Nièvre's 1st constituency
The 1st constituency of the Nièvre is a French legislative constituency in the Nièvre département.
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 Nièvre's 1st Constituency shown within Burgundy. | |||
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| Department | Nièvre | ||
| Cantons | La Charité-sur-Loire, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire-Nord, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire-Sud, Imphy, Nevers-Centre, Nevers-Est, Nevers-Nord, Nevers-Sud, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Pougues-les-Eaux, Saint-Benin-d'Azy | ||
| Registered voters | 78,228 | ||
Description
The 1st constituency of the Nièvre covers the western portion of the department and includes the prefecture Nevers.
The seat was substantially changed prior to the 2012 election as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies in which Nièvre lost one of its three historic constituencies. The new seat has, like its predecessor, continued to elected Socialist representation until 2017.
The seat was represented by former Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy until his suicide shortly after the 1993 election. An election in which the Socialist Party under his leadership suffered a huge defeat.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Pierre Bérégovoy | PS | |
| 1988 | Marcel Charmant | PS | |
| 1993 | Pierre Bérégovoy | PS | |
| 1993 | Didier Boulaud | PS | |
| 2002 | Martine Carrillon-Couvreur | PS | |
| 2017 | Perrine Goulet | REM | |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Perrine Goulet | REM | 12,431 | 34.80 | 18,713 | 66.13 | |
| Pauline Vigneron | FN | 5,679 | 15.90 | 9,584 | 33.87 | |
| Gaëtan Gorce | PS | 4,642 | 12.99 | |||
| Marie-Claude Taurel | FI | 3,950 | 11.06 | |||
| Guillaume Maillard | UDI | 3,324 | 9.30 | |||
| François Diot | PCF | 1,569 | 4.39 | |||
| Jean-Louis Auberget | DLF | 969 | 2.71 | |||
| Sylvie Dupart-Muzerelle | ECO | 923 | 2.58 | |||
| Patricia Gaudry | DVD | 598 | 1.67 | |||
| Sylvie Cardona | DIV | 443 | 1.24 | |||
| Geneviève Lemoine | EXG | 344 | 0.96 | |||
| Charles-Henri Gallois | DIV | 282 | 0.79 | |||
| Mohamed Lagrib | DVD | 236 | 0.66 | |||
| Julien Gonzalez | ECO | 194 | 0.54 | |||
| Michel Estorge | PRG | 142 | 0.40 | |||
| Votes | 35,726 | 100.00 | 28,297 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 35,726 | 97.08 | 28,297 | 87.08 | ||
| Blank votes | 839 | 2.28 | 3,225 | 9.92 | ||
| Null votes | 234 | 0.64 | 973 | 2.99 | ||
| Turnout | 36,799 | 47.84 | 32,495 | 42.25 | ||
| Abstentions | 40,114 | 52.16 | 44,415 | 57.75 | ||
| Registered voters | 76,913 | 76,910 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Martine Carrillon-Couvreur | 24,928 | 61.34 | ||
| UMP | Bernard Depierre | 15,708 | 38.66 | ||
| Turnout | 42,700 | 54.58 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).