# Ardèche's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Ardèche is a French legislative constituency in the Ardèche département.

## Deputies

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Robert Chapuis | PS |
| 1993 | Arnaud Cazin d'Honincthun | PR |
| 1997 | Pascal Terrasse | PS |
| 2002 | Pascal Terrasse | PS |
| 2007 | Pascal Terrasse | PS |
| 2012 | Pascal Terrasse | PS |
| 2017 | Hervé Saulignac | PS |
| 2022 | Hervé Saulignac | PS |
| 2024 | Hervé Saulignac | PS |

## 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 | % | +/– |
| | Céline Porquet | RN | | 21,736 | 39.95 | +13.63 | 25,419 | 47.32 | |
| | Hervé Saulignac | PS | NFP | 20,809 | 38.24 | -0.04 | 28,303 | 52.68 | |
| | Séverine Gineys | MoDem | ENS | 6,651 | 12.22 | -4.90 | | | |
| | Marie-Pierre Chaix | LR | | 3,067 | 5.64 | N/A | | | |
| | Thierry Dorne | DLF | | 651 | 1.20 | -0.33 | | | |
| | Muriel Vander Donckt | LO | | 518 | 0.95 | -0.83 | | | |
| | Maryse Leclerc | REC | | 506 | 0.93 | -2.86 | | | |
| | Pascal Chambonnet | PT | | 474 | 0.87 | -0.26 | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 54,412 | 97.18 | -0.29 | 53,722 | 94.34 | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,072 | 1.91 | +0.18 | 2,308 | 4.05 | |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 507 | 0.91 | +0.11 | 918 | 1.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,991 | 70.34 | +19.28 | 56,948 | 71.55 | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 23,605 | 29.66 | -19.28 | 22,648 | 28.45 | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 79,596 | | | 79,596 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Ardèche's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Hervé Saulignac | 15,107 | 38.28 | +2.47 |
| | RN | Céline Porquet | 9,202 | 23.32 | +8.24 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Severine Gineys | 6,757 | 17.12 | −6.50 |
| | DVD (UDC) | Michel Valla | 4,081 | 10.34 | −4.99 |
| | REC | Marie-Élisabeth Flach | 1,494 | 3.79 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,824 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,465 | 51.06 | −0.24 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Hervé Saulignac | 21,550 | 60.05 | +2.03 |
| | RN | Céline Porquet | 14,339 | 39.95 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,889 | 49.44 | +5.61 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | André Dupont | REM | 9,203 | 23.62 | 12,294 | 41.98 |
| | Hervé Saulignac | PS | 7,422 | 19.05 | 16,993 | 58.02 |
| | François Arsac | UDI | 5,972 | 15.33 | | |
| | Céline Porquet | FN | 5,876 | 15.08 | | |
| | Luisa Gaillard Sanchez | FI | 5,117 | 13.14 | | |
| | François Jacquart | PCF | 1,812 | 4.65 | | |
| | Olivier Keller | ECO | 1,410 | 3.62 | | |
| | Claire Calon | DIV | 410 | 1.05 | | |
| | Christian Grangis | EXD | 369 | 0.95 | | |
| | Gilles Bas | ECO | 365 | 0.94 | | |
| | Alain Barnier | EXD | 297 | 0.76 | | |
| | Muriel Vander Donckt | EXG | 272 | 0.70 | | |
| | Zoubida Abbas | DIV | 220 | 0.56 | | |
| | Guérin de Longevialle | DIV | 210 | 0.54 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 38,955 | 100.00 | 29,287 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 38,955 | 97.44 | 29,287 | 85.75 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 725 | 1.81 | 3,215 | 9.41 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 297 | 0.74 | 1,651 | 4.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,977 | 51.30 | 34,153 | 43.83 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,950 | 48.70 | 43,767 | 56.17 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 77,927 | | 77,920 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardèche's 1st Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pascal Terrasse | Socialist Party | PS | 20,381 | 45.13% | 27,581 | 67.20% |
| | Christian Grangis | National Front | FN | 9,123 | 20.20% | 13,463 | 32.80% |
| | Guérin de Longevialle | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 7,046 | 15.60% | | |
| | François Jacquart | Left Front | FG | 4,269 | 9.45% | | |
| | Stéphane Oriol | The Greens | VEC | 2,030 | 4.50% | | |
| | André Dupont | | CEN | 1,404 | 3.11% | | |
| | Gilles Bas | Ecologist | ECO | 388 | 0.86% | | |
| | Patricia Soncini-Syren | Far Left | EXG | 292 | 0.65% | | |
| | Muriel Vander Donckt | Far Left | EXG | 225 | 0.50% | | |
| | François Martigny | Other | AUT | 1 | 0.00% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 45,159 | 100% | 41,044 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 76,645 | | 76,625 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 1,246 | 2.69% | 3,428 | 7.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,405 | 60.55% | 44,472 | 58.04% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 30,240 | 39.45% | 32,153 | 41.96% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardèche’s 1st Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pascal Terrasse | Socialist Party | PS | 20,268 | 43.43% | 28,639 | 61.67% |
| | Rachel Cotta | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 13,971 | 29.94% | 17,803 | 38.33% |
| | Robert Cotta | Communist | COM | 2,811 | 6.02% | | |
| | Jean-Yves Imbert | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 2,316 | 4.96% | | |
| | Christiane Bertheas | National Front | FN | 1,901 | 4.07% | | |
| | Christian Lavis | Majorité Presidentielle | | 1,363 | 2.92% | | |
| | Cécile Moulain | Far Left | EXG | 1,064 | 2.28% | | |
| | Yvette Noilly | The Greens | VEC | 1,052 | 2.25% | | |
| | Marjorie Brottes | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | CPNT | 914 | 1.94% | | |
| | Nadège le Toux | Movement for France | MPF | 363 | 0.78% | | |
| | Gilles Bas | Divers | DIV | 305 | 0.65% | | |
| | Christian Prada | Far Left | EXG | 228 | 0.49% | | |
| | Anne Alirol | Regionalist | REG | 114 | 0.24% | | |
| | Marie-Odile le Gorgeu | Divers | DIV | 1 | 0.00% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46,671 | 100% | 46,442 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,759 | | 73,752 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 731 | 1.54% | 1,063 | 2.24% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,402 | 64.27% | 47,505 | 64.41% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 26,357 | 35.73% | 26,247 | 35.59% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2002

