Haute-Saône's 1st constituency
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 Haute-Saône's 1st Constituency shown within Franche-Comté. | |||
| Deputy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Haute-Saône | ||
| Canton | Amance, Autrey-lès-Gray, Champlitte, Combeaufontaine, Dampierre-sur-Salon, Fresne-Saint-Mamès, Gray, Gy, Jussey, Marnay, Pesmes, Port-sur-Saône, Rioz, Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin, Vesoul Est et Ouest, Vitrey-sur-Mance. | ||
| Voters | 88,838 | ||
The 1st constituency of Haute-Saône is a French legislative constituency in the Haute-Saône département.
Description
The 1st constituency of Haute-Saône is centred on the small town of Vesoul and covers the western portion of the department. The borders of the constituency crested for the 2012 election match those of the old 1st Constituency which existed between 1958 and 1986 after which Haute-Saône had three constituencies before reverting to two in 2012.
The constituency has elected conservative representatives throughout the Fifth Republic.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Pierre Vitter | IR | |
| 1978 | Pierre Chantelat | UDF | |
| 1981 | Christian Bergelin | RPR | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Christian Bergelin | RPR | |
| 2002 | Jean Rosselot | UMP | |
| 2012 | Alain Chrétien | UMP | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Alain Chrétien | 29,668 | 53.35 | ||
| PS | Claudy Chauvelot-Duban | 25,962 | 46.65 | ||
| Turnout | 57,774 | 65.03 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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