Cantal's 1st constituency

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

1st constituency of Cantal
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
The two constituencies of Cantal
Cantal in France
Deputy	Vincent Descœur LR
Department	Cantal
Cantons	Arpajon-sur-Cère, Aurillac-1, Aurillac-2, Aurillac-2, Aurillac-4, Jussac, Laroquebrou, Maurs, Montsalvy, Saint-Cernin, Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat, Vic-sur-Cère
Registered voters	82,541
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Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Yves Coussain	UDF
	1993
	1997
	2002		UMP
	2007	Vincent Descœur	UMP
	2012	Alain Calmette	PS
	2017	Vincent Descœur	LR
	2022

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Cantal's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LR (UDC)	Vincent Descœur	13,299	40.33	+7.36
	LREM (Ensemble)	Michel Teyssedou	7,338	22.25	-14.40
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Michel Maciazek	6,104	18.51	+1.22
	RN	Dorothée Gallais	3,695	11.21	+4.74
	DVD	Jean-Pierre Delpont	1,088	3.30	N/A
	REC	Guillaume De Ballincourt	1,013	3.07	N/A
	LO	Rémy Dauvillier	437	1.33	+0.75
Turnout			32,974	53.84	-1.16
2nd round result
	LR (UDC)	Vincent Descœur	18,165	69.02	+17.91
	LREM (Ensemble)	Michel Teyssedou	8,152	30.98	-17.91
Turnout			26,317	46.85	-5.68
	LR hold		Swing	+17.91

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	François Danemans	REM	12,411	36.65	14,829	48.89
	Vincent Descœur	LR	11,165	32.97	15,501	51.11
	Thierry Bonhoure	FI	3,407	10.06
	Marie-Claire Nather	FN	2,191	6.47
	Stéphane Fréchou	ECO	1,574	4.65
	François Vermande	DVD	1,430	4.22
	Jean-François Barrier	PCF	873	2.58
	Michel Fabre	ECO	474	1.40
	Rémy Dauvillier	EXG	198	0.58
	Grégory Pautrat	DIV	143	0.42
Votes			33,866	100.00	30,330	100.00
Valid votes			33,866	97.75	30,330	91.70
Blank votes			499	1.44	1,850	5.59
Null votes			280	0.81	895	2.71
Turnout			34,645	55.00	33,075	52.53
Abstentions			28,350	45.00	29,894	47.47
Registered voters			62,995		62,969
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Cantal’s 1st Constituency^[1]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Alain Calmette	Socialist Party	PS	17,154	42.92%	21,883	51.63%
	Vincent Descœur	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	16,478	41.23%	20,500	48.37%
	Philippe Drouault	Front National	FN	2,164	5.41%
	Thierry Galeau	Left Front	FG	1,347	3.37%
	Vincent Bessat	Europe Ecology – The Greens	EELV	1,049	2.62%
	Chantal Mazieres	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	805	2.01%
	Nicole Soulenq-Moissinac		CEN	786	1.97%
	Rémy Dauvillier	Far Left	EXG	179	0.45%
	François Bre	Other	AUT	2	0.01%
Total				39,964	100%	42,383	100%
Registered voters				64,438		64,432
Blank/Void ballots				726	1.13%	1,102	1.71%
Turnout				40,690	63.15%	43,485	67.49%
Abstentions				23,748	36.85%	20,947	32.51%
Result						PS gain from UMP

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Cantal’s 1st Constituency^[2]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Vincent Descœur	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	18,035	44.45%	22,584	55.96%
	Jacques Markarian	Socialist Party	PS	11,872	29.26%	17,774	44.04%
	François Vermande	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	4,205	10.36%
	Christiane Missegue	Democratic Movement	MoDem	1,917	4.72%
	Patrick Perrier	Communist	PCF	1,439	3.55%
	Vincent Bessat	The Greens	VEC	1,166	2.87%
	Véronique Bamas	Far Left	EXG	764	1.88%
	Thierry Krzeminski	Front National	FN	539	1.33%
	Rémy Dauvillier	Far Left	EXG	257	0.63%
	Yolande Trouillet	Movement for France	MPF	217	0.53%
	François Bre	Independent	DIV	109	0.27%
	Christine Gaymard	Independent	DIV	53	0.13%
Total				40,573	100%	40,358	100%
Registered voters				64,765		64,764
Blank/Void ballots				812	1.96%	1,247	3.00%
Turnout				41,385	63.90%	41,605	64.24%
Abstentions				23,380	36.10%	23,159	35.76%
Result						UMP HOLD

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Cantal's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Yves Coussain	13,198	30.23
	PS	René Souchon	12,829	29.38
	DVD	François Vermande	5,055	11.58
	DVD	Christian Meiniel	3,295	7.55
	MRC	Yvon Bec	2,715	6.22
	FN	Helene Berodias	1,671	3.83
	PCF	Jean-Pierre Roume	1,162	2.66
	LV	Vincent Bessat	1,031	2.36
	Miscellaneous far right	William Schmid	907	2.08
	Others	N/A	1,796
Turnout			44,777	69.90
2nd round result
	UMP	Yves Coussain	23,652	57.05
	PS	René Souchon	17,805	42.95
Turnout			43,544	67.98
	UMP gain from UDF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Cantal's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Yves Coussain	15,433	36.94
	PS	René Souchon	13,807	33.05
	DVG	Michel Georgelin	5,089	12.18
	FN	Paul Bardot	2,430	5.82
	PCF	Jean-Pierre Roume	2,286	5.47
	RPR	Louis Brugère	886	2.12
	Others	N/A	1,848
Turnout			44,439	70.35
2nd round result
	UDF	Yves Coussain	23,403	50.43
	PS	René Souchon	23,006	49.57
Turnout			48,669	77.06
	UDF hold

References

1. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".

Sources

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