Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency

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.

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|Election	Member	Party
rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Union for French Democracy}}" | | 1988 | rowspan="3" | Louise Moreau | rowspan="3" | UDF
1993
1997
rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" | | 2001 | rowspan="5" |Bernard Brochand | RPR
2002 | rowspan="3" | UMP
2007
2012
2017 | rowspan="3" |LR
2022 | rowspan="2" |Alexandra Martin
2024

{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2022: Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=The Republicans (France)|side=Union of the Right and Centre|candidate=Alexandra Martin|votes=12,144|percentage=33.40|change=+2.97}}{{Election box winning candidate for alliance||party=Horizons (political party)|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Jean-Valéry Desens|votes=7,080|percentage=19.47|change=-11.74}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Rally (France)|candidate=Dorette Landerer|votes=6,766|percentage=18.61|change=-1.91|}}{{Election box candidate for alliance||party=La France Insoumise|side=NUPES|candidate=Lucia Soudant|votes=4,506|percentage=12.39|change=+1.27}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reconquête|candidate=Adrien Grosjean|votes=3,481|percentage=9.58|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Others|candidate=N/A|votes=2,378|percentage=6.55|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=36,355|percentage=43.69|change=-0.89|}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=The Republicans (France)|side=Union of the Right and Centre|candidate=Alexandra Martin|votes=21,547|percentage=69.27|change=+12.14}}{{Election box candidate for alliance||party=Horizons (political party)|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Jean-Valéry Desens|votes=9,557|percentage=30.73|change=-12.14}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=31,104|percentage=39.44|change=-0.87|}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=The Republicans (France)}}

{{Election box end}}{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans les Alpes-Maritimes |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}

{{election table|title=Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Alpes-Maritimes' 8th Constituency election results}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Bernard Brochand

| style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement

| UMP

| {{formatnum:20350}}

| 47.78%

| {{formatnum:22951}}

| 66.13%

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Adrien Grosjean

| style="text-align:left;" | National Front

| FN

| {{formatnum:10096}}

| 23.71%

| {{formatnum:11757}}

| 33.87%

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|The Greens (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Elisabeth Deborde

| style="text-align:left;" | The Greens

| VEC

| {{formatnum:8997}}

| 21.13%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Left Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Sylvie Rolly

| style="text-align:left;" | Left Front

| FG

| {{formatnum:1344}}

| 3.16%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Serge Gardien

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:711}}

| 1.67%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Marlène Poirier

| style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right

| DVD

| {{formatnum:553}}

| 1.30%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Pierre Villon

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:383}}

| 0.90%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Liliane Pecout

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:154}}

| 0.36%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:42588}}

| 100%

| {{formatnum:34708}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:80580}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

| {{formatnum:80580}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:717}}

| 1.66%

| {{formatnum:3117}}

| 8.24%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:43305}}

| 53.74%

| {{formatnum:37825}}

| 46.94%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:37275}}

| 46.26%

| {{formatnum:42755}}

| 53.06%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" | UMP HOLD

|}

{{election table|title=Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Alpes-Maritimes' 8th Constituency election results}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Bernard Brochand

| style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement

| UMP

| {{formatnum:17081}}

| 42.60%

| {{formatnum:18299}}

| 54.97%

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Henri Leroy

| style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right

| DVD

| {{formatnum:11189}}

| 27.90%

| {{formatnum:14993}}

| 45.03%

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Apolline Crapiz

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party

| PS

| {{formatnum:4776}}

| 11.91%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Lydia Schenardi

| style="text-align:left;" | National Front

| FN

| {{formatnum:2515}}

| 6.27%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Lafargue

| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Movement

| MoDem

| {{formatnum:2287}}

| 5.70%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|French Communist Party}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Sylvie Rolly

| style="text-align:left;" | Communist

| COM

| {{formatnum:619}}

| 1.54%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|The Greens (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Lionel Nussle

| style="text-align:left;" | The Greens

| VEC

| {{formatnum:563}}

| 1.40%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Pierre Villon

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:465}}

| 1.16%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Far right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Henri Vincent-Viry

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Right

| EXD

| {{formatnum:202}}

| 0.50%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Henri Cyvoct

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:186}}

| 0.46%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Ginette Barbarin

| style="text-align:left;" | Divers

| DIV

| {{formatnum:123}}

| 0.31%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Michel Brun

| style="text-align:left;" | Divers

| DIV

| {{formatnum:93}}

| 0.23%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:40099}}

| 100%

| {{formatnum:33292}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:67697}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

| {{formatnum:67697}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:526}}

| 1.29%

| {{formatnum:2690}}

| 7.48%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:40625}}

| 60.01%

| {{formatnum:35982}}

| 53.15%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:27072}}

| 39.99%

| {{formatnum:31715}}

| 46.85%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" | UMP HOLD

|}

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2002: Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Union for a Popular Movement

|candidate = Bernard Brochand

|votes = 16,260

|percentage = 42.93

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (France)

|candidate = Jean-Pierre Malen

|votes = 7,606

|percentage = 20.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Party (France)|candidate=Appoline Crapiz|votes=5,495|percentage=14.51|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Miscellaneous Right|candidate=Gilles Cima|votes=5,463|percentage=14.42|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=French Communist Party|candidate=Claude Meyffret|votes=885|percentage=2.34|change=}}

|-

| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

|-

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Others

|candidate = N/A

|votes = 2,168

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=38,341|percentage=62.87|change=}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Union for a Popular Movement

|candidate = Bernard Brochand

|votes = 22,605

|percentage = 72.17

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (France)|candidate=Jean-Pierre Malen|votes=8,719|percentage=27.83|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=33,726|percentage=55.30|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Union for a Popular Movement

|loser = Union for French Democracy

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 1997: Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (France)

|candidate = Albert Peyron

|votes = 10,153

|percentage = 27.63

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Union for French Democracy

|candidate = Louise Moreau

|votes = 9,317

|percentage = 25.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Miscellaneous Right

|candidate = Henry Leroy

|votes = 4,433

|percentage = 12.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radical Party of the Left

|candidate = Jany Mossé

|votes = 4,346

|percentage = 11.83

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = French Communist Party

|candidate = Claude Meyffret

|votes = 2,255

|percentage = 6.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = The Greens (France)

|candidate = Didier Cherel

|votes = 1,881

|percentage = 5.12

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Miscellaneous Right

|candidate = Paul Vogel

|votes = 1,877

|percentage = 5.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Movement for France

|candidate = Robert Calmettes

|votes = 1,008

|percentage = 2.74

|change =

}}

|-

| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

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{{Election box candidate|

|party = Others

|candidate = N/A

|votes = 1,478

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,102

|percentage = 64.50

|change =

}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Union for French Democracy

|candidate = Louise Moreau

|votes = 23,268

|percentage = 64.18

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (France)

|candidate = Albert Peyron

|votes = 12,988

|percentage = 35.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,849

|percentage = 67.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Union for French Democracy

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2007/006/circons08.html Results at the Ministry of the Interior (French)]

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