# Gironde's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Gironde (French: Première circonscription de la Gironde) is a French legislative constituency in Gironde département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Arthur Richards | UNR |
| | 1962 | Arthur Richards | UNR |
| | 1967 | Jean Valleix | UDR |
| | 1968 | Jean Valleix | UDR |
| | 1973 | Jean Valleix | UDR |
| | 1978 | Jean Valleix | RPR |
| | 1981 | Jean Valleix | RPR |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean Valleix | RPR |
| | 1993 | Jean Valleix | RPR |
| | 1997 | Jean Valleix | RPR |
| | 2002 | Chantal Bourragué | UMP |
| | 2007 | Chantal Bourragué | UMP |
| | 2012 | Sandrine Doucet | PS |
| | 2017 | Dominique David | LREM |
| | 2022 | Thomas Cazenave | RE |
| | 2023 | Alexandra Martin | RE |
| | 2024 | Thomas Cazenave | RE |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Thomas Cazenave | RE | Ensemble | 28,564 | 38.31 | +0.08 | 31,768 | 43.20 | -15.91 |
| | Céline Papin | LE | NFP | 25,517 | 34.23 | +6.92 | 26,425 | 35.94 | -4.95 |
| | Bruno Paluteau | RN | | 15,654 | 21.00 | +11.39 | 15,336 | 20.86 | new |
| | Béatrice Pomarel | DVC | | 3,143 | 4.22 | new | | | |
| | Virginie Tournay | REC | | 1,164 | 1.56 | -4.03 | | | |
| | Fanny Quandalle | LO | | 511 | 0.69 | +0.20 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 74,553 | 100.00 | | 73,529 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 74,553 | 98.17 | -0.33 | 73,529 | 98.17 | +3.46 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,002 | 1.32 | +0.21 | 1,064 | 1.42 | -2.42 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 388 | 0.51 | +0.12 | 305 | 0.41 | -1.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,943 | 71.74 | +21.73 | 74,898 | 70.74 | +22.21 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,920 | 28.26 | -21.73 | 30,979 | 29.26 | -22.21 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 105,863 | | | 105,877 | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD | RE HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Gironde's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Thomas Cazenave | 19,604 | 38.23 | -5.72 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Catherine Cestari | 14,006 | 27.31 | +3.52 |
| | RN | Bruno Paluteau | 4,929 | 9.61 | +3.83 |
| | LR (UDC) | Pierre De Gaetan Njikam | 4,116 | 8.03 | −12.04 |
| | REC | Jean-Louis Grattepanche | 2,866 | 5.59 | N/A |
| | FGR | Damien Thomas | 1,794 | 3.50 | N/A |
| | HOR | Xavier Loustaunau* | 1,226 | 2.39 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,740 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,281 | 50.01 | −1.25 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Thomas Cazenave | 28,292 | 59.11 | -0.48 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Catherine Cestari | 19,569 | 40.89 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,861 | 48.53 | +8.01 |
| | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |
* Horizons dissident

