputy via the two-round voting system.

2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Map of the constituency in the department
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in metropolitan France
Deputy	Sophie Vaginay-Ricourt LR (UXD)
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Cantons	Barcelonnette, Forcalquier, Manosque-1, Manosque-2, Manosque-3, Oraison, Reillanne, Seyne, Sisteron
Registered voters	81,381
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Since 2022, its deputy has been Léo Walter of La France Insoumise (LFI). Walter unseated outgoing deputy Christophe Castaner of La République En Marche! (LREM), who served as Minister of the Interior from 2018 to 2020 under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party	Vote in 2nd round	Runner-up
	1958	Gabriel Domenech	MRP
	1962	Claude Delorme	SFIO
	1967
	1968		PS
	1973
	1978	Pierre Girardot	PCF
	1981	André Bellon	PS
1986		proportional representation by department list of deputies
	1988	André Bellon	PS	51.5%	RPR
	1993	Pierre Delmar	RPR	72.4%	FN
	1997	Robert Honde	PRG	50.4%	RPR
	2002	Daniel Spagnou	UMP	59.9%	PRG
	2007			54.0%	PS
	2012	Christophe Castaner	PS	54.0%	UMP
	2017		LREM	61.6%	LFI
	2017	Emmanuelle Fontaine-Domeizel
	2020	Christophe Castaner
	2022	Léo Walter	LFI	51.48%	LREM
	2024	Sophie Vaginay-Ricourt	NR	50.97%	LFI

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sophie Vaginay	RN		18,314	40.89	21,655	50.97
	Léo Walter	LFI	NFP	14,774	32.99	20,834	49.03
	Dominique Blanc	REN	Ensemble	10,162	22.69
	Myriam Cadenel	REC		585	1.31
	Loan Reynaud	DVD		512	1.14
	Henri Cyvoct	LO		438	0.99
Valid votes				44,785	96.19	42,489	90.60
Blank votes				1,295	2.78	3,464	7.39
Null votes				480	1.03	944	2.01
Turnout				46,560	69.84	46,897	70.34
Abstentions				20,111	30.16	19,777	29.66
Registered voters				66,671		66,674
Source: [1]
Result				NE GAIN

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM (Ensemble)	Christophe Castaner	10,232	30.16	-13.88
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Léo Walter	9,940	29.30	+10.17
	RN	Aurélie Abeille	7,906	23.31	+9.73
	REC	Myriam Cadenel	1,435	4.23	N/A
	UDI (UDC)	Marie Ferreira	1,288	3.80	−0.81
	DVE	Clémence Razeau	781	2.30	−0.01
	Others	N/A	2,342	6.90
Turnout			33,924	52.21	−0.95
2nd round result
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Léo Walter	16,063	51.48	+13.05
	LREM (Ensemble)	Christophe Castaner	15,137	48.52	−13.05
Turnout			31,200	51.80	+6.05
	LFI gain from LREM

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Christophe Castaner	REM	14,957	44.04	16,412	61.57
	Léo Walter	FI	5,622	16.55	10,244	38.43
	Christian Girard	FN	4,611	13.58
	Jean-Claude Castel	DVD	3,861	11.37
	Sébastien Ginet	LR	1,565	4.61
	Isabelle Thibault	PCF	877	2.58
	Claudine Razeau	ECO	786	2.31
	Noël Chuisano	DLF	534	1.57
	Christine Cypriani-Mouton	DVG	378	1.11
	Nathalie Hue-Courtin	DIV	316	0.93
	Christophe Bravard	DIV	236	0.69
	Henri Cyvoct	EXG	218	0.64
Votes			33,961	100.00	26,656	100.00
Valid votes			33,961	97.79	26,656	89.19
Blank votes			525	1.51	2,174	7.27
Null votes			241	0.69	1,057	3.54
Turnout			34,727	53.16	29,887	45.75
Abstentions			30,599	46.84	35,440	54.25
Registered voters			65,326		65,327
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Christophe Castaner	Socialist Party	PS	13,872	35.76%	20,411	54.04%
	Jean-Claude Castel	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	11,549	29.77%	17,357	45.96%
	Jean-Claude Diedrich	National Front	FN	5,915	15.25%
	Martine Carriol	Left Front	FG	3,635	9.37%
	Catherine Berthonneche	The Greens	VEC	1,702	4.39%
	Isabelle Verschueren		CEN	627	1.62%
	Yamina Guebli	Ecologist	ECO	327	0.84%
	Bruno Morin		NCE	317	0.82%
	Noël Chuisano	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	315	0.81%
	Jean-Michel Rovida	Centrist Alliance	ALLI	220	0.57%
	Brigitte Picard	Far Left	EXG	179	0.46%
	Cyril Belmonte	Far Left	EXG	138	0.36%
Total				38,796	100%	37,768	100%
Registered voters				63,327		63,340
Blank/Void ballots				605	1.54%	1,292	3.31%
Turnout				39,401	62.22%	39,060	61.67%
Abstentions				23,926	37.78%	24,280	38.33%
Result						PS GAIN

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Daniel Spagnou	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	18,249	46.25%	20,905	53.96%
	Christophe Castaner	Socialist Party	PS	11,232	28.46%	17,840	46.04%
	Isabelle Verschueren	Democratic Movement	MoDem	2,269	5.75%
	Jean-Claude Cauvin	Communist	COM	1,789	4.53%
	Mireille D'Ornano	National Front	FN	1,702	4.31%
	Patrick Garnon	The Greens	VEC	1,125	2.85%
	Karine Denko	Far Left	EXG	825	2.09%
	Gilles Ravera	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	629	1.59%
	Jeannine Douzon	Movement for France	MPF	426	1.08%
	Véronique Raphel	Ecologist	ECO	385	0.98%
	Xavier Dejasmin	Divers	DIV	320	0.81%
	Michèle Chassaing	Far Right	EXD	178	0.45%
	Max Illy	Far Left	EXG	176	0.45%
	Claude Senes	Far Left	EXG	156	0.40%
Total				39,461	100%	38,745	100%
Registered voters				60,866		60,861
Blank/Void ballots				671	1.67%	1,181	2.96%
Turnout				40,132	65.94%	39,926	65.60%
Abstentions				20,734	34.06%	20,935	34.40%
Result						UMP HOLD

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Daniel Spagnou	15,072	40.41
	PRG	Robert Honde	8,388	22.49
	FN	Remy le Cardinal	3,931	10.54
	PCF	Tannick Philipponneau	2,752	7.38
	CPNT	Christian Pesce	1,359	3.64
	LV	Patricia Starek	1,213	3.25
	UDF	Claude Laugier	1,003	2.69
	LCR	Gerard Guieu	758	2.03
	MNR	Mireille d'Ornano	750	2.01
	Others	N/A	2,076
Turnout			38,166	68.88
2nd round result
	UMP	Daniel Spagnou	20,402	59.91
	PRG	Robert Honde	13,654	40.09
Turnout			35,959	64.91
	UMP gain from PRG

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Pierre Delmar	10,363	30.37
	PRG	Robert Honde	8,330	24.41
	FN	Mireille d'Ornano	5,671	16.62
	PCF	Raymond Bressand	4,823	14.13
	MPF	Marie-Christine Brun-Bourlier	1,474	4.32
	DVE	Antoine Labeyrie	1,379	4.04
	Others	N/A	2,081
Turnout			36,021	69.56
2nd round result
	PRG	Robert Honde	18,062	50.40
	RPR	Pierre Delmar	17,772	49.60
Turnout			38,624	74.61
	PRG gain from RPR

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.