**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I,Robert F. Mangano, certify that:

 
|   | 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of 1stConstitution Bancorp; |
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|   | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstancesunder which such statements were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered by this report; |
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|   | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly presentin all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report; |
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|   | 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |
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(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; 

 

(b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and 

 

(c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and**

 
|   | 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions): |
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(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and 

 

(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves managementor other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting. 

 

Date: August 7, 2006

 

ROBERT F. MANGANO                        
| Name:  | Robert F. Mangano                    |
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| Title: | President and Chief Executive Office |

 

 

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