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Dominique David | REM | 21,173 | 43.95 | 20,645 | 59.59 |
| | Nicolas Florian | LR | 9,670 | 20.07 | 14,000 | 40.41 |
| | Evelyne Cervantes-Descubes | FI | 5,261 | 10.92 | | |
| | Philippe Dorthe | PS | 3,437 | 7.13 | | |
| | Philippe Dubois | FN | 2,786 | 5.78 | | |
| | Nelson Palis-Niermann | ECO | 1,873 | 3.89 | | |
| | Vincent Maurin | PCF | 889 | 1.85 | | |
| | Laurent Blanchard | ECO | 517 | 1.07 | | |
| | Audrey Teillet | DIV | 454 | 0.94 | | |
| | Pierre Lareigne | DVD | 403 | 0.84 | | |
| | Sophie Barakat | DLF | 390 | 0.81 | | |
| | Cyril Faucher | DIV | 334 | 0.69 | | |
| | Thérèse Claise | DVG | 261 | 0.54 | | |
| | Isabelle Larroquet | EXG | 221 | 0.46 | | |
| | Paul Artaut | DIV | 181 | 0.38 | | |
| | Fanny Quandalle | EXG | 175 | 0.36 | | |
| | Pierre Dinet | EXD | 107 | 0.22 | | |
| | Johan Giraud-Girard | DIV | 31 | 0.06 | | |
| | Adrien Doutreix | EXG | 8 | 0.02 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 48,171 | 100.00 | 34,645 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 48,171 | 98.94 | 34,645 | 90.01 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 364 | 0.75 | 2,855 | 7.42 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 152 | 0.31 | 992 | 2.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,687 | 51.26 | 38,492 | 40.52 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 46,299 | 48.74 | 56,496 | 59.48 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 94,986 | | 94,988 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Gironde's 1st constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Chantal Bourragué | UMP | 19,926 | 40.22% | 23,325 | 48.51% |
| | Sandrine Doucet | PS | 19,397 | 39.16% | 24,759 | 51.49% |
| | Catherine Bouilhet | FN | 4,188 | 8.45% | | |
| | Vincent Maurin | FG | 2,454 | 4.95% | | |
| | Alexandre Marsat | EELV | 2,125 | 4.29% | | |
| | Isabelle Larroquet | NPA | 367 | 0.74% | | |
| | Marie-Pierre Mauhourat | MEI | 304 | 0.61% | | |
| | Olivier Rachet | DVG (BAG) | 234 | 0.47% | | |
| | Corinne Gireau | PP | 218 | 0.44% | | |
| | Mohamed Akrout | AEI | 192 | 0.39% | | |
| | Denis Lacoste | LO | 132 | 0.27% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,537 | 98.88% | 48,084 | 97.75% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 562 | 1.12% | 1,105 | 2.25% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 50,099 | 58.24% | 49,189 | 57.17% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,926 | 41.76% | 36,846 | 42.83% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 86,025 | 100.00% | 86,035 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Gironde's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Chantal Bourragué | 22,718 | 44.81 | |
| | PS | Béatrice Desaigues | 12,874 | 25.39 | |
| | MoDem | Véronique Fayet | 7,112 | 14.03 | |
| | LV | Marc Lasaygues | 1,860 | 3.67 | |
| | PCF | Vincent Maurin | 1,633 | 3.22 | |
| | FN | Valérie Colombier | 1,528 | 3.01 | |
| | Far left | Isabelle Larroquet | 1,271 | 2.51 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,702 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,208 | 62.07 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Chantal Bourragué | 26,349 | 54.45 | |
| | PS | Béatrice Desaigues | 22,042 | 45.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,624 | 60.15 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Gironde's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Chantal Bourragué | 23,285 | 47.97 | |
| | PS | Beatrice Desaigues | 12,379 | 25.50 | |
| | FN | Jacques Colombier | 4,202 | 8.66 | |
| | LV | Marie-Claude Noel | 2,140 | 4.41 | |
| | PCF | Vincent Maurin | 1,656 | 3.41 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,878 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,212 | 67.52 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Chantal Bourragué | 25,151 | 59.71 | |
| | PS | Beatrice Desaigues | 16,974 | 40.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,478 | 59.65 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Gironde's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RPR | Jean Valleix | 16,950 | 37.60 | |
| | PS | Beatrice Desaigues | 11,725 | 26.01 | |
| | FN | Jacques Colombier | 5,095 | 11.30 | |
| | PCF | Vincent Maurin | 3,048 | 6.76 | |
| | DVD | Stephane de Bentzmann | 1,746 | 3.87 | |
| | LV | Valérie Le Goff | 1,138 | 2.52 | |
| | Others | N/A | 5,382 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,978 | 67.15 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RPR | Jean Valleix | 26,175 | 54.99 | |
| | PS | Beatrice Desaigues | 21,425 | 45.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,904 | 71.34 | |
| | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold | RPR hold |

## Sources

* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Gironde". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
* French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).