Vaucluse's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Vaucluse (French: Première circonscription de Vaucluse) is a French legislative constituency in the Vaucluse département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

1st constituency of Vaucluse

French National Assembly constituency
Vaucluse's 1st Constituency shown within the Vaucluse.
Deputy	Souad Zitouni[1]
Department	Vaucluse
Cantons	Avignon Est, Avignon Nord, Avignon Ouest, Avignon Sud
Registered voters	72,991 [2]

Description

The 1st constituency of the Vaucluse covers the city of Avignon.

Since 1988 the seat has fluctuated between left and right with only Marie-Josée Roig succeeding in retaining the seat.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Guy Ravier	PS
	1993	Marie-Josée Roig	RPR
	1997	Élisabeth Guigou	PS
	2002	Marie-Josée Roig	UMP
	2012	Michèle Fournier-Armand	PS
	2017	Jean-François Cesarini[1]	LREM
	2020	Souad Zitouni[note 1]

1. substitute for Jean-François Cesarini, succeeded him on his death.

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vaucluse's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Jean-François Cesarini	9,495	30.09
	FN	Anne-Sophie Rigault	7,261	23.01
	FI	Amandine Laugier	4,090	12.96
	LR	Stéphanie Parry	3,288	10.42
	PCF	André Castelli	2,408	7.63
	PS	Christine Legrange	1,354	4.29
	EELV	Jean Pierre Cervantes	1,007	3.19
	Others	N/A	2,652
Turnout			31,555	43.23
2nd round result
	LREM	Jean-François Cesarini	15,228	58.10
	FN	Anne-Sophie Rigault	10,984	41.90
Turnout			26,212	35.91
	LREM gain from PS

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vaucluse's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Michèle Fournier-Armand	11,107	27.45
	FN	Thibaut De La Tocnaye	9,862	24.37
	UMP	Valérie Wagner	9,619	23.77
	FG	André Castelli	5,990	14.80
	EELV	Mohamed Zaidat	1,171	2.89
	Others	N/A	2,719
Turnout			40,468	55.83
2nd round result
	PS	Michèle Fournier-Armand	18,264	45.25
	FN	Thibaut De La Tocnaye	11,309	28.02
	UMP	Valérie Wagner	10,787	26.73
Turnout			40,360	55.68
	PS gain from UMP

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vaucluse's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Marie-Josée Roig	18,720	44.69
	PS	Michèle Fournier-Armand	8,858	21.15
	MoDem	Jeannine Calves	3,368	8.04
	FN	Thibaut de la Tocnaye	3,265	7.79
	PCF	André Castelli	2,869	6.85
	EXG	Abdellatif Dehy	1,196	2.86
	LV	Marie-Paule Lolo	999	2.38
	Others	N/A	2,512
Turnout			42,580	59.51
2nd round result
	UMP	Marie-Josée Roig	22,479	56.71
	PS	Michèle Fournier-Armand	17,160	43.29
Turnout			41,677	58.25
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vaucluse's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Marie-Josée Roig	17,888	41.16
	PS	Cecile Helle	11,659	26.83
	FN	Thibaut de la Tocnaye	8,389	19.30
	PCF	Andre Castelli	1,899	4.37
	Others	N/A	3,624
Turnout			44,251	64.79
2nd round result
	UMP	Marie-Josée Roig	22,612	58.36
	PS	Cecile Helle	16,135	41.64
Turnout			40,725	59.63
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vaucluse's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Marie-Josée Roig	13,166	30.40
	PS	Elisabeth Guigou	12,698	29.31
	FN	Thibaut de la Tocnaye	10,349	23.89
	PCF	Henri Talau	3,185	7.35
	GE	Aime Guenoun	887	2.05
	Others	N/A	3,031
Turnout			45,342	68.66
2nd round result
	PS	Elisabeth Guigou	20,030	41.98
	RPR	Marie-Josée Roig	19,739	41.37
	FN	Thibaut de la Tocnaye	7,946	16.65
Turnout			49,071	74.30
	PS gain from RPR

References

1. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.