Meuse's 1st constituency
| 1st constituency of Meuse | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Meuse's 1st Constituency shown within Lorraine. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Meuse |
| Cantons | Ancerville, Bar-le-Duc-Nord, Bar-le-Duc-Sud, Commercy, Gondrecourt-le-Château, Ligny-en-Barrois, Montiers-sur-Saulx, Pierrefitte-sur-Aire, Revigny-sur-Ornain, Saint-Mihiel, Seuil-d'Argonne, Vaubecourt, Vaucouleurs, Vavincourt, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel, Void-Vacon. |
| Registered voters | 78,861 |
The 1st constituency of Meuse is a French legislative constituency in the Meuse département.
Description
The 1st constituency of Meuse covers the southern portion of the department and includes the prefecture of Bar-le-Duc.
Since 1988 a variety of conservative parties have held the seat with the exception of 1997 when the seat was captured by François Dosé of the Socialist Party who subsequently held the seat at the 2002 French legislative election. Since 2007 Bertrand Pancher has been held the seat first for the Gaullist UMP before he swapped to the more centrist Radical Party and Union of Democrats and Independents.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1988 | Gérard Longuet | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1993 | André Droitcourt | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1997 | François Dosé | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2007 | Bertrand Pancher | UMP |
| style="background-color: Template:Radical Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2012 | PRV | |
| style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color" | | 2017 | UDI | |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color;"| | Bertrand Pancher | UDI | 10,476 | 27.82 | 18,053 | 58.25 |
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Diana André | REM | 10,333 | 27.44 | 12,940 | 41.75 |
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Corinne Kaufmann | FN | 7,599 | 20.18 | ||
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | Guy Jeannesson | FI | 3,597 | 9.55 | ||
| style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"| | Arnaud Mac Farlane | PS | 1,616 | 4.29 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Jean-Marc Fleury | ECO | 1,151 | 3.06 | ||
| style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;"| | Sylvie Frasez | DLF | 860 | 2.28 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-right/meta/color;"| | Gilles Latour | EXD | 615 | 1.63 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Nathalie Thiébaut-Lamy | DIV | 526 | 1.40 | ||
| style="background:Template:Regionalist/meta/color;"| | Bruno Caille | REG | 397 | 1.05 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Éric Finot | EXG | 279 | 0.74 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Gilles Gobert | DIV | 208 | 0.55 | ||
| Votes | 37,657 | 100.00 | 30,993 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 37,657 | 97.17 | 30,993 | 88.52 | ||
| Blank votes | 820 | 2.12 | 2,751 | 7.86 | ||
| Null votes | 278 | 0.72 | 1,268 | 3.62 | ||
| Turnout | 38,755 | 50.14 | 35,012 | 45.30 | ||
| Abstentions | 38,539 | 49.86 | 42,271 | 54.70 | ||
| Registered voters | 77,294 | 77,283 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRV | Bertrand Pancher | 24,667 | 54.68 | ||
| PS | Diana Andre | 20,448 | 45.32 | ||
| Turnout | 46,975 | 54.68 | |||
| PRV gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).