Tarn's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Tarn (French: Première circonscription du Tarn) is a French legislative constituency in the Tarn 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 Tarn

French National Assembly constituency
Tarn's 1st Constituency shown within the Tarn.
Deputy	Philippe Folliot [1] AC
Department	Tarn
Cantons	Alban, Albi Centre, Albi Est, Albi Sud, Anglès, Brassac, Castres-Est, Castres Sud, Lacaune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Murat-sur-Vèbre, Réalmont, Rocquecourbe, Vabre, Valence-d'Albigeois, Villefranche-d'Albigeois
Registered voters	83,763 [2]

Description

The 1st constituency of Tarn lies in the east of the constituency and includes some of Albi, which it shares with Tarn's 2nd constituency.

After many years of electing centre left PS deputies the seat swung to the right at the 2012 electing Philippe Folliot of the small Centrist Alliance party.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Pierre Bernard	PS
	1993	Paul Quilès	PS
	2007	Jacques Valax	PS
	2012	Philippe Folliot	AC

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AC	Philippe Folliot	14,404	32.62
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	6,903	15.63
	DIV	Pierre Laporte	5,841	13.23
	FI	Tanhinan Hadji	4,759	10.78
	PS	Patrice Bedier	3,904	8.84
	LR	Anne-Michèle Bianchi	3,604	8.16
	EELV	Julia Rivet	1,550	3.51
	PCF	André Boudes	919	2.08
	Others	N/A	2,272
Turnout			44,156	52.71
2nd round result
	AC	Philippe Folliot	24,959	70.69
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	10,350	29.31
Turnout			35,309	42.15
	AC hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Gérard Poujade	18,985	35.71
	AC	Philippe Folliot	13,090	24.62
	UMP	Richard Amalvy	8,414	15.83
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	7,019	13.20
	FG	Géraldine Rouquette	3,267	6.14
	EELV	Benoist Couliou	1,767	3.32
	Others	N/A	624
Turnout			53,166	63.99
2nd round result
	AC	Philippe Folliot	25,256	50.79
	PS	Gérard Poujade	24,372	49.21
Turnout			49,528	59.63
	AC gain from PS

References

1. "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.