# Ardennes's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently vacant following the resignation of National Rally deputy Flavien Termet for health reasons.

## Description

It is located in the south-west third of the department, and cuts the town of Charleville-Mézières in two.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Michel Colinet [fr] | CNIP |
| | 1962 | Lucien Meunier [fr] | UNR |
| | 1967 | Lucien Meunier [fr] | UNR |
| | 1968 | Lucien Meunier [fr] | UNR |
| | 1973 | Lucien Meunier [fr] | UNR |
| | 1978 | Alain Léger [fr] | PCF |
| | 1981 | Roger Mas [fr] | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Roger Mas [fr] | PS |
| | 1993 | Michel Vuibert [fr] | UDF |
| | 1997 | Claudine Ledoux | PS |
| | 2002 | Bérengère Poletti | UMP |
| | 2007 | Bérengère Poletti | UMP |
| | 2012 | Bérengère Poletti | UMP |
| | 2017 | Bérengère Poletti | LR |
| | 2022 | Lionel Vuibert | Agir |
| | 2024 | Flavien Termet | RN |
| | 2024 | Lionel Vuibert | SE |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jordan Duflot | RN | | 8,290 | 39.12 | 10,227 | 49.11 |
| | Lionel Vuibert | SE | | 5,388 | 25.43 | 10,559 | 50.89 |
| | Guillaume Maréchal | LR | | 3,399 | 16.04 | | |
| | Damien Lerouge | PS | NFP | 2,254 | 10.64 | | |
| | Rémy Talarico | SE | | 885 | 4.18 | | |
| | Bruno North | CNIP | | 292 | 1.38 | | |
| | Juliette de Causans | ECO | | 269 | 1.27 | | |
| | Sonia d'Orgeville | ÉAC | | 206 | 0.97 | | |
| | Mink Takawé | LO | | 197 | 0.93 | | |
| | Luca De Paris | DIV | | 11 | 0.05 | | |
| | Farouk Raphaël Sandassi | SE | | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 21,191 | 98.00 | 20,826 | 95.04 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 278 | 1.29 | 750 | 3.42 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 155 | 0.72 | 338 | 1.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,624 | 30.46 | 21,914 | 30.87 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 49,370 | 69.54 | 49,079 | 69.13 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 70,664 | | 70,667 | |
| Source: ||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | SE GAIN | SE GAIN | SE GAIN | SE GAIN | SE GAIN |

### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Flavien Termet | RN | | 17,817 | 38.33 | 24,184 | 52.99 |
| | Lionel Vuibert | REN | Ensemble | 12,157 | 26.16 | 21,458 | 47.01 |
| | Damien Lerouge | PS | NFP | 8,128 | 17.48 | | |
| | Christian Charvet | EXD | | 4,257 | 9.16 | | |
| | Sabine Misset | LR | UDC | 1,782 | 3.83 | | |
| | Arnaud Rennesson | DIV | | 998 | 2.15 | | |
| | Sonia D’Orgeville | ECO | | 956 | 2.06 | | |
| | Nadia Octave | LO | | 386 | 0.83 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 46,480 | 97.75 | 45,642 | 95.69 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 660 | 1.39 | 1,524 | 3.20 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 411 | 0.86 | 533 | 1.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,551 | 67.29 | 47,699 | 67.50 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 23,113 | 32.71 | 22,968 | 32.50 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 70,664 | | 70,667 | |
| Source: ||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | RN GAIN | RN GAIN | RN GAIN | RN GAIN |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Ardennes's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Laurent Richard | 8,835 | 27.40 | +6.33 |
| | Agir (Ensemble) | Lionel Vuibert | 6,602 | 20.47 | -2.70 |
| | LR (UDC) | Guillaume Marechal | 6,339 | 19.66 | −18.13 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Julien Duruisseau | 5,960 | 18.48 | +4.54 |
| | REC | Sébastien Laurent | 1,438 | 4.46 | N/A |
| | LREM | Juliette De Causans* | 1,379 | 4.28 | N/A |
| | DIV | Arnaud Rennesson | 927 | 2.87 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 769 | 2.38 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,249 | 46.53 | −1.34 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | Agir (Ensemble) | Lionel Vuibert | 14,862 | 50.34 | +20.02 |
| | RN | Laurent Richard | 14,664 | 49.66 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,526 | 45.12 | +3.71 |
| | Agir gain from LR | Agir gain from LR | Agir gain from LR | Agir gain from LR | Agir gain from LR |
* Dissident LREM candidate, not supported by Ensemble.

