The 4th constituency of the Sarthe is a French legislative constituency

Constituency (France)

France is divided into 577 constituencies for the legislative elections . Members of Parliament to the National Assembly are elected in a two round system to a term fixed to a maximum of five years...

 in the Sarthe

Sarthe

Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...

 département.

In the 2007 legislative election, the constituency was won by François Fillon

François Fillon

François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...

. Fillon was appointed Prime Minister

Prime Minister of France

The Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...

, whereupon he automatically lost his seat; in France, a member of the executive cannot simultaneously be a member of the legislature. On July 20, his deputy candidate, Marc Joulaud

Marc Joulaud

Marc Joulaud is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Sarthe department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.-References:...

, who had previously held the seat himself, automatically took Fillon's place in the Assembly.

2007

Sources & references

• Official results of French elections from 1998:
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