Nièvre's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Nièvre
1st constituency of Nièvre
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Nièvre's 1st Constituency shown within Burgundy.
Deputy	Martine Carrillon-Couvreur; PS
Department	Nièvre
Cantons	La Charité-sur-Loire, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire-Nord, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire-Sud, Imphy, Nevers-Centre, Nevers-Est, Nevers-Nord, Nevers-Sud, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Pougues-les-Eaux, Saint-Benin-d'Azy
Registered voters	78,228
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The 1st constituency of the Nièvre is a French legislative constituency in the Nièvre département.

Description

The 1st constituency of the Nièvre covers the western portion of the department and includes the prefecture Nevers.

The seat was substantially changed prior to the 2012 election as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies in which Nièvre lost one of its three historic constituencies. The new seat has, like its predecessor, continued to elected Socialist representation.

The seat was represented by former Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy until his suicide shortly after the 1993 election. An election in which the Socialist Party under his leadership suffered a huge defeat.

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1988	Pierre Bérégovoy	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1988	Marcel Charmant	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1993	Pierre Bérégovoy	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1993	Didier Boulaud	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2002	Martine Carrillon-Couvreur	PS

Legislative Election 2012: Nièvre's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Martine Carrillon-Couvreur	24,928	61.34
	UMP	Bernard Depierre	15,708	38.66
Turnout			42,700	54.58
	PS hold		Swing

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).