Jura's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Jura

French National Assembly
constituency

Jura's 1st Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.

Deputy

Jacques Pélissard
UMP

Department

Jura

Canton

Arinthod, Beaufort, Bletterans, Chaumergy, Conliège, Lons-le-Saunier-Nord, Lons-le-Saunier-Sud, Orgelet, Poligny, Saint-Amour, Saint-Julien, Sellières, Voiteur.

Voters

65,053

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

Description

The 1st constituency of Jura covers the south western portion of the department and includes the prefecture Lons-le-Saunier.

The constituency has elected Jacques Pélissard of the conservative UMP at every election since 1993.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Alain Brune	PS
	1993	Jacques Pélissard	RPR
	2002	Jacques Pélissard	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Jura's' 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jacques Pélissard	20,912	52.14
	PS	Danielle Brulebois	19,193	47.86
Turnout			41,305	63.49
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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

Constituencies in Franche-Comté (12)

Doubs (5)	Doub's 1st Doub's 2nd Doubs' 3rd Doubs' 4th Doubs' 5th

Haute-Saône (2)	Haute-Saône's 1st Haute-Saône's 2nd

Jura (3)	Jura's 1st Jura's 2nd Jura's 3rd

Territoire-de-Belfort (2)	Territoire-de-Belfort's 1st Territoire-de-Belfort's 2nd

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