Policy of Charente

The policy in Charente presents particular aspects. The part before 1848 is studied in Histoire of Charente.

1848- 1906 Charente Bonapartist

Charente voted massively Bonapartiste with the election of 1848, by desire of peace. Vigny wrote " Charente is only the one Vendée Bonapartiste ". It will remain it until the end of the 19th century The republic is programmed on September 4th, 1870 and Léonide Babaud-Larivière, appointed prefect (he was already prefect of Charente in 1848) is accommodated by the cheers of a large crowd in station of Angouleme but the opinion remains very preserving, and in front of the opposition of many mayors, he revokes 200 of them. In 1871 Charente will elect 4 Orléanistes of which Edouard Martell, and 3 Bonapartists. The cities are republican but the campaigns regret the prosperity of the second Empire. In 1877 and 1889 only Confolentais Républicain votes.

Paul Déroulède wounded in 1871, resides during its convalescence in its manor of Gurat. It presents to the by-election of 1888 pennies the banner of the Général Baker. After a very violent campaign, which gives even place to brawls what is very unusual in Charente it is beaten by a Bonapartist, Etienne Gellibert of Seguins. For the election of 1889 there is agreement of the boulangists with the Bonapartists and it is elected appointed of Angouleme of 1889 to 1893. He is re-elected in 1898 but in 1899 he is condemned to 10 years of banishment for his coup attempt of state to the head of the league of the patriots . Amnestied in 1905 it returns but after being beaten in 1906 it will withdraw political life.

Lazare Weiller republican candidate with the delegation in Angouleme against the Gellibert Bonapartist of Seguins in 1888 will be elected appointed of Angouleme in 1914 pennies the label democratic Alliance (left moderate).

1906-1940

After the general election of 1906 there remains only one nationalist deputy Cunéo d' Ornano who dies just after being re-elected on Cognac That gives place to a by-election and in 1906 the department becomes completely Républicain with the election of the progressist James Hennessy. Charente then counts 4 deputies of the democratic republican Alliance and its first deputy Radical, Paul Mairat on Angouleme I.

The election of 1919 is the occasion of a republican congress on the initiative of the 3 senators (Limouzain-Laplanche, Mulac, Edouard Martell) which brings together all the associated general advisers, mayors and departments, of all the political tendencies. It is a single event in the anal policies of France. This congress proposes a list " of republican Union and agricole" led by James Hennessy which will be elected like Georges Gerald, Paul Mairat and Maurice Raynaud. There are 3 other lists, one republican Union Clémentiste of which the conservative Poitou-Duplessis elected east, Republican of action and reforms whose socialist republican Jean Hennessy is elected and a socialist list SFIO which does not have an elected official.

But in 1924 the division of the left whereas Charente does not have any more that 5 deputies gives three seats to the national Bloc of Poitou-Duplessis which is re-elected in company of Edmond Laroche-Joubert and Paul Condé. Jean Carnot is elected for the list of republican concentration and Jean Hennessy which continued its evolution on the left is re-elected for the trust of the lefts.

From 1828 the party Radical socialist triumph in Charente.

In 1934 the economic crisis and the disorders give a great animation to the electoral campaign. The local press support with violence opponents for the Popular front . The radical party ensures the victory of the Popular front with four elected officials, the three radicals Raymond Réthoré, Georges Ménier and Edouard Pascaud and the U.S.R. Rene Gounin. Seul Poitou-Duplessis is re-elected in Ruffec against the left coalition. The PCF candidate makes more than 10% of the voices in Angouleme, Confolens and Ruffec. Rene Gounin, elected senator in 1938 presents to replace it, the general secretary of his party the Republican Socialist Union, (U.S.R.) Marcel Déat. The second turn opposes it to the Communist Marcel Gagnaire and he is elected. Just afterwards, he affirms his position of Munich and his pacifism in Mourir for Dantzig? , article published on May 4th, 1939 in Work .

