Somme's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Somme

French National Assembly constituency
Somme's 1st Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy	Pascale Boistard PS
Department	Somme
Canton	Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, Picquigny
Voters	85,129

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

Description

The 1st constituency of the Somme contains both the town of Abbeville and the north of the city of Amiens running along the course of the Somme river.

Following the defeat of the Gaullist deputy, war hero Fred Moore, in 1962 by the PCF the seat has been held continuously by the left.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Fred Moore	UNR
	1962	René Lamps	PCF
	1978	Maxime Gremetz	PCF
	1981	Jean-Claude Dessein	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Claude Dessein	PS
	1993	Maxime Gremetz	PCF
	2012	Pascale Boistard	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Pascale Boistard	26,210	59.14
	UMP	Stéphane Decayeux	18,109	40.86
Turnout			46,427	54.54
	PS gain from PCF		Swing

Sources

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