Somme's 1st constituency

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1st constituency of
PD
DepartmentSomme
CantonsAbbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, Picquigny
Registered voters84,286 (2017)

The 1st constituency of

deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system
, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

The constituency is made up of the eight cantons of Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, and Picquigny.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 95,650.

It contains both the town of

River Somme
.

Since the defeat of the Gaullist deputy and war hero Fred Moore by the French Communist Party's candidate René Lamps in 1962 the seat has been held continuously by the left.

Historic representation

Election Member Party
1958 Fred Moore UNR
1962 René Lamps PCF
1967
1968
1973
1978 Maxime Gremetz
1981 Jean-Claude Dessein PS
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Claude Dessein PS
1993 Maxime Gremetz PCF
1997
2002
2007
2012 Pascale Boistard PS
2017 François Ruffin
PD
2022

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Somme's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NUPÉS
)
François Ruffin 15,081 40.09 +8.71
RN
Nathalie Ribeiro-Billet 8,495 22.58 +6.66
Ensemble
)
Pascal Rifflart 7,640 20.31 -13.82
LR (UDC) Mathilde Roy 2,636 7.01 -6.37
LREM
Pascal Fradcourt* 1,222 3.25 N/A
REC Pascal Scribe 1,025 2.72 N/A
PA Thierry Vandeplassche 758 2.01 N/A
LO Jean-Patrick Baudry 432 1.15 +0.35
UPF
)
Noé Boxoën 332 0.88 -0.71
Turnout 37,621 45.92 -0.64
2nd round result
NUPÉS
)
François Ruffin 19,731 61.01 +5.04
RN Nathalie Ribeiro-Billet 12,610 38.99 N/A
Turnout 32,341 44.80 +3.83
Picardie debout
hold

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*

LREM
dissident

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Somme's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM
Nicolas Dumont 13,394 34.13
Picardie debout
François Ruffin 9,545 24.32
FN
Franck De Lapersonne 6,255 15.94
LR Stéphane Decayeux 5,251 13.38
PS Pascale Boistard 2,770 7.06
Others N/A 2,033
Turnout 39,248 46.56
2nd round result
Picardie debout
François Ruffin 19,329 55.97
LREM
Nicolas Dumont 15,205 44.03
Turnout 34,534 40.97
Picardie debout gain from PS
Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Pascale Boistard 15,345 32.83
UMP Stéphane Decayeux 10,858 23.23
FN
Yvon Flahaut 8,276 17.70
FG Jean-Claude Renaux 5,455 11.67
DVG
Mickaël Wamen 2,945 6.30
Others N/A 3,866
Turnout 46,745 54.91
2nd round result
PS Pascale Boistard 26,210 59.14
UMP Stéphane Decayeux 18,109 40.86
Turnout 44,319 52.06
DVG

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Somme's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LC
Jean-Yves Bourgois 8,317 25.83
DVG
Maxime Gremetz 6,782 21.06
PS Farida Andasmas 5,060 15.72
PCF Jean-Claude Renaux 3,737 11.61
MoDem Olivier Mira 1,980 6.15
FN
Yann Celos 1,723 5.35
DVD
Dominique Fachon 919 2.85
LMR
Joelle Toutain 752 2.34
Far left
Francis Dolle 672 2.09
Others N/A 2,256
Turnout 32,928 54.74
2nd round result
DVG
Maxime Gremetz 18,618 59.33
LC
Jean-Yves Bourgois 12,761 40.67
Turnout 33,169 55.15
DVG gain from PCF

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Somme's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PCF Maxime Gremetz 8,369 24.38
UDF Jean-Yves Bourgois 5,742 16.73
PS Francis Lecul 5,715 16.65
UMP Hubert Delarue 4,393 12.80
FN
Jean-Paul Montigny 4,287 12.49
LMR
Nicole Cayeux 1,930 5.62
LV Eric Debord 809 2.36
Others N/A 3,083
Turnout 35,096 61.15
2nd round result
PCF Maxime Gremetz 16,730 54.77
UDF Jean-Yves Bourgois 13,818 45.23
Turnout 32,017 55.83
PCF hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Somme's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PCF Maxime Gremetz 9,456 25.33
UDF Brigitte Foure 9,095 24.36
PS Francis Lecul 7,483 20.04
FN
Yves Dupille 6,202 16.61
LO
Florence Caze 1,049 2.81
GE Hubert Delarue 1,029 2.76
LV Thérèse Couraud 758 2.03
Others N/A 3,022
Turnout 39,061 70.12
2nd round result
PCF Maxime Gremetz 23,161 60.65
UDF Brigitte Foure 15,026 39.35
Turnout 40,671 73.04
PCF gain from PS

Sources

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

  1. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Somme". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2022.