Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Pyrénées-Orientales (French: Première circonscription des Pyrénées-Orientales) is a French legislative constituency in the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 the Pyrénées-Orientales
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st Constituency shown within the Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales in France
Deputy	Sophie Blanc RN
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Cantons	(pre-2015) Perpignan III, Perpignan IV, Perpignan V, Perpignan VII, Perpignan IX, Toulouges
Registered voters	70972^[1]
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Description

The 1st constituency of Pyrénées-Orientales mainly consists of the majority Perpignan, which is shared with Pyrénées-Orientales's 3rd constituency and Pyrénées-Orientales's 2nd constituency. The seat also includes the town of Toulouges just to the west of the city.

The constituency has vacillated between left and right, however in 2017 the voters opted for centrist En Marche! over the far right National Front in the second round. The Republicans trailed in 3rd in the 1st round and there was no candidate from the PSdespite them winning the seat in the previous election.^[2]

Assembly Members

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	1988	Claude Barate	RPR
	1993
	1997	Jean Vila	PCF
	2002	Daniel Mach	UMP
	2007
	2012	Jacques Cresta	PS
	2017	Romain Grau^[4]	LREM
	2022	Sophie Blanc	NR

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RN	Sophie Blanc	10,162	31.36	+11.10
	LREM (Ensemble)	Romain Grau	7,952	24.54	-7.21
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Francis Daspe	7,659	23.63	+7.77
	REC	Georges-Henri Chambaud	1,811	5.59	N/A
	LR (UDC)	Christine Gavaldal Moulenat	1,799	5.55	-13.81
	DIV	Rite Peix	667	2.06	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,356
Turnout			32,406	45.62	-1.40
2nd round result
	RN	Sophie Blanc	15,859	53.87	+11.08
	LREM (Ensemble)	Romain Grau	13,583	46.13	-11.08
Turnout			29,442	44.44	+3.78
	RN gain from LREM

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2017

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 1st Constituency^[6]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Romain Grau	La République En Marche!	LREM	10,354	31.75	14,720	57.21
	Alexandre Bolo	National Front	FN	6,606	20.26	11,008	42.79
	Daniel Mach	The Republicans	LR	6,312	19.36
	Alain Mih	La France Insoumise	FI	3,771	11.56
	Jean Codognès	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	1,867	5.73
	Françoise Fiter	Communist Party	PCF	1,402	4.30
	Fabienne Meyer	Regionalist	REG	957	2.93
	Philippe Symphorien	Debout la France	DLF	398	1.22
	Emmanuel Cousty	Independent	DIV	373	1.14
	Pascale Advenard	Far Left	EXG	246	0.75
	Nicolas Perez	Independent	DIV	181	0.56
	Lionel Monaco	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	74	0.23
	Anthony Rhighi	Independent	DIV	68	0.21
Total				32,609	100%	25,728	100%
Registered voters				70,970		70,972
Blank/Void ballots				761	2.28%	3,128	10.84%
Turnout				33,370	47.02%	28,856	40.66%
Abstentions				37,600	52.98%	42,116	59.34%
Result						REM GAIN FROM PS

2012

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 1st Constituency^[7]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Daniel Mach	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	11,097	28.19	13,464	33.82
	Jacques Cresta	Socialist Party	PS	9,692	24.62	17,098	42.95
	Louis Aliot	National Front	FN	9,496	24.13	9,251	23.24
	Jean Vila	Left Front	FG	6,434	16.35
	Agnès Langevine	Europe Ecology-The Greens	EELV	682	1.73
	Christine Espert	The Centre for France	CEN	505	1.28
	Atika El Bourimi	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	443	1.13
	Jean-Paul Tomas	Ecologist	ECO	329	0.84
	Pierre Verdier	Far Right	EXD	171	0.43
	Laurent Gomez	Other	AUT	128	0.33
	Stéphanie Font	Far Left	EXG	124	0.32
	Hélène Sarraseca	Ecologist	ECO	118	0.30
	Pascale Advenard	Far Left	EXG	98	0.25
	Annie Marciniak	Other	AUT	41	0.10
	Roymond Faura	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	1	0.00
	Michael Morant	Ecologist	ECO	0	0.00
Total				39,359	100%	39,813	100%
Registered voters				67,612		67,600
Blank/Void ballots				523	1.31%	910	2.23%
Turnout				39,882	58.99%	40,723	60.24%
Abstentions				27,730	41.01%	26,877	39.76%
Result						PS GAIN FROM UMP

2007

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 1st Constituency^[8]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Daniel Mach	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	17,941	46.56	21,410	56.98
	Jean Vila	Communist Party	PCF	6,335	16.44	16,167	43.02
	Martine Joseph	Socialist Party	PS	5,701	14.80
	Louis Aliot	National Front	FN	6.74	2,599
	Chantal Gombert	UDF-Democratic Movement	UDF-MoDem	2,360	6.12
	Guillem Vaulato	Far Left	EXG	701	1.82
	Nicole Drickx	The Greens	LV	606	1.57
	Virginie Barre	Regionalist	REG	576	1.49
	Christine Gonzalez	Movement for France	MPF	443	1.15
	Yves Castanet	Ecologist	ECO	399	1.04
	Monique Juanola	Regionalist	REG	245	0.64
	Pascale Advenard	Far Left	EXG	238	0.62
	Ida Fleury	Far Right	EXD	215	0.56
	Francis Meuley	Independent	DIV	172	0.45
	Annie Marciniak	Independent	DIV	2	0.01
Total				38,533	100%	37,577	100%
Registered voters				66,218		66,218
Blank/Void ballots				659	1.68%	1,356	3.48%
Turnout				39,192	59.19%	38,933	58.80%
Abstentions				27,026	40.81%	27,285	41.20%
Result						UMP HOLD

2002

Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Pyrénées-Orientale’s 1st Constituency^[9]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Daniel Mach	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	13,224	35.71	19,440	55.74
	Jean Vila	Communist Party	PCF	11,920	32.19	15,437	44.26
	Louis Aliot	National Front	FN	7,209	19.47
	J. Claude Kaiser	Rally for France	RFP	816	2.20
	Claudine Coste	Revolutionary Communist League	LCR	688	1.86
	François Feillard	Independent	DIV	544	1.47
	Alain Dosseur Le	Republican Pole	PR	467	1.26
	Pierre Gonzalez	Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions	CPNT	464	1.25
	Caroline Poupard	Workers' Struggle	LO	317	0.86
	Michel Dallee	National Republican Movement	MNR	302	0.82
	Christine Gonzalez	Movement for France	MPF	280	0.76
	Isabelle Duran	Regionalist	REG	246	0.66
	Jacques Cros	Independent	DIV	216	0.58
	Gauderique Delcasso	Ecologist	ECO	206	0.56
	Louis Pomata	Independent	DIV	129	0.35
	Alain Cavaliere	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	0	0.00
	Jacques Comas	Independent	DIV	0	0.00
	Nicole Sabiols	Socialist Party	PS	0	0.00
Total				37,028	100%	34,877	100%
Registered voters				58,840		58,838
Blank/Void ballots				899	2.37%	1,693	4.63%
Turnout				37,927	64.46%	36,570	62.15%
Abstentions				20,913	35.54%	22,268	37.85%
Result						UMP GAIN FROM PCF

References

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2. "Pyrénées-Orientales – 1re circonscription : Liste des résultats – Elections législatives 2017 – Assemblée nationale".
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4. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
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7. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
8. "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".
9. "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".