Tarn's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Tarn (French: Première circonscription du Tarn) is a French legislative constituency in the Tarn 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.

1st constituency of Tarn
French National Assembly
constituency
Tarn's 1st Constituency shown within the Tarn.
Deputy
 Philippe Folliot [1]
AC
DepartmentTarn
CantonsAlban, Albi Centre, Albi Est, Albi Sud, Anglès, Brassac, Castres-Est, Castres Sud, Lacaune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Murat-sur-Vèbre, Réalmont, Rocquecourbe, Vabre, Valence-d'Albigeois, Villefranche-d'Albigeois
Registered voters83,763 [2]

Description

The 1st constituency of Tarn lies in the east of the constituency and includes some of Albi, which it shares with Tarn's 2nd constituency.

After many years of electing centre left PS deputies the seat swung to the right at the 2012 electing Philippe Folliot of the small Centrist Alliance party.

Assembly Members

ElectionMemberParty
1988Pierre BernardPS
1993Paul QuilèsPS
2007Jacques ValaxPS
2012Philippe FolliotAC

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Tarn's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AC Philippe Folliot 14,404 32.62
FN Frédéric Cabrolier 6,903 15.63
DIV Pierre Laporte 5,841 13.23
FI Tanhinan Hadji 4,759 10.78
PS Patrice Bedier 3,904 8.84
LR Anne-Michèle Bianchi 3,604 8.16
EELV Julia Rivet 1,550 3.51
PCF André Boudes 919 2.08
Others N/A 2,272
Turnout 44,156 52.71
2nd round result
AC Philippe Folliot 24,959 70.69
FN Frédéric Cabrolier 10,350 29.31
Turnout 35,309 42.15
AC hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Tarn's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Gérard Poujade 18,985 35.71
AC Philippe Folliot 13,090 24.62
UMP Richard Amalvy 8,414 15.83
FN Frédéric Cabrolier 7,019 13.20
FG Géraldine Rouquette 3,267 6.14
EELV Benoist Couliou 1,767 3.32
Others N/A 624
Turnout 53,166 63.99
2nd round result
AC Philippe Folliot 25,256 50.79
PS Gérard Poujade 24,372 49.21
Turnout 49,528 59.63
AC gain from PS

References

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