# Haute-Marne's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Haute-Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Haute-Marne département.

## Description

Haute-Marne's 1st constituency covers the southern portion of the department and includes the prefecture of Chaumont.
Despite being won by the left at the 1997 election the seat was comfortably held by Luc Chatel of the UMP from 2002 to 2017.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Charles Fèvre | UDF |
| | 1993 | Charles Fèvre | UDF |
| | 1997 | Jean-Claude Daniel | DVG |
| | 2002 | Luc-Marie Chatel | UMP |
| | 2007 | Luc-Marie Chatel | UMP |
| | 2012 | Luc-Marie Chatel | UMP |
| | 2017 | Bérangère Abba | LREM |
| | 2020 | Sylvain Templier | LREM |
| | 2022 | Christophe Bentz | RN |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Christophe Bentz | RN | | 22,815 | 48.83 | 23,772 | 53.90 |
| | Bérangère Abba | HOR | Ensemble | 12,529 | 28.05 | 20,335 | 46.10 |
| | Benjamin Lambert | PS | NPF | 9,104 | 20.38 | | |
| | Sylvain Demay | LO | | 869 | 1.95 | | |
| | Baptiste Gallet | DIV | | 355 | 0.79 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 44,672 | 95.88 | 44,107 | 94.31 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,159 | 2.49 | 1,847 | 3.95 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 763 | 1.64 | 814 | 1.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,594 | 67.36 | 46,768 | 67.61 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 22,577 | 32.64 | 22,405 | 32.39 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 69,171 | | 69,173 | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | RN HOLD | RN HOLD | RN HOLD | RN HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Haute-Marne's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Christophe Bentz | 9,479 | 27.31 | +8.48 |
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Bérangère Abba | 7,342 | 21.15 | -10.75 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Michèle Leclerc | 5,622 | 16.20 | −3.86 |
| | LR (UDC) | Sophie Delong | 4,660 | 13.42 | −5.64 |
| | DIV | Théo Caviezel | 3,635 | 10.47 | N/A |
| | DVD | Jocelyne Leblanc-Gabriel | 1,466 | 4.22 | N/A |
| | REC | Bénédicte de Dinechin | 964 | 2.78 | N/A |
| | DVG | Eloïse Venancio | 752 | 2.17 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 794 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,714 | 50.61 | −0.70 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Christophe Bentz | 16,201 | 51.25 | N/A |
| | HOR (Ensemble) | Bérangère Abba | 15,412 | 48.75 | +5.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,613 | 49.61 | +4.61 |
| | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Bérangère Abba | REM | 11,545 | 31.90 | 15,045 | 53.44 |
| | Adrien Guené | LR | 6,896 | 19.06 | 13,109 | 46.56 |
| | Fabienne Cudel | FN | 6,813 | 18.83 | | |
| | Ariane Walaszek | FI | 4,069 | 11.24 | | |
| | Christophe Fischer | DVD | 3,011 | 8.32 | | |
| | Axel Causin | PS | 1,681 | 4.65 | | |
| | Patrick Varney | ECO | 1,140 | 3.15 | | |
| | Patricia Petronelli | PCF | 369 | 1.02 | | |
| | Sylvain Demay | EXG | 299 | 0.83 | | |
| | Yvette Le Nepveu | DIV | 224 | 0.62 | | |
| | Mireille Braun | DVG | 139 | 0.38 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 36,186 | 100.00 | 28,154 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,186 | 97.39 | 28,154 | 86.42 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 692 | 1.86 | 3,011 | 9.24 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 276 | 0.74 | 1,413 | 4.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,154 | 51.31 | 32,578 | 45.00 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,251 | 48.69 | 39,825 | 55.00 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 72,405 | | 72,403 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Haute-Marne's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Luc Chatel | 20,620 | 45.76 | |
| | EELV | Patricia Andriot | 14,417 | 31.99 | |
| | FN | Thomas Suillot | 5,422 | 12.03 | |
| | FG | Céline Surel | 2,203 | 4.89 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,401 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,063 | 60.48 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Luc Chatel | 24,346 | 55.05 | |
| | EELV | Patricia Andriot | 19,879 | 44.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,225 | 59.35 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |