Calvados's 1st constituency

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

1st constituency of Calvados

French National Assembly constituency
Constituency in Department
Calvados in France
Deputy	Fabrice Le Vigoureux REM
Department	Calvados
Cantons	Caen-1, Caen-2, Caen-3, Caen-8, Caen-9, Tilly-sur-Seulles

Boundaries

The constituency includes the western suburbs and districts of the city of Caen.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Henri Buot	MRP
	1962		UNR-UDT
	1967		UNR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Louis Mexandeau	PS
	1978
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Francis Saint-Ellier	UDF
	1993
	1997	Philippe Duron	PS
	2002	Brigitte Le Brethon	UMP
	2007	Philippe Duron	PS
	2012
	2017	Fabrice Le Vigoureux	REM

Election results

2002

 Summary of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French legislative election in Calvados' 1st Constituency[1]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Brigitte Le Brethon	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	18,402	42.88%	20,844	50.14%
	Philippe Duron	Socialist Party	PS	15,697	36.58%	20,728	49.86%
	Maurice Heuze	Front National	FN	2,463	5.74%
	Etienne Adam	Far Left	EXG	1,320	3.08%
	Marie-Jeanne Gobert	Communist	PCF	909	2.12%
	Blaise Hersent-Lechatreux	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	788	1.84%
	Alexandra Frapier	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	725	1.69%
	Philippe Bonneau	Citizen and Republican Movement	MCR	479	1.12%
	Hervé Boullay Du	Movement for France	MPF	477	1.11%
	Pierre Casevitz	Workers’ Struggle	LO	427	1.00%
	J. Claude Cherrier	Ecologist	ECO	414	0.96%
	Yves Dupres	National Republican Movement	MNR	397	0.93%
	Bernard Morin	Divers	DIV	274	0.64%
	Philippe Pierrat	Divers	DIV	92	0.21%
	Martine Goulet	Far Right	EXD	47	0.11%
	Najet Matmati	Miscellaneous Left	DVG		0.00%
Total				42,911	100%	41,572	100%
Registered voters				69,518		69,518
Blank/Void ballots				636	1.46%	1,014	2.38%
Turnout				43,547	62.64%	42,586	61.26%
Abstentions				25,971	37.36%	26,932	38.74%
Result						UMP GAIN FROM PS

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Calvados' 1st constituency - 1st round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Brigitte Le Brethon	17,797	41.4	-1.5
	PS	Philippe Duron	15,736	36.6	-
	MoDem	Martine Fremont	2,121	4.9	+4.9
	LV	Annie Anne	1,462	3.4	+3.4
	FN	Christian Galoy	920	2.1	-3.6
	PCF	Marie-Jeanne Gobert	813	1.9	-0.2
	EXG	Michel Moisan	773	1.8	+1.8
	MPF	Hervé Du Boullay	600	1.4	+0.3
	DVG	Jérémy Folly	553	1.3	+1.3
	EXG	Etienne Adam	488	1.1	-2.0
	Independent	Carole Hersent-Lechatreux	394	0.9	+0.9
	CPNT	Martine Pol	386	0.9	-0.8
	Miscellaneous Green	Jean-Michel Sady	245	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Yves Aubry	238	0.6	+0.6
	EXG	Pierre Casevitz	209	0.5	+0.5
	DVD	Sylvain Victor	169	0.4	+0.4
	EXG	Pierre Marchand	74	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Guy Guerrin	50	0.1	+0.1
Turnout			43,596	61.4	-1.2

2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Philippe Duron	24,336	54.2	+4.3
	UMP	Brigitte Le Brethon	20,589	45.8	-4.3
Majority			3,747	8.6	+8.3
Turnout			45,855	64.6	+3.3
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Calvados' 1st constituency - 1st round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Philippe Duron	16,200	39.6	+3.0
	UMP	Joël Bruneau	11,199	27.4	-14.0
	DVD	Philippe Lailler	4,140	10.1	+10.1
	FN	Sabine De Villeroche	3,146	7.7	+5.6
	FG	Béatrice Dupont	3,040	7.4	+7.4
	EELV	Rudy L'orphelin	2,595	6.4	+6.4
	EXG	Marie-Pierre Hulbert	243	0.6	+0.6
	EXG	Pierre Casevitz	210	0.5	-
	EXG	Didier Bergar	107	0.3	+0.3
	DVD	Michel Decollogne	1	0.0	+0.0
Turnout			41,383	59.0	-2.4

2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Philippe Duron	22,511	56.9	+2.7
	UMP	Joël Bruneau	17,026	43.1	-2.7
Majority			5,485	13.4	+4.8
Turnout			40,932	58.3	-6.3
	PS hold		Swing

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fabrice Le Vigoureux	REM	14,196	38.61	17,340	64.93
	Sonia de La Provôté	UDI	6,163	16.76	9,367	35.07
	Karinne Gualbert	FI	4,467	12.15
	Éric Vève	PS	3,140	8.54
	Chantal Henry	FN	2,752	7.48
	Rudy L'Orphelin	ECO	2,203	5.99
	Marc Lecerf	DVG	1,246	3.39
	Marie-Jeanne Gobert	PCF	949	2.58
	Annie Pelluet	DLF	386	1.05
	Jean-Michel Sady	ECO	308	0.84
	Nicolas Vabre	EXG	281	0.76
	Pierre Casevitz	EXG	238	0.65
	Patricia Divaret	DIV	164	0.45
	Dimitri Bruyneel	DVD	147	0.40
	Michel Lemonnier	DVG	63	0.17
	Pauline Étroit	DVG	44	0.12
	Hélène Courtois	DVG	25	0.07
Votes			36,772	100.00	26,707	100.00
Valid votes			36,772	98.15	26,707	87.10
Blank votes			401	1.07	2,895	9.44
Null votes			293	0.78	1,062	3.46
Turnout			37,466	53.44	30,664	43.74
Abstentions			32,641	46.56	39,435	56.26
Registered voters			70,107		70,099
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2002/(path)/legislatives_2002/014/circons01.html

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).