Vosges's 1st constituency
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| 1st constituency of the Vosges | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Vosges' 1st Constituency shown within Lorraine. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Vosges |
| Cantons | Châtel-sur-Moselle, Épinal-Est, Épinal-Ouest, Rambervillers, Xertigny |
| Registered voters | 76,604 |
The 1st constituency of the Vosges is a French legislative constituency in the Vosges département.
Description
The 1st Constituency of Vosges forms a band of territory running through the centre of the Department from north to south. It includes the Department's Prefecture and largest town Épinal.
Politically the constituency has been dominated by Gaullist parties since the beginning of the Fifth Republic. Michel Heinrich, the Mayor of Épinal, held the seat between 2002 and 2017 on behalf of the UMP.
Historic representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Radical Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1958 | Charles Guthmuller | PR |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" | | 1962 | Marcel Hoffer | UNR |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1978 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1988 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | Michel Heinrich | UMP |
| style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" | | 2015 | LR | |
| style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Stéphane Viry | LR |
Election results
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LREM | Alisson Hamelin | 11,826 | 31.93 | ||||
| LR | Stéphane Viry | 9,646 | 26.04 | ||||
| FN | Sébastien Humbert | 5,362 | 14.48 | ||||
| LFI | Fabrice Pisias | 4,110 | 11.10 | ||||
| PS | Martine Fancois | 1,376 | 3.72 | ||||
| DLF | Pierre-Jean Robinot | 1,363 | 3.68 | ||||
| EELV | Lou Noirclere | 871 | 2.35 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,483 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,037 | 48.07 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| LR | Stéphane Viry | 16,340 | 53.12 | ||||
| LREM | Alisson Hamelin | 14,423 | 46.88 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,763 | 39.91 | |||||
| LR hold | |||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Michel Heinrich | 18,276 | 41.51 | ||||
| DVG | François-Xavier Huguenot | 8,948 | 20.32 | ||||
| FN | Jordan Grosse-Cruciani | 6,709 | 15.24 | ||||
| EELV | Gilles Bilot | 6,024 | 13.68 | ||||
| FG | Vincent Gehin | 2,069 | 4.70 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,007 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,033 | 57.48 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UMP | Michel Heinrich | 23,246 | 56.74 | ||||
| DVG | François-Xavier Huguenot | 17,720 | 43.26 | ||||
| Turnout | 40,966 | 53.48 | |||||
| UMP hold | |||||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Michel Heinrich | 23,344 | 53.15 | ||||
| PS | Marie-France Glaudel | 10,075 | 22.94 | ||||
| MoDem | Nathalie Mercier | 3,685 | 8.39 | ||||
| FN | François Ferrier | 2,838 | 6.46 | ||||
| Far left | Raphaël Pecheur | 1,427 | 3.25 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,551 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,037 | 58.54 | |||||
| UMP hold | |||||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Michel Heinrich | 22,099 | 48.58 | ||||
| PS | Gérard Welzer | 11,728 | 25.78 | ||||
| FN | Christine Marthelot | 4,935 | 10.85 | ||||
| LV | Odile Delhaye-Marche | 1,407 | 3.09 | ||||
| PR | Serge Thibers | 1,102 | 2.42 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 4,222 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,835 | 62.08 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UMP | Michel Heinrich | 25,628 | 61.81 | ||||
| PS | Gérard Welzer | 15,835 | 38.19 | ||||
| Turnout | 43,549 | 57.74 | |||||
| UMP hold | |||||||
1997
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Philippe Séguin | 21,603 | 44.59 | ||||
| PS | Gérard Welzer | 11,744 | 24.24 | ||||
| FN | Bernard Freppel | 7,393 | 15.26 | ||||
| LV | Jean-Paul Deltour | 2,557 | 5.28 | ||||
| PCF | Odile Martin | 1,852 | 3.82 | ||||
| LO | Jeanne Poissenot | 1,310 | 2.70 | ||||
| DVD | Jean-Claude Weber | 1,021 | 2.11 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 969 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,126 | 70.58 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| RPR | Philippe Séguin | 28,101 | 56.44 | ||||
| PS | Gérard Welzer | 21,687 | 43.56 | ||||
| Turnout | 53,007 | 73.18 | |||||
| RPR hold | |||||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).