Gard's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Gard is a French legislative constituency in the Gard département. It consists of the (pre-2015) cantons of Beaucaire, Nîmes 1, 3 and 6 and Vistrenque.[1]

1st constituency of Gard

French National Assembly constituency
Location of constituency in Department
Gard in France
Deputy	Françoise Dumas REM
Department	Gard
Cantons	(pre-2015) Beaucaire, Nîmes-1, Nîmes-3, Nîmes-6, La Vistrenque
Registered voters	125,281

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Jean Bousquet	UDF
	1993
	1997	Alain Clary	PCF
	2002	Yvan Lachaud	UDF
	2007		NC
	2012	Françoise Dumas	PS
	2017		REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Françoise Dumas	REM	10,549	28.43	17,365	54.55
	Yoann Gillet	FN	10,423	28.09	14,470	45.45
	Thierry Procida	UDI	5,462	14.72
	Yannick Battefort	FI	3,688	9.94
	Sylvette Fayet	PCF	2,050	5.52
	Hacen Boukhelifa	DVG	1,184	3.19
	Dominique Andrieu-Bonnet	ECO	1,135	3.06
	Jean-Paul Boré	DIV	760	2.05
	Pascaline Fostyk	DLF	647	1.74
	Lysiane Coillet-Matillon	ECO	475	1.28
	Isabelle Leclerc	EXG	226	0.61
	Tristan Seguin	DIV	189	0.51
	Nasser Mohamedi	ECO	178	0.48
	Deniz Ozdemir	DIV	79	0.21
	Michel Flaisler	DIV	65	0.18
Votes			37,110	100.00	31,835	100.00
Valid votes			37,110	97.66	31,835	90.93
Blank votes			594	1.56	2,256	6.44
Null votes			296	0.78	921	2.63
Turnout			38,000	43.71	35,012	40.27
Abstentions			48,943	56.29	51,929	59.73
Registered voters			86,943		86,941
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Gard's 1st constituency[2]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Françoise Dumas	PS–EELV	14,545	30.31%	20,694	41.89%
	Yvan Lachaud	NC	13,920	29.01%	16,923	34.26%
	Julien Sanchez	FN	12,487	26.02%	11,781	23.85%
	Sylvette Fayet	FG	3,653	7.61%
	Jacques Bourbousson	PRV	1,253	2.61%
	Dominique Grossetete	EELV dissident	496	1.03%
	Lysiane Coillet-Matillon	??	379	0.79%
	Jacques Armando	DLR	282	0.59%
	Fatima Rag El Hassi	MRC	248	0.52%
	Robert Ponge	UDN	211	0.44%
	Guy Dejean	NPA	133	0.28%
	Isabelle Leclerc	LO	119	0.25%
	Anne Alirol	POC	102	0.21%
	Michel Albanese	AEI	90	0.19%
	Catherine Andre	AR	72	0.15%
Valid votes			47,990	98.91%	49,398	98.69%
Spoilt and null votes			528	1.09%	658	1.31%
Votes cast / turnout			48,518	58.18%	50,056	60.04%
Abstentions			34,881	41.82%	33,319	39.96%
Registered voters			83,399	100.00%	83,375	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Gard's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NC	Yvan Lachaud	20,891	44.79
	PS	Françoise Dumas	8,324	17.85
	PCF	Alain Clary	6,902	14.80
	FN	Evelyne Ruty	3,058	6.56
	DIV	Gérard Chayne	1,028	2.20
	LV	Ali Karrim	977	2.09
	Others	N/A	3,387
Turnout			47,450	57.08
2nd round result
	NC	Yvan Lachaud	25,717	56.96
	PS	Françoise Dumas	19,432	43.04
Turnout			46,913	56.47
	NC gain from UDF

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Gard's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Yvan Lachaud	16,947	36.59
	PCF	Alain Clary	13,046	28.17
	FN	Evelyne Ruty	8,902	19.22
	PRG	Jocelyne Pezet-Romieux	1,802	3.89
	Others	N/A	5,617
Turnout			47,265	61.27
2nd round result
	UDF	Yvan Lachaud	24,120	56.90
	PCF	Alain Clary	18,273	43.10
Turnout			44,532	57.74
	UDF gain from PCF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Gard's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Yvan Lachaud	12,304	26.57
	FN	Serge Martinez	11,782	25.45
	PCF	Alain Clary	10,100	21.81
	PS	Bernard Finiel	7,120	15.38
	LV	Martine Gros-Aguilera	1,257	2.71
	Others	N/A	3,739
Turnout			48,151	65.53
2nd round result
	PCF	Alain Clary	21,185	41.20
	UDF	Yvan Lachaud	20,819	40.49
	FN	Serge Martinez	9,413	18.31
Turnout			53,151	72.35
	PCF gain from UDF

References

1. "Recherche d'un député par commune ou département" (in French). site de l'Assemblée nationale française. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

Sources

• French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).