Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition

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Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions
Leader	Frédéric Nihous
Founded	1989
Headquarters	BP 87546 64075 PAU CEDEX
Political Ideology	Agrarianism, Euroscepticism
European Affiliation	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
International Affiliation
Colours	Green, Gold
Seats in the National Assembly	{{{NAseats}}}
Seats in the Senate	{{{SENseats}}}
Seats in the European Parliament	{{{EPseats}}}
Website	www.cpnt.asso.fr
See also	Constitution of France France Politics French Parliament French Government French President Political parties Elections

Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (French: Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions, abbreviated as CPNT) is an agrarianist French political party which aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its current leader is Frédéric Nihous. The party states it is neither right or left but represent rural people on the whole in their diversity.

Contents 1 History 2 Presidents 2.1 Leadership 3 Electoral Record 3.1 Presidential 3.2 Legislative 3.3 European Parliament 3.4 Regional 3.5 Internal Elections 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

Formed in 1989, it contested both the European elections of 1989 and 1994 without success. In 1999, it obtained six seats, led by Jean Saint-Josse who was at the top of the list. It lost all representation at the following election to the European Parliament in 2004, when it obtained less than the minimum 3% of votes that allow a party to be reimbursed for campaign expenses. Consequently, it faced a deficit of 300,000 euros. At one stage, it had 32 regional councillors, but lost all of them in that same year. After these problems, most members of the CPNT have joined the UMP or the Movement for France, but the party is still in existence, and nominated Frédéric Nihous, a hunter from Northern France, as a candidate in the Presidential election of 2007. Nihous won 1,15% of votes only, much lower than Jean Saint-Josse in 2002.

[edit] Presidents

• André Goustat (1989-1998)

• Jean Saint-Josse (1998- )

[edit] Leadership

• Bernard Mallet (Associated General-Secretary)

• Fabrice Sanchez (Associated General-Secretary)

• Didier Vergy (Associated General-Secretary)

• Christian Autigeon (Treasurer)

• Robert Lafitte (Associated Treasurer)

[edit] Electoral Record

[edit] Presidential

President of the French Republic

Election year	Candidate	# of 1st round votes	% of 1st round vote	# of 2nd round votes	% of 2nd round vote
2002	Jean Saint-Josse	1,204,863	4,23%	—	—
2007	Frédéric Nihous	420,645	1,15%	—	—

[edit] Legislative

French National Assembly

Election year	# of 1st round votes	% of 1st round vote	# of 2nd round votes	% of 2nd round vote	# of seats
2002	422,448	1,67%	—	—	0
2007	213,448	0,82%	—	—	0

[edit] European Parliament

European Parliament

Election year	# of votes	% of overall vote	# of seats won
1989	749,741	4,13%	0
1994	771,061	3,96%	0
1999	1,195,727	6,77%	6
2004	297,389	1,73%	0

[edit] Regional

Regional

Election year	% of overall vote	total # of seats won (23 regions)
1992	?	29 in 13 regions
1998	?	32 in 17 regions
2004	1,64%	0

In 2001 cantonales, the party polled 0,73% and won 4 seats. In the 2004 cantonales the party polled only 0,14% and failed to win or re-elect any incumbents.

[edit] Internal Elections

Party	% of votes
Frédéric Nihous	82,94%
Dominique Bourgeois	17,06%
Total	100%

Source : Election-Politique.com [1]

[edit] See also

• Jean Saint-Josse
• Frédéric Nihous

[edit] External links

• CPNT web site - in French
• CPNT discussion website - in French

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