Somme's 1st constituency
 | |||
 Somme's 1st Constituency shown within Picardie. | |||
| Deputy |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Somme | ||
| Canton | Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, Picquigny | ||
| Voters | 85,129 | ||
The 1st constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme département.
Description
The 1st constituency of the Somme contains both the town of Abbeville and the north of the city of Amiens running along the course of the Somme river.
Following the defeat of the Gaullist deputy, war hero Fred Moore, in 1962 by the PCF the seat has been held continuously by the left.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Fred Moore | UNR | |
| 1962 | René Lamps | PCF | |
| 1978 | Maxime Gremetz | PCF | |
| 1981 | Jean-Claude Dessein | PS | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Jean-Claude Dessein | PS | |
| 1993 | Maxime Gremetz | PCF | |
| 2012 | Pascale Boistard | PS | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Pascale Boistard | 26,210 | 59.14 | ||
| UMP | Stéphane Decayeux | 18,109 | 40.86 | ||
| Turnout | 46,427 | 54.54 | |||
| PS gain from PCF | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.