Meuse's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Meuse is a French legislative constituency in the Meuse département.

1st constituency of Meuse
French National Assembly
constituency
Meuse's 1st Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy
 Bertrand Pancher
UDI
DepartmentMeuse
CantonsAncerville, Bar-le-Duc-Nord, Bar-le-Duc-Sud, Commercy, Gondrecourt-le-Château, Ligny-en-Barrois, Montiers-sur-Saulx, Pierrefitte-sur-Aire, Revigny-sur-Ornain, Saint-Mihiel, Seuil-d'Argonne, Vaubecourt, Vaucouleurs, Vavincourt, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel, Void-Vacon.
Registered voters78,861

Description

The 1st constituency of Meuse covers the southern portion of the department and includes the prefecture of Bar-le-Duc.

Since 1988 a variety of conservative parties have held the seat with the exception of 1997 when the seat was captured by François Dosé of the Socialist Party who subsequently held the seat at the 2002 French legislative election. Since 2007 Bertrand Pancher has been held the seat first for the Gaullist UMP before he swapped to the more centrist Radical Party and Union of Democrats and Independents.

Historic Representation
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Gérard Longuet UDF
1993 André Droitcourt UDF
1997 François Dosé PS
2007 Bertrand Pancher UMP
2012 PRV
2017 UDI

Election results

2017
Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Bertrand Pancher UDI 10,476 27.82 18,053 58.25
Diana André REM 10,333 27.44 12,940 41.75
Corinne Kaufmann FN 7,599 20.18
Guy Jeannesson FI 3,597 9.55
Arnaud Mac Farlane PS 1,616 4.29
Jean-Marc Fleury ECO 1,151 3.06
Sylvie Frasez DLF 860 2.28
Gilles Latour EXD 615 1.63
Nathalie Thiébaut-Lamy DIV 526 1.40
Bruno Caille REG 397 1.05
Éric Finot EXG 279 0.74
Gilles Gobert DIV 208 0.55
Votes 37,657 100.00 30,993 100.00
Valid votes 37,657 97.17 30,993 88.52
Blank votes 820 2.12 2,751 7.86
Null votes 278 0.72 1,268 3.62
Turnout 38,755 50.14 35,012 45.30
Abstentions 38,539 49.86 42,271 54.70
Registered voters 77,294 77,283
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012
Legislative Election 2012: Meuse's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRV Bertrand Pancher 17,489 37.31
PS Diana Andre 15,521 33.11
FN Dominique Bilde 9,179 19.58
EELV Jean-Marc Fleury 1,740 3.71
FG Mélanie Tsagouris 1,458 3.11
Others N/A 1,491
Turnout 46,878 59.41
2nd round result
PRV Bertrand Pancher 24,667 54.68
PS Diana Andre 20,448 45.32
Turnout 45,115 57.21
PRV gain from UMP

Sources

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

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