Meuse's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Meuse

French National Assembly constituency
Meuse's 1st Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Bertrand Pancher PRV
Department	Meuse
Canton	Ancerville, Bar-le-Duc-Nord, Bar-le-Duc-Sud, Commercy, Gondrecourt-le-Château, Ligny-en-Barrois, Montiers-sur-Saulx, Pierrefitte-sur-Aire, Revigny-sur-Ornain, Saint-Mihiel, Seuil-d'Argonne, Vaubecourt, Vaucouleurs, Vavincourt, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel, Void-Vacon.
Voters	78,861

The 1st constituency of Meuse is a French legislative constituency in the Meuse département.

Description

The 1st constituency of Meuse covers the southern portion of the department and includes the prefecture of Bar-le-Duc.

Since 1988 a variety of conservative parties have held the seat with the exception of 1997 when the seat was captured by François Dosé of the Socialist Party who subsequently held the seat at the French legislative election, 2002. Since 2007 Bertrand Pancher has been held the seat first for the Gaullist UMP before he swapped to the more centrist Radical Party.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Gérard Longuet	UDF
	1993	André Droitcourt	UDF
	1997	François Dosé	PS
	2007	Bertrand Pancher	UMP
	2012		PRV

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Meuse's 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Radical	Bertrand Pancher	24,667	54.68
	PS	Diana Andre	20,448	45.32
Turnout			46,975	54.68
	Radical gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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