# Creuse's constituency

The constituency of the Creuse is a French legislative constituency for the entire Creuse département.

## Constituencies in the Department

Prior to the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, the department had two constituencies.
The first constituency consisted of the cantons of Bénévent-l'Abbaye, Bonnat, Bourganeuf, Dun-le-Palestel, Le Grand-Bourg, Guéret Nord, Guéret Sud-Est, Guéret Sud-Ouest, Saint-Vaury, and La Souterraine.
The second constituency consisted of the cantons of Ahun, Aubusson, Auzances, Bellegarde-en-Marche, Boussac, Chambon-sur-Voueize, Châtelus-Malvaleix, Chénérailles, La Courtine, Crocq, Evaux-les-Bains, Felletin, Gentioux-Pigerolles, Jarnages, Pontarion, Royère-de-Vassivière, and Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs. The second constituency's last deputy was elected at the 2007 election.

## Historic representation

This table shows the historic representation of Creuse's 1st constituency up to the 2012 election, which was the first election with only one constituency for the whole department.
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Olivier Harty de Pierrebourg | PRV |
| | 1962 | Olivier Harty de Pierrebourg | DVC |
| | 1967 | Olivier Harty de Pierrebourg | DVC |
| | 1968 | Olivier Harty de Pierrebourg | UDR |
| | 1973 | Guy Beck | PS |
| | 1978 | Jean-Claude Pasty | RPR |
| | 1981 | André Lejeune | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | André Lejeune | PS |
| | 1993 | Bernard de Froment | RPR |
| | 1997 | Michel Vergnier | PS |
| | 2002 | Michel Vergnier | PS |
| | 2007 | Michel Vergnier | PS |
| | 2012 | Michel Vergnier | PS |
| | 2017 | Jean-Baptiste Moreau | LREM |
| | 2022 | Catherine Couturier | LFI |
| | 2024 | Bartolomé Lenoir | UXD |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Bartolomé Lenoir | LR-RN | UXD | 20,403 | 33.35 | new | 23,513 | 37.69 | new |
| | Catherine Couturier | LFI | NFP | 14,359 | 23.47 | -2.90 | 17,121 | 27.44 | -24.00 |
| | Valérie Simonet | DVD | | 13,536 | 22.12 | new | 21,757 | 34.87 | new |
| | Jean-Baptiste Moreau | RE | ENS | 10,670 | 17.44 | -8.55 | | | |
| | Catherine Dumon | LO | | 958 | 1.57 | +0.25 | | | |
| | Florence Verheyen Valade | DVC | | 763 | 1.25 | new | | | |
| | Ana Pinson | REC | | 493 | 0.81 | -1.53 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 61,182 | 100.00 | | 62,391 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 61,182 | 96.26 | +0.19 | 62,391 | 96.58 | +8.38 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,468 | 2.31 | -0.38 | 1,425 | 2.21 | -4.96 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 907 | 1.43 | +0.19 | 784 | 1.21 | -3.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,557 | 70.63 | +16.23 | 64,600 | 71.82 | +19.16 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 26,423 | 29.37 | -16.23 | 25,353 | 28.18 | -19.16 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 89,980 | | | 89,953 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | UXD GAIN FROM LFI | UXD GAIN FROM LFI | UXD GAIN FROM LFI | UXD GAIN FROM LFI | UXD GAIN FROM LFI | UXD GAIN FROM LFI | UXD GAIN FROM LFI |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Creuse's constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Catherine Couturier | 12,545 | 26.37 | -8.06 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Jean-Baptiste Moreau | 12,368 | 25.99 | -7.20 |
| | DVD | Jean Auclair | 8,383 | 17.62 | N/A |
| | RN | Sylvie Bilde | 8,118 | 17.06 | +6.55 |
| | DVD | Catherine Defemme | 2,429 | 5.10 | N/A |
| | REC | Grégory Giroix | 1,115 | 2.34 | N/A |
| | DVE | Françoise Miran | 1,061 | 2.23 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,562 | 3.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,581 | 54.40 | −0.73 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Catherine Couturier | 21,752 | 51.44 | N/A |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Jean-Baptiste Moreau | 20,532 | 48.56 | −9.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,284 | 52.66 | +4.58 |
| | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jean-Baptiste Moreau | LREM | 16,500 | 33.19 | 21,688 | 58.23 |
| | Jérémie Sauty | LR | 8,818 | 17.74 | 15,558 | 41.77 |
| | Michel Vergnier | PS | 7,715 | 15.52 | | |
| | Laurence Pache | LFI | 6,820 | 13.72 | | |
| | Martial Maume | FN | 5,225 | 10.51 | | |
| | Claude Guerrier | PCF | 1,406 | 2.83 | | |
| | Pierrette Bidon | ECO | 1,172 | 2.36 | | |
| | Damien Demarigny | DLF | 716 | 1.44 | | |
| | Hervé Guillaumot | DVG | 377 | 0.76 | | |
| | Cécile Pinault | ECO | 375 | 0.75 | | |
| | Jean-Jacques Lacarrère | EXG | 239 | 0.48 | | |
| | Philippe Gombert | DIV | 230 | 0.46 | | |
| | Véronique Dubeau-Valade | DVD | 125 | 0.25 | | |
| | Michèle Mounier | DVD | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 49,718 | 100.00 | 37,246 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,718 | 96.98 | 37,246 | 83.31 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,090 | 2.13 | 4,878 | 10.91 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 460 | 0.90 | 2,586 | 5.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,268 | 55.13 | 44,710 | 48.08 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,723 | 44.87 | 48,274 | 51.92 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 92,991 | | 92,984 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Michel Vergnier | PS | 27,235 | 44.41 | 35,464 | 57.55 |
| | Jean Auclair | UMP | 20,726 | 33.8% | 26,157 | 42.45% |
| | Martial Maume | FN | 4,692 | 7.65% | | |
| | Marie-Hélène Pouget-Chauvat | PG | 4,600 | 7.5% | | |
| | Patrick Aïta | MoDem | 1,510 | 2.46% | | |
| | Baptiste Francois | EELV | 1,424 | 2.32 | | |
| | Cédric Bessuand | DVD | 447 | .73% | | |
| | Félix Crespo | ECO | 363 | 0.59 | | |
| | Roger Gorizzutti | EXG | 329 | 0.54 | | |