Vosges's 1st constituency

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

1st constituency of the Vosges

French National Assembly constituency
Vosges' 1st Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Stéphane Viry LR
Department	Vosges
Cantons	Châtel-sur-Moselle, Épinal-Est, Épinal-Ouest, Rambervillers, Xertigny
Registered voters	76,604

Description

The 1st Constituency of Vosges forms a band of territory running through the centre of the Department from north to south. It includes the Department's Prefecture and largest town Épinal.

Politically the constituency has been dominated by Gaullist parties since the beginning of the Fifth Republic. Michel Heinrich, the Mayor of Épinal, held the seat between 2002 and 2017 on behalf of the UMP.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Charles Guthmuller	PR
	1962	Marcel Hoffer	UNR
	1978	Philippe Séguin	RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Philippe Séguin	RPR
	2002	Michel Heinrich	UMP
	2015		LR
	2017	Stéphane Viry	LR

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vosges's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Alisson Hamelin	11,826	31.93
	LR	Stéphane Viry	9,646	26.04
	FN	Sébastien Humbert	5,362	14.48
	FI	Fabrice Pisias	4,110	11.10
	PS	Martine Fancois	1,376	3.72
	DLF	Pierre-Jean Robinot	1,363	3.68
	EELV	Lou Noirclere	871	2.35
	Others	N/A	2,483
Turnout			37,037	48.07
2nd round result
	LR	Stéphane Viry	16,340	53.12
	LREM	Alisson Hamelin	14,423	46.88
Turnout			30,763	39.91
	LR hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vosges's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Michel Heinrich	18,276	41.51
	DVG	François-Xavier Huguenot	8,948	20.32
	FN	Jordan Grosse-Cruciani	6,709	15.24
	EELV	Gilles Bilot	6,024	13.68
	FG	Vincent Gehin	2,069	4.70
	Others	N/A	2,007
Turnout			44,033	57.48
2nd round result
	UMP	Michel Heinrich	23,246	56.74
	DVG	François-Xavier Huguenot	17,720	43.26
Turnout			40,966	53.48
	UMP hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vosges's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Michel Heinrich	23,344	53.15
	PS	Marie-France Glaudel	10,075	22.94
	MoDem	Nathalie Mercier	3,685	8.39
	FN	François Ferrier	2,838	6.46
	EXG	Raphaël Pecheur	1,427	3.25
	Others	N/A	2,551
Turnout			45,037	58.54
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vosges's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Michel Heinrich	22,099	48.58
	PS	Gérard Welzer	11,728	25.78
	FN	Christine Marthelot	4,935	10.85
	LV	Odile Delhaye-Marche	1,407	3.09
	PR	Serge Thibers	1,102	2.42
	Others	N/A	4,222
Turnout			46,835	62.08
2nd round result
	UMP	Michel Heinrich	25,628	61.81
	PS	Gérard Welzer	15,835	38.19
Turnout			43,549	57.74
	UMP hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vosges's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Philippe Séguin	21,603	44.59
	PS	Gérard Welzer	11,744	24.24
	FN	Bernard Freppel	7,393	15.26
	LV	Jean-Paul Deltour	2,557	5.28
	PCF	Odile Martin	1,852	3.82
	LO	Jeanne Poissenot	1,310	2.70
	DVD	Jean-Claude Weber	1,021	2.11
	Others	N/A	969
Turnout			51,126	70.58
2nd round result
	RPR	Philippe Séguin	28,101	56.44
	PS	Gérard Welzer	21,687	43.56
Turnout			53,007	73.18
	RPR hold

Sources

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