Gironde's 8th constituency

8th constituency of Gironde

Deputy

Department

Canton

Arcachon, Audenge, Bazas, Belin-Béliet, Captieux, Grignols, Saint-Symphorien, La Teste-de-Buch, Villandraut.

The 8th constituency of the Gironde is a French legislative constituency in the Gironde département. It was initially represented in the XIIIth legislature by Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx, of the Union for a Popular Movement, but was won by François Deluga of the Socialist Party in a byelection after des Esgaulx was elected to the Senate in 2008.^[1]

Election results

Gironde 8th by-election, 2008 – 2nd round^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	François Deluga	27,370	54.3
	UMP	Yves Foulon	23,054	45.7
Turnout			50,435	42.1
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Legislative Election 2007: Gironde 8th – 2nd round^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx	40,852	54.13
	PS	François Deluga	34,614	45.87
Turnout			77,487	64.92
	UMP hold		Swing