Haute-Saône's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Haute-Saône

French National Assembly constituency
Haute-Saône's 1st Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy	Alain Chrétien UMP
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

Legislative Election 2012: Haute-Saône 1st Constituency 2nd round

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).