Marne's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the Marne

French National Assembly constituency
Marne's 1st Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne.
Deputy	Arnaud Robinet UMP
Department	Marne
Canton	Bourgogne, Reims II, Reims IV, Reims VI et Reims X
Voters	69,250

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

Description

The Marne's 1st Constituency contains the northern section of Reims, the departments largest city, as well as some rural territory between it and the border with Ardennes.

The seat has been a conservative stronghold for many years and was held by Jean Falala, the long serving mayor of Reims, until 2002 when he passed the seat onto his son Francis Falala. Francis, however, failed to match his father's longevity and lost the UMP nomination to Renaud Dutreil prior to the 2007 election, before standing as an independent and coming 3rd in the 1st round of voting.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean Falala	RPR
	2002	Francis Falala	UMP
	2007	Renaud Dutreil	UMP
	2008	Arnaud Robinet	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Arnaud Robinet	18,515	52.77
	PS	Sabrina Ghallal	16,570	47.23
Turnout			36,066	52.08
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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