# Maine-et-Loire's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Maine-et-Loire (French: Première circonscription de Maine-et-Loire) is a French legislative constituency in the Maine-et-Loire département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

## Description

The 1st Constituency of Maine-et-Loire is situated in the north of the department. It includes the central and some northern portions of the city of Angers along with the more rural cantons of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe and Tiercé.
The seat had been a stronghold of the centre right UDR and its successor parties the RPR and the UMP. However, in 2012 the seat was captured by the Socialist Party before falling into the hands of Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! in 2017. In 2020, the deputy, Matthieu Orphelin, was one of the LREM deputies who left to form Ecology Democracy Solidarity.

## Assembly members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin | RPR |
| 1993 | Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin | RPR |
| 1997 | Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin | RPR |
| 2002 | René Bouin | UMP |
| 2007 | Paul Jeanneteau | UMP |
| 2012 | Luc Belot | PS |
| 2017 | Matthieu Orphelin | LREM |
| 2020 | Matthieu Orphelin | EDS |
| 2022 | François Gernigon | H |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | François Gernigon | HOR | Ensemble | 21,087 | 34.83 | 24,719 | 40.54 |
| | Elsa Richard | ECO | NPF | 20,475 | 33.82 | 21,621 | 35.46 |
| | Hugo Louvigné | RN | | 13,995 | 23.12 | 14,629 | 23.99 |
| | Séverine Lécuyer | LR | | 3,736 | 6.17 | | |
| | Marie-Louise Dupas | LO | | 642 | 1.06 | | |
| | Roselyne Prunière | R! | | 432 | 0.71 | | |
| | Anthony Gouas | NPA | | 173 | 0.29 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 60,540 | 97.53 | 60,969 | 97.90 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,016 | 1.64 | 976 | 1.57 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 518 | 0.83 | 330 | 0.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,074 | 70.00 | 62,275 | 70.21 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 26601 | 30.00 | 26,424 | 29.79 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 88,675 | | 88,699 | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD | HOR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Maine-et-Loire's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | HOR (Ensemble) | François Gernigon | 15,381 | 34.90 | -4.07 |
| | G.s (NUPÉS) | Arash Saeidi | 13,163 | 29.87 | +0.02 |
| | RN | Gabriel De Chabot | 5,484 | 12.44 | +5.02 |
| | LR (UDC) | Roch Brancour | 4,508 | 10.23 | −4.32 |
| | FGR | David Cayla | 2,748 | 6.24 | N/A |
| | REC | Tristan Bovier-Lapierre | 1,631 | 3.70 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,157 | 2.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,072 | 51.14 | −0.91 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | HOR (Ensemble) | François Gernigon | 22,724 | 55.52 | -8.81 |
| | G.s (NUPÉS) | Arash Saeidi | 18,207 | 44.48 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,931 | 49.50 | +10.38 |
| | HOR gain from LREM | HOR gain from LREM | HOR gain from LREM | HOR gain from LREM | HOR gain from LREM |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Maine-et-Loire's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM | Matthieu Orphelin | 17,058 | 38.97 | N/A |
| | LR | Caroline Fel | 6,369 | 14.55 | −21.20 |
| | PS | Luc Belot | 5,971 | 13.64 | −26.81 |
| | LFI | Manon Cantin | 4,939 | 11.28 | N/A |
| | FN | Marie Baron | 3,249 | 7.42 | −1.15 |
| | EELV | Romain Laveau | 2,159 | 4.93 | +1.10 |
| | DIV | Valentin Rambault | 914 | 2.09 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 3,110 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,769 | 52.05 | −5.81 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM | Matthieu Orphelin | 21.158 | 64.33 | N/A |
| | LR | Caroline Fel | 11,734 | 35.67 | −11.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,892 | 39.12 | −18.14 |
| | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS | LREM gain from PS |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Maine-et-Loire's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Luc Belot | 18,940 | 40.45 | |
| | UMP | Paul Jeanneteau | 16,738 | 35.75 | |
| | FN | Gaëtan Dirand | 4,011 | 8.57 | |
| | FG | Isabelle Lelievre | 1,797 | 3.84 | |
| | EELV | Jamila Delmotte | 1,795 | 3.83 | |
| | AC | Louis-Marie Bachelot | 1,645 | 3.51 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,897 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,823 | 57.86 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Luc Belot | 24,391 | 52.64 | |
| | UMP | Paul Jeanneteau | 21,944 | 47.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,335 | 57.26 | |
| | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP |