Somme's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Somme
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
The constituency shown within Picardie
Incumbent deputy	François Ruffin PD
Department	Somme
Cantons	Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, Picquigny
Registered voters	84,286 (2017)
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The 1st constituency of Somme (French: Première circonscription de la Somme) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

The constituency is made up of the eight cantons of Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, and Picquigny.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 95,650.

It contains both the town of Abbeville and the northern part of the city of Amiens, the boundary being the course of the River Somme.

Since the defeat of the Gaullist deputy and war hero Fred Moore by the French Communist Party's candidate René Lamps in 1962 the seat has been held continuously by the left.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Fred Moore	UNR
	1962	René Lamps	PCF
	1967
	1968
	1973
	1978	Maxime Gremetz
	1981	Jean-Claude Dessein	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Claude Dessein	PS
	1993	Maxime Gremetz	PCF
	1997
	2002
	2007
	2012	Pascale Boistard	PS
	2017	François Ruffin	PD
	2022
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Nathalie Ribeiro Billet	RN		21,413	40.69	+18.11	24,083	47.05	+8.06
	François Ruffin	PD	NFP	17,850	33.92	-6.17	27,108	52.95	-8.06
	Albane Branlant	RE	Ensemble	11,933	22.68	+2.37	withdrew
	Bruno Dumont	DVC		776	1.47	new
	Jean-Patrick Baudry	LO		653	1.24	+0.09
Votes				52,625	100.00		51,191	100.00
Valid votes				52,625	97.44	-0.05	51,191	93.64	+7.74
Blank votes				926	1.71	-0.04	2,576	4.71	-6.00
Null votes				459	0.85	+0.09	900	1.65	-1.74
Turnout				54,010	64.99	+19.07	54,667	65.78	+20.98
Abstentions				29,094	35.01	-19.07	28,437	34.22	-20.98
Registered voters				83,104			83,104
Source: [1]
Result				PD HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Somme's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PD (NUPÉS)	François Ruffin	15,081	40.09	+8.71
	RN	Nathalie Ribeiro-Billet	8,495	22.58	+6.66
	LREM (Ensemble)	Pascal Rifflart	7,640	20.31	−13.82
	LR (UDC)	Mathilde Roy	2,636	7.01	−6.37
	LREM	Pascal Fradcourt*	1,222	3.25	N/A
	REC	Pascal Scribe	1,025	2.72	N/A
	PA	Thierry Vandeplassche	758	2.01	N/A
	LO	Jean-Patrick Baudry	432	1.15	+0.35
	DLF (UPF)	Noé Boxoën	332	0.88	−0.71
Turnout			37,621	45.92	−0.64
2nd round result
	PD (NUPÉS)	François Ruffin	19,731	61.01	+5.04
	RN	Nathalie Ribeiro-Billet	12,610	38.99	N/A
Turnout			32,341	44.80	+3.83
	PD hold

* LREM dissident

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Somme's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Nicolas Dumont	13,394	34.13
	PD	François Ruffin	9,545	24.32
	FN	Franck De Lapersonne	6,255	15.94
	LR	Stéphane Decayeux	5,251	13.38
	PS	Pascale Boistard	2,770	7.06
	Others	N/A	2,033
Turnout			39,248	46.56
2nd round result
	PD	François Ruffin	19,329	55.97
	LREM	Nicolas Dumont	15,205	44.03
Turnout			34,534	40.97
	PD gain from PS		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Pascale Boistard	15,345	32.83
	UMP	Stéphane Decayeux	10,858	23.23
	FN	Yvon Flahaut	8,276	17.70
	FG	Jean-Claude Renaux	5,455	11.67
	DVG	Mickaël Wamen	2,945	6.30
	Others	N/A	3,866
Turnout			46,745	54.91
2nd round result
	PS	Pascale Boistard	26,210	59.14
	UMP	Stéphane Decayeux	18,109	40.86
Turnout			44,319	52.06
	PS gain from DVG

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Somme's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NC	Jean-Yves Bourgois	8,317	25.83
	DVG	Maxime Gremetz	6,782	21.06
	PS	Farida Andasmas	5,060	15.72
	PCF	Jean-Claude Renaux	3,737	11.61
	MoDem	Olivier Mira	1,980	6.15
	FN	Yann Celos	1,723	5.35
	DVD	Dominique Fachon	919	2.85
	CPNT	Joelle Toutain	752	2.34
	Far left	Francis Dolle	672	2.09
	Others	N/A	2,256
Turnout			32,928	54.74
2nd round result
	DVG	Maxime Gremetz	18,618	59.33
	NC	Jean-Yves Bourgois	12,761	40.67
Turnout			33,169	55.15
	DVG gain from PCF

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Somme's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Maxime Gremetz	8,369	24.38
	UDF	Jean-Yves Bourgois	5,742	16.73
	PS	Francis Lecul	5,715	16.65
	UMP	Hubert Delarue	4,393	12.80
	FN	Jean-Paul Montigny	4,287	12.49
	CPNT	Nicole Cayeux	1,930	5.62
	LV	Eric Debord	809	2.36
	Others	N/A	3,083
Turnout			35,096	61.15
2nd round result
	PCF	Maxime Gremetz	16,730	54.77
	UDF	Jean-Yves Bourgois	13,818	45.23
Turnout			32,017	55.83
	PCF hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Somme's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Maxime Gremetz	9,456	25.33
	UDF	Brigitte Foure	9,095	24.36
	PS	Francis Lecul	7,483	20.04
	FN	Yves Dupille	6,202	16.61
	LO	Florence Caze	1,049	2.81
	GE	Hubert Delarue	1,029	2.76
	LV	Thérèse Couraud	758	2.03
	Others	N/A	3,022
Turnout			39,061	70.12
2nd round result
	PCF	Maxime Gremetz	23,161	60.65
	UDF	Brigitte Foure	15,026	39.35
Turnout			40,671	73.04
	PCF gain from PS

Sources

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