Summary of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French legislative in Ardèche’s 1st Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pascal Terrasse | Socialist Party | PS | 17,553 | 37.68% | 24,099 | 54.45% |
| | Michel Valla | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 16,034 | 34.42% | 20,159 | 45.55% |
| | Jean Joel Vanhove | National Front | FN | 5,171 | 11.10% | | |
| | Elsa Cayron | Communist | COM | 2,410 | 5.17% | | |
| | Marie-Christine Git | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | CPNT | 1,428 | 3.07% | | |
| | Stephane Oriol | The Greens | VEC | 1,039 | 2.23% | | |
| | Cecile Moulain | Revolutionary Communist League | LCR | 814 | 1.75% | | |
| | Francis Jean | Far Right | EXD | 540 | 1.16% | | |
| | Genevieve Suppa | Divers | DIV | 381 | 0.82% | | |
| | Christian Prada | Workers’ Struggle | LO | 349 | 0.75% | | |
| | Catherine Martin | National Republican Movement | MNR | 343 | 0.74% | | |
| | Nicole Juven | Movement for France | MPF | 271 | 0.58% | | |
| | Herve Salone | Ecologist | ECO | 127 | 0.27% | | |
| | Marie-Ange Revire | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 124 | 0.27% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46,584 | 100% | 44,258 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 68,981 | | 68,975 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 913 | 1.92% | 1,505 | 3.29% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,497 | 68.86% | 45,763 | 66.35% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 21,484 | 31.14% | 23,212 | 33.65% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ardèche's 1st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Pascal Terrasse | 13,859 | 31.88 | |
| | UDF | Amédée Imbert | 10,188 | 23.44 | |
| | PCF | Robert Cotta | 6,347 | 14.60 | |
| | FN | Jean-Joël Vanhove | 6,157 | 14.16 | |
| | UDF | Christian Lavis* | 2,876 | 6.62 | |
| | LV | Jacques Jung | 1,754 | 4.03 | |
| | MPF | Paul Bossan | 1,149 | 2.64 | |
| | GE | Jean-Philippe Smadja | 1,140 | 2.62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,789 | 70.01 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Pascal Terrasse | 27,377 | 59.23 | |
| | UDF | Amédée Imbert | 18,843 | 40.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,374 | 75.50 | |
| | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF |
*UDF dissident

## Sources

* ↑ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* ↑ "Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024". Le Monde. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".
* French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).