Haute-Marne's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the Haute-Marne

French National Assembly
constituency

Haute-Marne's 1st Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne.
Deputy
 Luc Chatel
UMP
Department Haute-Marne
Canton Arc-en-Barrois, Auberive, Bourbonne-les-Bains, Bourmont, Châteauvillain, Chaumont-Nord, Chaumont-Sud, Clefmont, Fayl-la-Forêt, Laferté-sur-Amance, Langres, Longeau-Percey, Neuilly-l'Évêque, Nogent, Prauthoy, Terre-Natale, Val-de-Meuse.
Voters 74,519

The 1st constituency of the Haute-Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Haute-Marne département.

Description

Haute-Marne's 1st constituency covers the southern portion of the department and includes the prefecture of Chaumont.

Despite being won by the left at the 1997 election the seat is now comfortably held by Luc Chatel of the UMP and has been since 2002.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Charles Fèvre UDF
1997 Jean-Claude Daniel DVG
2002 Luc-Marie Chatel UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Haute-Marne's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Luc-Marie Chatel 24,346 55.05
LV Patricia Andriot 19 879 44.95
Turnout 45,592 61.18
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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

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