# Doubs's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Doubs (French: Première circonscription du Doubs) 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 the six former cantons of Audeux, Besançon-Nord-Ouest, Besançon-Ouest, Besançon-Planoise, Boussières, and Quingey.
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 108,193.
Since 1988 the constituency has been a bellwether seat: that is to say, one where the voting has so closely matched the pattern exhibited in the overall result nationwide that opinion in the constituency can be viewed as an indicator for the political mood of France as a whole.

## Historic representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Robert Schwint | PS |
| | 1993 | Claude Girard | RPR |
| | 1997 | Jean-Louis Fousseret | PS |
| | 2002 | Claude Girard | UMP |
| | 2004 | Françoise Branget | UMP |
| | 2007 | Françoise Branget | UMP |
| | 2012 | Barbara Romagnan | PS |
| | 2017 | Fannette Charvier | LREM |
| | 2022 | Laurent Croizier | MoDem |
| | 2024 | Laurent Croizier | MoDem |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Laurent Croizier | MoDEM | Ensemble | 17,475 | 33.52 | +6.77 | 19,324 | 36.18 | -15.70 |
| | Séverine Véziès | LFI | NFP | 16,555 | 31.76 | +1.98 | 16,830 | 31.52 | -16.60 |
| | Thomas Lutz | RN | | 16,264 | 31.20 | +13.38 | 17,261 | 32.31 | new |
| | Marielle Pernin | ECO | | 923 | 1.77 | -1.10 | | | |
| | Nicole Freiss | LO | | 780 | 1.50 | +0.38 | | | |
| | Alain Ruch | EXG | | 133 | 0.26 | new | | | |
| | Elisa Moré | REG | | 2 | 0.00 | new | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 52,132 | 100.00 | | 53,415 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 52,132 | 97.19 | -0.77 | 53,415 | 97.59 | +6.19 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,096 | 2.04 | +0.68 | 966 | 1.76 | -4.30 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 414 | 0.77 | +0.09 | 354 | 0.65 | -1.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,642 | 70.77 | +21.19 | 54,735 | 72.21 | +23.88 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 22,151 | 29.23 | -21.19 | 21,061 | 27.79 | -23.88 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 75,793 | | | 75,796 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Doubs's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Séverine Vezies | 11,022 | 29.78 | +3.13 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Laurent Croizier | 9,901 | 26.75 | -3.12 |
| | RN | Thomas Lutz | 6,597 | 17.82 | +7.32 |
| | LR (UDC) | Michel Vienet | 4,075 | 11.01 | −3.15 |
| | REC | Fabrice Galpin | 1,608 | 4.34 | N/A |
| | PRG | Salima Inezarène | 1,442 | 3.90 | N/A |
| | DVE | Marielle Pernin | 1,062 | 2.87 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,309 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,016 | 49.58 | +0.07 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Laurent Croizier | 17,465 | 51.88 | -1.61 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Séverine Vezies | 16,198 | 48.12 | +1.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,663 | 48.33 | +5.95 |
| | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Fannette Charvier | REM | 10,902 | 29.87 | 15,143 | 53.49 |
| | Barbara Romagnan | PS | 5,854 | 16.04 | 13,169 | 46.51 |
| | Françoise Branget | LR | 5,170 | 14.16 | | |
| | Anna Romano | FN | 4,564 | 12.50 | | |
| | Habiba Delacour | FI | 4,238 | 11.61 | | |
| | Laurent Croizier | DIV | 1,964 | 5.38 | | |
| | Pascal Routhier | DVD | 1,940 | 5.31 | | |
| | Claudine François-Wilser | Urgence Écologie ECO | 546 | 1.50 | | |
| | Alain Robert | ECO | 399 | 1.09 | | |
| | Kevin Meillet | DIV | 363 | 0.99 | | |
| | Nicole Friess | EXG | 301 | 0.82 | | |
| | Emmanuel Guerrin | DIV | 262 | 0.72 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 36,503 | 100.00 | 28,312 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,503 | 97.95 | 28,312 | 88.79 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 442 | 1.19 | 2,494 | 7.82 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 323 | 0.87 | 1,082 | 3.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,268 | 49.51 | 31,888 | 42.38 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,001 | 50.49 | 43,352 | 57.62 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 75,269 | | 75,240 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Doubs's 1st constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Barbara Romagnan | PS | 16,960 | 39.42% | 22,923 | 54.73% |
| | Françoise Branget | UMP | 14,044 | 32.64% | 18,963 | 45.27% |
| | Robert Sennerich | FN | 5,298 | 12.31% | | |
| | Emmanuel Girod | FG | 3,145 | 7.31% | | |
| | Julie Baverel | MoDem | 1,019 | 2.37% | | |
| | Mireille Pequignot | | 713 | 1.66% | | |
| | Camille Waechter | MEI | 469 | 1.09% | | |
| | Catherine Billod | AEI | 440 | 1.02% | | |
| | Nicole Friess | LO | 319 | 0.74% | | |
| | Hervé Drouot | ?? | 208 | 0.48% | | |
| | Patrick Thielley | | 190 | 0.44% | | |
| | Bernard Serafinowski | NPA | 156 | 0.36% | | |
| | Daniel Duchêne | | 61 | 0.14% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,022 | 98.77% | 41,886 | 97.27% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 535 | 1.23% | 1,175 | 2.73% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 43,557 | 59.65% | 43,061 | 58.96% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,468 | 40.35% | 29,973 | 41.04% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,025 | 100.00% | 73,034 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Doubs's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Françoise Branget | 18,420 | 43.22 | |
| | PS | Barbara Romagnan | 12,645 | 29.67 | |
| | MoDem | Philippe Gonon | 2,927 | 6.87 | |
| | FN | Alain Dudret | 1,842 | 4.32 | |
| | LV | Claude Mercier | 1,783 | 4.18 | |
| | PCF | Christophe Lime | 1,337 | 3.14 | |
| | EXG | Norbert Nusbaum | 1,013 | 2.38 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,649 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,289 | 60.60 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Françoise Branget | 21,672 | 50.14 | |
| | PS | Barbara Romagnan | 21,548 | 49.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,220 | 61.90 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Doubs's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Claude Girard | 16,881 | 39.17 | |
| | PS | Jean-Louis Fousseret | 14,776 | 34.28 | |
| | FN | Robert Sennerich | 4,978 | 11.55 | |
| | LV | Claude Mercier | 1,914 | 4.44 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,553 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,039 | 67.29 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Claude Girard | 20,730 | 52.20 | |
| | PS | Jean-Louis Fousseret | 18,980 | 47.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,615 | 63.59 | |
| | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Doubs's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RPR | Claude Girard | 12,485 | 30.96 | |
| | PS | Jean-Louis Fousseret | 11,557 | 28.66 | |
| | FN | Robert Sennerich | 6,533 | 16.20 | |
| | EXG | Martine Bultot | 2,141 | 5.31 | |
| | LV | Michel Bouchy | 2,051 | 5.09 | |
| | PCF | Annie Menetrier | 1,819 | 4.51 | |
| | LO | Nicole Friess | 1,153 | 2.86 | |
| | LDI | Francis Vuillemin | 1,147 | 2.84 | |
| | Others | N/A | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,461 | 70.09 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Louis Fousseret | 23,067 | 53.26 | |
| | RPR | Claude Girard | 20,242 | 46.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,057 | 76.03 | |
| | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR |