Ardennes's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently represented by Bérengère Poletti of The Republicans.

1st constituency of Ardennes

French National Assembly constituency
Ardennes's 1st Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Deputy	Bérengère Poletti LR
Department	Ardennes
Cantons	Asfeld, Charleville-Centre, Château-Porcien, Chaumont-Porcien, Flize, Juniville, Mézières-Est, Novion-Porcien, Omont, Rethel, Rumigny, Signy-l'Abbaye, Signy-le-Petit, Villers-Semeuse
Registered voters	73,262

Description

It is located in the south-west third of the Department, and cuts the town of Charleville-Mézières in two.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Michel Colinet	CNIP
	1962	Lucien Meunier	UNR
	1978	Alain Leger	PCF
	1981	Roger Mas	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Roger Mas	PS
	1993	Michel Vuibert	UDF
	1997	Claudine Ledoux	PS
	2002	Bérengère Poletti	UMP
	2007
	2012
	2015		LR
	2017

Election results

2007

 Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 1st Constituency election results[1]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bérengère Poletti	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	20,922	48.93%	24,808	59.52%
	Claudine Ledoux	Socialist Party	PS	11,499	26.89%	16,870	40.48%
	Jean-François Leclet	Democratic Movement	MoDem	4,116	9.63%
	Chantal Taioli	National Front	FN	1,829	4.28%
	Sylvain Dalla Rosa	Communist	COM	1,401	3.28%
	François Botte	Far Left	EXG	928	2.17%
	Philippe Lenice	The Greens	VEC	880	2.06%
	Nadia Octave	Far Left	EXG	459	1.07%
	Valérie Lenoir	Movement for France	MPF	419	0.98%
	Philippe Fesneau	Far Right	EXD	303	0.71%
Total				42,756	100%	41,678	100%
Registered voters				73,473		73,470
Blank/Void ballots				590	1.36%	1,168	2.73%
Turnout				43,346	59.00%	42,846	58.32%
Abstentions				30,127	41.00%	30,624	41.68%
Result						UMP HOLD

2012

 Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardennes’ 1st Constituency election results[2]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bérengère Poletti	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	16,520	39.56%	22,687	55.30%
	Claudine Ledoux	Socialist Party	PS	14,126	33.83%	18,339	44.70%
	Anne-Sophie Leclere	National Front	FN	7,000	16.76%
	Sylvain Dalla Rosa	Left Front	FG	1,992	4.77%
	Christophe Dumont	The Greens	VEC	790	1.89%
	Virginie Lauby Heber-Suffrin		CEN	773	1.85%
	Joël Nouet	Far Left	EXG	214	0.51%
	Sylvie Goulden	Ecologist	ECO	187	0.45%
	Christiane Gey	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	153	0.37%
Total				41,755	100%	41,026	100%
Registered voters				73,277		73,262
Blank/Void ballots				498	1.18%	1,275	3.01%
Turnout				42,253	57.66%	42,301	57.74%
Abstentions				31,024	42.34%	30,961	42.26%
Result						UMP HOLD

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bérengère Poletti	LR	13,053	37.79	19,311	69.68
	Jean-Pierre Morali	REM	8,004	23.17	8,404	30.32
	Sophie Lorenzo	FN	7,278	21.07
	Françoise Verlhac	FI	2,040	5.91
	Christophe Dumont	ECO	1,491	4.32
	Sylvain Dalla-Rosa	PCF	1,282	3.71
	Fabien Andréo	DIV	450	1.30
	Sylvie Goulden	ECO	410	1.19
	Nésida Pommier	EXG	330	0.96
	Nicolas Ferio	DIV	201	0.58
Votes			34,539	100.00	27,715	100.00
Valid votes			34,539	98.37	27,715	91.22
Blank votes			366	1.04	1,787	5.88
Null votes			207	0.59	879	2.89
Turnout			35,112	47.87	30,381	41.41
Abstentions			38,231	52.13	42,990	58.59
Registered voters			73,343		73,371
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/008/circons01.html
2. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/008/00801.html

• French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).