title: Vosges's 1st constituency
text: # Vosges's 1st constituency
  
  The 1st constituency of the Vosges is a French legislative constituency in the Vosges département.
  
  ## 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 | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1958 | Charles Guthmuller | PR |
  | | 1962 | Marcel Hoffer | UNR |
  | | 1967 | Marcel Hoffer | UDR |
  | | 1968 | Marcel Hoffer | UDR |
  | | 1973 | Marcel Hoffer | UDR |
  | | 1978 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
  | | 1981 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
  | 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
  | | 1988 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
  | | 1993 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
  | | 1997 | Philippe Séguin | RPR |
  | | 2002 | Michel Heinrich | UMP |
  | | 2007 | Michel Heinrich | UMP |
  | | 2012 | Michel Heinrich | UMP |
  | | 2017 | Stéphane Viry | LR |
  | | 2022 | Stéphane Viry | LR |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Vosges's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | LR (UDC) | Stéphane Viry | 13,275 | 37.21 | +11.17 |
  | | RN | Emmie Moons | 7,316 | 20.51 | +6.03 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Jules Fetet | 6,643 | 18.62 | +0.65 |
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Anne-Sophie Monange | 5,439 | 15.24 | -16.69 |
  | | REC | Stéphane Perry | 1,205 | 3.38 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,801 | - | - |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,679 | 47.50 | -0.57 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LR (UDC) | Stéphane Viry | 21,445 | 67.23 | +14.11 |
  | | RN | Emmie Moons | 10,453 | 32.77 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,898 | 44.17 | +4.26 |
  | | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |
  
  ### 2017
  
  Legislative Election 2017: Vosges's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | LREM | Alisson Hamelin | 11,826 | 31.93 | |
  | | LR | Stéphane Viry | 9,646 | 26.04 | |
  | | FN | Sébastien Humbert | 5,362 | 14.48 | |
  | | LFI | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 37,037 | 48.07 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LR | Stéphane Viry | 16,340 | 53.12 | |
  | | LREM | Alisson Hamelin | 14,423 | 46.88 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,763 | 39.91 | |
  | | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |
  
  ### 2012
  
  Legislative Election 2012: Vosges's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 44,033 | 57.48 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | UMP | Michel Heinrich | 23,246 | 56.74 | |
  | | DVG | François-Xavier Huguenot | 17,720 | 43.26 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,966 | 53.48 | |
  | | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |
  
  ### 2007
  
  Legislative Election 2007: Vosges's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | 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 | |
  | | Far left | Raphaël Pecheur | 1,427 | 3.25 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 2,551 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,037 | 58.54 | |
  | | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |
  
  ### 2002
  
  Legislative Election 2002: Vosges's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | 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 | |
  | | MRC | Serge Thibers | 1,102 | 2.42 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 4,222 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,835 | 62.08 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | UMP | Michel Heinrich | 25,628 | 61.81 | |
  | | PS | Gérard Welzer | 15,835 | 38.19 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,549 | 57.74 | |
  | | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |
  
  ### 1997
  
  Legislative Election 1997: Vosges's 1st constituency :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 51,126 | 70.58 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | RPR | Philippe Séguin | 28,101 | 56.44 | |
  | | PS | Gérard Welzer | 21,687 | 43.56 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,007 | 73.18 | |
  | | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold |
  
  ## Sources
  
  Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
  
  * ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans les Vosges". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  