Ardèche's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Ardèche
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
constituency's location in Ardèche
Ardèche's location in France
Deputy	Hervé Saulignac PS
Department	Ardèche
Cantons	Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Le Cheylard, Chomérac, Privas, Rochemaure, Saint-Martin-de-Valamas, Saint-Pierreville, Vernoux-en-Vivarais, Viviers, La Voulte-sur-Rhône
Registered voters	98,395
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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
	2007
	2012
	2017	Hervé Saulignac	PS
	2022
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				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				54,412	97.18	-0.29	53,722	94.34
Blank votes				1,072	1.91	+0.18	2,308	4.05
Null votes				507	0.91	+0.11	918	1.61
Turnout				55,991	70.34	+19.28	56,948	71.55
Abstentions				23,605	29.66	-19.28	22,648	28.45
Registered voters				79,596			79,596
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde
Result							PS HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Ardèche's 1st constituency

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			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			35,889	49.44	+5.61
	PS hold

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			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			38,955	100.00	29,287	100.00
Valid votes			38,955	97.44	29,287	85.75
Blank votes			725	1.81	3,215	9.41
Null votes			297	0.74	1,651	4.83
Turnout			39,977	51.30	34,153	43.83
Abstentions			37,950	48.70	43,767	56.17
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		Party		1st round		2nd round
				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				45,159	100%	41,044	100%
Registered voters				76,645		76,625
Blank/Void ballots				1,246	2.69%	3,428	7.71%
Turnout				46,405	60.55%	44,472	58.04%
Abstentions				30,240	39.45%	32,153	41.96%
Result						PS HOLD

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardèche’s 1st Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				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				46,671	100%	46,442	100%
Registered voters				73,759		73,752
Blank/Void ballots				731	1.54%	1,063	2.24%
Turnout				47,402	64.27%	47,505	64.41%
Abstentions				26,357	35.73%	26,247	35.59%
Result						PS HOLD

2002

Summary of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French legislative in Ardèche’s 1st Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				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				46,584	100%	44,258	100%
Registered voters				68,981		68,975
Blank/Void ballots				913	1.92%	1,505	3.29%
Turnout				47,497	68.86%	45,763	66.35%
Abstentions				21,484	31.14%	23,212	33.65%
Result						PS HOLD

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ardèche's 1st constituency

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			45,789	70.01
2nd round result
	PS	Pascal Terrasse	27,377	59.23
	UDF	Amédée Imbert	18,843	40.77
Turnout			49,374	75.50
	PS gain from UDF

*UDF dissident

Sources

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