# Marne's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Marne (French: Première circonscription de la Marne) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

## Description

The constituency is made up of five (pre-2015) cantons: those of Bourgogne, Reims II, Reims IV, Reims VI, and Reims X.
It includes the northern part of Reims, the department's largest city, as well as some rural territory between it and the border with Ardennes.
At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 100,826.
The seat has been a conservative stronghold for many years and was held by Jean Falala, the long-serving mayor of Reims, until 2002 when he passed the seat on to his son Francis Falala. Francis, however, failed to match his father's longevity and lost the UMP nomination to Renaud Dutreil prior to the 2007 election, before standing as an independent and coming third in the first round of voting.

## Historic representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean Falala | RPR |
| | 1993 | Jean Falala | RPR |
| | 1997 | Jean Falala | RPR |
| | 2002 | Francis Falala | UMP |
| | 2007 | Renaud Dutreil | UMP |
| | 2008 | Arnaud Robinet | UMP |
| | 2012 | Arnaud Robinet | UMP |
| | 2017 | Valérie Beauvais | LR |
| | 2022 | Xavier Albertini | HOR |
| | 2024 | Xavier Albertini | HOR |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Adrien Mexis | LR-RN | UXD | 17,697 | 37.30 | new | 18,165 | 39.86 | new |
| | Xavier Albertini | HOR | Ensemble | 16,058 | 33.84 | +5.33 | 27,419 | 60.15 | +4.24 |
| | Evelyne Bourgoin | LE | NFP | 12,835 | 27.05 | +2.86 | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| | Vincent Varlet | LO | | 856 | 1.80 | +0.26 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 47,446 | 100.00 | | 45,584 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 47,446 | 97.68 | -0.89 | 45,584 | 94.76 | +2.75 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 789 | 1.62 | +0.57 | 1,963 | 4.08 | -1.49 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 340 | 0.70 | +0.33 | 558 | 1.16 | -1.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,575 | 64.43 | +20.85 | 48,105 | 63.79 | +22.29 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 26,815 | 35.57 | -20.85 | 27,309 | 36.21 | -22.29 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 75,390 | | | 75,414 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Marne's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Xavier Albertini | 9,120 | 28.51 | N/A |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Evelyne Bourgoin | 7,737 | 24.19 | -2.83 |
| | RN | Roger Paris | 6,485 | 20.28 | +3.10 |
| | LR (UDC) | Valérie Beauvais | 4,975 | 15.55 | −12.02 |
| | REC | Florian Benadassi | 1,389 | 4.34 | N/A |
| | DVE | Céline Brunhoso | 843 | 2.64 | +1.50 |
| | Others | N/A | 1,435 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,984 | 43.58 | −1.56 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Xavier Albertini | 15,897 | 55.91 | N/A |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Evelyne Bourgoin | 12,536 | 44.09 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,433 | 41.50 | +4.31 |
| | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR | HOR gain from LR |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Gérard Chemla | DIV | 9,071 | 28.30 | 10,573 | 44.66 |
| | Valérie Beauvais | LR | 8,837 | 27.57 | 13,104 | 55.34 |
| | Sandrine Vignot | FN | 5,507 | 17.18 | | |
| | Laure Manesse | FI | 3,745 | 11.69 | | |
| | Alexandre Tunc | PS | 2,045 | 6.38 | | |
| | Marie-Ange Petit | ECO | 1,054 | 3.29 | | |
| | Anne-Sophie Frigout | DLF | 618 | 1.93 | | |
| | Céline Brunhoso-Goulden | ECO | 364 | 1.14 | | |
| | Vincent Varlet | EXG | 321 | 1.00 | | |
| | Guillaume Prin | DIV | 220 | 0.69 | | |
| | Quentin Czerwiec | DIV | 207 | 0.65 | | |
| | Mounir Bali | DIV | 59 | 0.18 | | |
| | Julien Maya-Pérez | DIV | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 32,048 | 100.00 | 23,677 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,048 | 98.44 | 23,677 | 88.27 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 357 | 1.10 | 2,275 | 8.48 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 150 | 0.46 | 872 | 3.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,555 | 45.14 | 26,824 | 37.19 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 39,573 | 54.86 | 45,304 | 62.81 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 72,128 | | 72,128 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Arnaud Robinet | 13,941 | 38.54 | |
| | PS | Sabrina Ghallal | 12,522 | 34.62 | |
| | FN | Thierry Besson | 5,361 | 14.82 | |
| | FG | Cédric Lattuada | 1,648 | 4.56 | |
| | EELV | Stéphane Joly | 1,201 | 3.32 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,501 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,174 | 52.24 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Arnaud Robinet | 18,515 | 52.77 | |
| | PS | Sabrina Ghallal | 16,570 | 47.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,085 | 50.66 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

## Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
Official results of French elections, Marne 1st, from 2017: "" (in French)
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Marne". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2022.