Territoire-de-Belfort's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort

French National Assembly constituency
Territoire-de-Belfort's 1st Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy	Damien Meslot UMP
Department	Territoire-de-Belfort
Canton	Beaucourt, Belfort-Centre, Belfort-Est, Danjoutin, Delle, Fontaine, Grandvillars
Voters	47,185

The 1st constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort is a French legislative constituency in the Territoire-de-Belfort département.

Description

The 1st constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort includes the south eastern portion of the department. It includes the centre and east of Belfort itself as well as the more rural areas towards the eastern border with Switzerland.

Despite being won by the Socialist Party in both 1988 and 1997 the seat has been in the hands of the UMP since 2002 and was retained with a majority of nearly 4,000 votes at the 2012 election.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1978	Jean-Pierre Chevènement	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Raymond Forni	PS
	1993	Jean Rosselot	RPR
	1997	Raymond Forni	PS
	2002	Damien Meslot	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Territoire-de-Belfort 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Damien Meslot	15,334	56.22
	PS	Anne-Marie Forcinal	11,949	43.78
Turnout			28,372	60.13
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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