Doubs's 1st constituency
| 1st constituency of Doubs | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Doubs' 1st Constituency shown within Franche-Comté. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Doubs |
| Cantons | Audeux, Besançon-Nord-Ouest, Besançon-Ouest, Besançon-Planoise, Boussières, Quingey |
| Registered voters | 73,014 |
The 1st constituency of Doubs is a French legislative constituency in the Doubs département.
Description
The 1st constituency of Doubs includes the north and west of Besançon as well as the rural areas to its west towards the border with Jura.
Since 1988 the constituency has been a bellwether seat, voting in favour of the party that wins the election and can as such be viewed as an indicator for the political mood of France as a whole.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1988 | Robert Schwint | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1993 | Claude Girard | RPR |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Jean-Louis Fousseret | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | Claude Girard | UMP |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2004 | Françoise Branget | UMP |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2012 | Barbara Romagnan | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" | | 2017 | Fannette Charvier | REN |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Fannette Charvier | REM | 10,902 | 29.87 | 15,143 | 53.49 |
| style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"| | Barbara Romagnan | PS | 5,854 | 16.04 | 13,169 | 46.51 |
| style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"| | Françoise Branget | LR | 5,170 | 14.16 | ||
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Anna Romano | FN | 4,564 | 12.50 | ||
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | Habiba Delacour | FI | 4,238 | 11.61 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Laurent Croizier | DIV | 1,964 | 5.38 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Pascal Routhier | DVD | 1,940 | 5.31 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Claudine François-Wilser | ECO | 546 | 1.50 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Alain Robert | ECO | 399 | 1.09 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Kevin Meillet | DIV | 363 | 0.99 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Nicole Friess | EXG | 301 | 0.82 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Emmanuel Guerrin | DIV | 262 | 0.72 | ||
| Votes | 36,503 | 100.00 | 28,312 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 36,503 | 97.95 | 28,312 | 88.79 | ||
| Blank votes | 442 | 1.19 | 2,494 | 7.82 | ||
| Null votes | 323 | 0.87 | 1,082 | 3.39 | ||
| Turnout | 37,268 | 49.51 | 31,888 | 42.38 | ||
| Abstentions | 38,001 | 50.49 | 43,352 | 57.62 | ||
| Registered voters | 75,269 | 75,240 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Barbara Romagnan | 22,295 | 54.73 | ||
| UMP | Françoise Branget | 18,964 | 45.27 | ||
| Turnout | 43,061 | 58.98 | |||
| PS gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).