Ardennes' 1st constituency

1st constituency of Ardennes

French National Assembly constituency
Ardennes's 1st Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Deputy	Bérengère Poletti UMP
Department	Ardennes
Canton	Asfeld, Charleville-Centre, Château-Porcien, Chaumont-Porcien, Flize, Juniville, Mézières-Est, Novion-Porcien, Omont, Rethel, Rumigny, Signy-l'Abbaye, Signy-le-Petit, Villers-Semeuse
Voters	73,262

The 1st constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is represented in the XIIIth legislature by Bérengère Poletti, of the UMP.

Description

It is located in the south-west third of the Department, and cuts the town of Charleville-Mézières in two.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Michel Colinet	CNIP
	1962	Lucien Meunier	UNR
	1978	Alain Leger	PCF
	1981	Roger Mas	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Roger Mas	PS
	1993	Michel Vuibert	UDF
	1997	Claudine Ledoux	PS
	2002	Bérengère Poletti	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Ardennes 1st - 2nd round^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Bérengère Poletti	22,687	55.30
	PS	Claudine Ledoux	18,339	44.70
Turnout			42,301	57.74
	UMP hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Ardennes 1st - 2nd round^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Bérengère Poletti	24,808	59.52
	PS	Claudine Ledoux	16,870	40.48
Turnout			42,846	58.32
	UMP hold		Swing

References

1. French Interior Ministry results website
2. French Interior Ministry results website

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