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Bérengère Poletti | LR | 13,053 | 37.79 | 19,311 | 69.68 |
| | Jean-Pierre Morali | REM | 8,004 | 23.17 | 8,404 | 30.32 |
| | Sophie Lorenzo | FN | 7,278 | 21.07 | | |
| | Françoise Verlhac | FI | 2,040 | 5.91 | | |
| | Christophe Dumont | ECO | 1,491 | 4.32 | | |
| | Sylvain Dalla-Rosa | PCF | 1,282 | 3.71 | | |
| | Fabien Andréo | DIV | 450 | 1.30 | | |
| | Sylvie Goulden | ECO | 410 | 1.19 | | |
| | Nésida Pommier | EXG | 330 | 0.96 | | |
| | Nicolas Ferio | DIV | 201 | 0.58 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 34,539 | 100.00 | 27,715 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,539 | 98.37 | 27,715 | 91.22 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 366 | 1.04 | 1,787 | 5.88 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 207 | 0.59 | 879 | 2.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,112 | 47.87 | 30,381 | 41.41 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,231 | 52.13 | 42,990 | 58.59 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,343 | | 73,371 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardennes’ 1st Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Bérengère Poletti | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 16,520 | 39.56% | 22,687 | 55.30% |
| | Claudine Ledoux | Socialist Party | PS | 14,126 | 33.83% | 18,339 | 44.70% |
| | Anne-Sophie Leclere | National Front | FN | 7,000 | 16.76% | | |
| | Sylvain Dalla Rosa | Left Front | FG | 1,992 | 4.77% | | |
| | Christophe Dumont | The Greens | VEC | 790 | 1.89% | | |
| | Virginie Lauby Heber-Suffrin | | CEN | 773 | 1.85% | | |
| | Joël Nouet | Far Left | EXG | 214 | 0.51% | | |
| | Sylvie Goulden | Ecologist | ECO | 187 | 0.45% | | |
| | Christiane Gey | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 153 | 0.37% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 41,755 | 100% | 41,026 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,277 | | 73,262 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 498 | 1.18% | 1,275 | 3.01% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,253 | 57.66% | 42,301 | 57.74% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,024 | 42.34% | 30,961 | 42.26% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP HOLD | UMP HOLD |

### 2007

Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 1st Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Bérengère Poletti | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 20,922 | 48.93% | 24,808 | 59.52% |
| | Claudine Ledoux | Socialist Party | PS | 11,499 | 26.89% | 16,870 | 40.48% |
| | Jean-François Leclet | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 4,116 | 9.63% | | |
| | Chantal Taioli | National Front | FN | 1,829 | 4.28% | | |
| | Sylvain Dalla Rosa | Communist | COM | 1,401 | 3.28% | | |
| | François Botte | Far Left | EXG | 928 | 2.17% | | |
| | Philippe Lenice | The Greens | VEC | 880 | 2.06% | | |
| | Nadia Octave | Far Left | EXG | 459 | 1.07% | | |
| | Valérie Lenoir | Movement for France | MPF | 419 | 0.98% | | |
| | Philippe Fesneau | Far Right | EXD | 303 | 0.71% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42,756 | 100% | 41,678 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,473 | | 73,470 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 590 | 1.36% | 1,168 | 2.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,346 | 59.00% | 42,846 | 58.32% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 30,127 | 41.00% | 30,624 | 41.68% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP HOLD | UMP HOLD |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Ardennes's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Bérengère Poletti | 17,245 | 40.10 | |
| | PS | Claudine Ledoux | 16,196 | 37.66 | |
| | FN | Chantal Taioli | 6,299 | 14.65 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,269 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,857 | 62.30 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Bérengère Poletti | 22,522 | 53.98 | |
| | PS | Claudine Ledoux | 19,198 | 46.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,133 | 61.28 | |
| | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ardennes's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Michel Vuibert | 13,413 | 29.57 | |
| | PS | Claudine Ledoux | 12,440 | 27.42 | |
| | FN | Emile Wagner | 9,893 | 21.81 | |
| | PCF | Sylvain Dalla-Rosa | 3,849 | 8.48 | |
| | LV | Philippe Lenice | 2,222 | 4.90 | |
| | LO | Michel Loux | 1,474 | 3.25 | |
| | MPF | Mario Rebaudengo | 1,403 | 3.09 | |
| | DIV | Isabelle Baudry | 672 | 1.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,324 | 68.42 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Claudine Ledoux | 22,843 | 45.41 | |
| | UDF | Michel Vuibert | 19,740 | 39.24 | |
| | FN | Emile Wagner | 7,726 | 15.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,710 | 74.76 | |
| | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF |