# 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
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Meuse's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS (NFP) | Olivier Guckert | 7,066 | 14.31 | −3.18 |
| | DVD | Bertrand Pancher | 16,901 | 34.22 | +4.03 |
| | LO | Blaise Tymen | 481 | 0.97 | N/A |
| | DLF | Sylvie Mariage | 708 | 1.43 | N/A |
| | DIV | Grégoire Moutaux | 548 | 1.11 | N/A |
| | RN | Maxime Amblard | 23,680 | 47.95 | +17.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,384 | 96.93 | +48.40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,962 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Maxime Amblard | 25,411 | 50.49 | +2.54 |
| | DVD | Bertrand Pancher | 24,918 | 49.51 | +15.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,329 | 96.94 | −0.01 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,914 | | |
| | RN gain from DVD | RN gain from DVD | RN gain from DVD | RN gain from DVD | RN gain from DVD |

### 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 |
| | HOR (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).
* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* ↑ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Meuse". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2022.