Somme's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

4th constituency of Somme
French National Assembly
constituency
Somme's 4th Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy
 Jean-Claude Leclabart
REM
DepartmentSomme
CantonsAilly-sur-Noye, Bernaville, Conty, Corbie, Doullens, Hornoy-le-Bourg, Montdidier, Moreuil, Poix-de-Picardie, Villers-Bocage
Registered voters82,795

Description

The 4th constituency of the Somme was radically altered as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies and as a result is now completely different from the seat which bore the same name between 1988 and 2012. The new seat is closer in composition to the now defunct Somme's 6th constituency.

The constituency runs through the centre of the department but also includes a strip of territory along its southern edge. In its centre the seats surrounds the city of Amiens on three sides.

Notably the seat has changed hands at every election since 1988.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958 Max Lejeune SFIO
1978 Chantal Leblanc PCF
1981 Jacques Becq PS
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jacques Becq PS
1993 Joël Hart RPR
1997 Francis Hammel PS
2002 Joël Hart UMP
2007 Gilbert Mathon PS
2012 Alain Gest UMP
2017 Jean-Claude Leclabart REM

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Somme's 4th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM Jean-Claude Leclabart 13,977 32.71
FN Eric Richermoz 9,266 21.69
LR Martin Domise 7,726 18.08
FI Christophe Hertout 5,540 12.97
EELV Elodie Heren 2,091 4.89
UDI Christelle Hiver 1,783 4.17
DLF Patricia Wybo 1,083 2.53
Others N/A 1,263
Turnout 42,729 50.85
2nd round result
LREM Jean-Claude Leclabart 20,489 58.04
FN Eric Richermoz 14,811 41.96
Turnout 35,300 42.01
LREM gain from LR Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 4th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Alain Gest 17,717 34.64
PS Catherine Quignon 16,738 32.73
FN Valéry Le Douguet 8,496 16.61
MoDem Jean-Christophe Loric 3,226 6.31
FG Agnès Fruitier 2,540 4.97
EELV Christian Wyttynck 1,051 2.05
Others N/A 1,378
Turnout 51,146 61.77
2nd round result
UMP Alain Gest 25,351 50.55
PS Catherine Quignon 24,795 49.45
Turnout 50,146 60.57
UMP gain from PS

Sources

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

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