July 10th, 1940 appointed and senators vote the full powers to the Pétain Marshal by 569 votes for and 80 against. All the deputies and senators de Charente vote the full powerss, but Jean Hennessy become since 1936 deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes votes against.

1945-1958

With leaving the war, with the poll of October 21st, 1945 the left gains 54% of the voices with 23,8% for the PC, placed in front of the PS and the four elected deputies on November 10th, 1946 are 1 PC, 1 Socialist, 1 RGR (radical) the young person Felix Gaillard and 1 MRP. In same time the two elected senators are moderated, they are Guy Pascaud just of return of deportation and Pierre Marcilhacy which will be then re-elected constantly until 1980.

And in 1956 the PC obtains 29,7% of the voices and two elected officials, the Radical an elected official Felix Gaillard and MRP an elected official.

1958-1974

From 1958 the poll become majority of district, which is very unfavourable for the left. The PC starts a slow descent and in spite of approximately 23% more of the voices any more deputy does not have. The three elected deputies are a UNR, Raymond Réthoré, Independent a Républicain conservative, Jean Valentine, and a Radical Felix Gaillard. They will be re-elected in 1962 and 1967.

With the presidential election the de Gaulle general obtains a vast majority: 53,12% in 1965, and with the legislative elections of June 1968 they are two UNR which is elected, Raymond Réthoré and Michel Alloncle. Felix Gaillard saves his armchair but after its accidental death in 1970 it is replaced by a third deputy UNR, Francis Hardy.

1974-2007

The presidential election of 1974, and the score of 54,01% of François Mitterrand with the second turn, mark the rise of the left: Jean-Michel Boucheron, PS, is elected mayor of Angouleme in 1977 and appointed in 1978. André Soury PC finds the seat in Confolens which it had lost in 1958, and Francis Hardy guard the seat with Cognac, which it will lose in 1981 with the profit of Bernard the Villette, PS.

But the rural voters remain preserving and in 1980 they are Raymond Réthoré and Michel Alloncle which is elected senators, and in 1982 the general advice remains on the right with 20 advisers against 14 and Pierre Houssin, mayor of Bathe-Holy-Radegonde assume the chairmanship of it.

With legislative of 1986, the results balance, Jean-Michel Boucheron and Jerome Lambert for the PS, Francis Hardy for UNR and Georges Chavannes for the UDF.

In 1988, it is the same with the centrist Georges Chavanes in Angouleme, RPR Pierre-Rémy Houssin in Cognac but the PS Jerome Lambert and Jean-Michel Boucheron in the 4th district or will be elected for it in 1993 its substitute Jean-Claude Beauchaud whereas Jerome Lambert is beaten by the gaullist Henri de Richemont. Georges Chavanes and Pierre-Rémy Houssin are re-elected.

In 1997, it is the return of Jerome Lambert in Confolens, the arrival in Cognac of Marie-Line Reynaud, in Angouleme Jean-Claude Viollet and the re-election of Jean-Claude Beauchaud with 65% with the second turn.

In 2002, Jerome Lambert, Jean-Claude Beauchaud and Jean-Claude Viollet is re-elected, but Jacques Bobe, take his seat with Marie-Line Reynaud which recovers it in 2007 whereas Martine Pinville replaces Jean-Claude Beauchaud (Martine Pinville was the candidate of the militants presenting itself against Malek Boutih parachuted by the national PS).

The big cities Angouleme and Cognac are UMP, Jarnac is PS but most of the communes are directed by lists " interests communaux" without marked tendency.

The general advice sees a push of the left which enabled him to pass from 9 seats in 1992 to 17 in 1998, with 1 seat of the majority and Jacques Bobe UMP, is the president of the general advice. In 2001 the line remains majority and Jean-Michel Bolvin becomes president in 2003, but the event is the election of the first green general adviser , Patrik Fontanaud. The swing on the left is done with the elections of 2004 and Michel Boutant to advise PS of Montbron becomes president about it.

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