Meuse's 1st constituency
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 Meuse's 1st Constituency shown within Lorraine. | |||
| Deputy |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Meuse | ||
| Canton | Ancerville, 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. | ||
| Voters | 78,861 | ||
The 1st constituency of Meuse is a French legislative constituency in the Meuse département.
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 French legislative election, 2002. Since 2007 Bertrand Pancher has been held the seat first for the Gaullist UMP before he swapped to the more centrist Radical Party.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Bertrand Pancher | 24,667 | 54.68 | ||
| PS | Diana Andre | 20,448 | 45.32 | ||
| Turnout | 46,975 | 54.68 | |||
| Radical gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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