Nièvre's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Nièvre

French National Assembly
constituency

Nièvre's 1st Constituency shown within Burgundy.
Deputy
 Martine Carrillon-Couvreur
PS
Department Nièvre
Canton La Charité-sur-Loire, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire-Nord, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire-Sud, Imphy, Nevers-Centre, Nevers-Est, Nevers-Nord, Nevers-Sud, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Pougues-les-Eaux, Saint-Benin-d'Azy
Voters 78,228

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

Description

The 1st constituency of the Nièvre covers the western portion of the department and includes the prefecture Nevers.

The seat was substantially changed prior to the 2012 election as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies in which Nièvre lost one of its three historic constituencies. The new seat has, like its predecessor, continued to elected Socialist representation.

The seat was represented by former Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy until his suicide shortly after the 1993 election. An election in which the Socialist Party under his leadership suffered a huge defeat.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Pierre Bérégovoy PS
1988 Marcel Charmant PS
1993 Pierre Bérégovoy PS
1993 Didier Boulaud PS
2002 Martine Carrillon-Couvreur PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nièvre's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Martine Carrillon-Couvreur 24,928 61.34
UMP Bernard Depierre 15,708 38.66
Turnout 42,700 54.58
PS hold Swing

Sources

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

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