Somme's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Somme
1st constituency of Somme
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Somme's 1st Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy	François Ruffin; Picardie debout
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	85,129
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The 1st constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme département.

Description

The 1st constituency of the Somme contains both the town of Abbeville and the north of the city of Amiens running along the course of the Somme river.

Following the defeat of the Gaullist deputy, war hero Fred Moore, in 1962 by the PCF the seat has been held continuously by the left.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" \|	1958	Fred Moore	UNR
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	1962	René Lamps	PCF
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	1978	Maxime Gremetz	PCF
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1981	Jean-Claude Dessein	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1988	Jean-Claude Dessein	PS
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	1993	Maxime Gremetz	PCF
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2012	Pascale Boistard	PS
style="background-color: Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color" \|	2017	François Ruffin	Picardie debout

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Somme's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Picardie debout	François Ruffin	19,329	55.97
	LREM	Nicolas Dumont	15,205	44.03
Turnout			37,537	44.54
	[[Picardie debout\|PD]] gain from PS		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Pascale Boistard	26,210	59.14
	UMP	Stéphane Decayeux	18,109	40.86
Turnout			46,427	54.54
	PS gain from PCF		Swing

Sources

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

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