Somme's 1st constituency
Appearance
1st constituency of Somme | |
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![]() National Assembly of France | |
![]() Somme's 1st Constituency shown within Picardie. | |
Deputy | |
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 |
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 | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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).