title: Meuse's 1st constituency
text: # Meuse's 1st constituency
  
  The 1st constituency of Meuse is a French legislative constituency in the Meuse département.
  
  ## Description
  
  The 1st constituency of Meuse covers the southern portion of the department and includes the prefecture of Bar-le-Duc.
  
  Since 1988 a variety of conservative parties have held the seat with the exception of 1997 when the seat was captured by François Dosé of the Socialist Party who subsequently held the seat at the 2002 French legislative election. Since 2007 Bertrand Pancher has been held the seat first for the Gaullist UMP before he swapped to the more centrist Radical Party and Union of Democrats and Independents.
  
  ## Historic Representation
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
  | | 1988 | Gérard Longuet | UDF |
  | | 1993 | André Droitcourt | UDF |
  | | 1997 | François Dosé | PS |
  | | 2002 | François Dosé | PS |
  | | 2007 | Bertrand Pancher | UMP |
  | | 2012 | Bertrand Pancher | PRV |
  | | 2017 | Bertrand Pancher | UDI |
  | | 2022 | Bertrand Pancher | PRV |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Meuse's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | RN | Brigitte Gaudineau | 10,914 | 30.43 | +10.25 |
  | | PRV (UDC) | Bertrand Pancher | 10,826 | 30.19 | +2.37 |
  | | PS (NUPÉS) | Olivier Guckert | 6,272 | 17.49 | +0.59 |
  | | Horizons (Ensemble) | Sandrine Raffner Kiefer | 1,277 | 13.38 | -14.06 |
  | | REC | Arnaud Chapon | 1,277 | 3.56 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,778 | - | - |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,864 | 48.53 | -1.61 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | PRV (UDC) | Bertrand Pancher | 19,028 | 55.40 | -2.85 |
  | | RN | Brigitte Gaudineau | 15,319 | 44.60 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,347 | 48.08 | +2.78 |
  | | PRV gain from UDI | PRV gain from UDI | PRV gain from UDI | PRV gain from UDI | PRV gain from UDI |
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Bertrand Pancher | UDI | 10,476 | 27.82 | 18,053 | 58.25 |
  | | Diana André | REM | 10,333 | 27.44 | 12,940 | 41.75 |
  | | Corinne Kaufmann | FN | 7,599 | 20.18 | | |
  | | Guy Jeannesson | FI | 3,597 | 9.55 | | |
  | | Arnaud Mac Farlane | PS | 1,616 | 4.29 | | |
  | | Jean-Marc Fleury | ECO | 1,151 | 3.06 | | |
  | | Sylvie Frasez | DLF | 860 | 2.28 | | |
  | | Gilles Latour | EXD | 615 | 1.63 | | |
  | | Nathalie Thiébaut-Lamy | DIV | 526 | 1.40 | | |
  | | Bruno Caille | REG | 397 | 1.05 | | |
  | | Éric Finot | EXG | 279 | 0.74 | | |
  | | Gilles Gobert | DIV | 208 | 0.55 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 37,657 | 100.00 | 30,993 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 37,657 | 97.17 | 30,993 | 88.52 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 820 | 2.12 | 2,751 | 7.86 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 278 | 0.72 | 1,268 | 3.62 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,755 | 50.14 | 35,012 | 45.30 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,539 | 49.86 | 42,271 | 54.70 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 77,294 | | 77,283 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  Legislative Election 2012: Meuse's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PRV | Bertrand Pancher | 17,489 | 37.31 | |
  | | PS | Diana Andre | 15,521 | 33.11 | |
  | | FN | Dominique Bilde | 9,179 | 19.58 | |
  | | EELV | Jean-Marc Fleury | 1,740 | 3.71 | |
  | | FG | Mélanie Tsagouris | 1,458 | 3.11 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,491 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,878 | 59.41 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | PRV | Bertrand Pancher | 24,667 | 54.68 | |
  | | PS | Diana Andre | 20,448 | 45.32 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,115 | 57.21 | |
  | | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP |
  
  ## Sources
  
  Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
  
  * ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Meuse". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  