Doub's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Doubs

French National Assembly constituency
Doubs' 1st Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy	Barbara Romagnan PS
Department	Doubs
Canton	Audeux, Besançon-Nord-Ouest, Besançon-Ouest, Besançon-Planoise, Boussières, Quingey
Voters	73,014

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

Description

The 1st constituency of Doubs includes the north and west of Besançon as well as the rural areas to its west towards the border with Jura.

Since 1988 the constituency has been a bellwether seat, voting in favour of the party that wins the election and can as such be viewed as an indicator for the political mood of France as a whole.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Robert Schwint	PS
	1993	Claude Girard	RPR
	1997	Jean-Louis Fousseret	PS
	2002	Claude Girard	UMP
	2004	Françoise Branget	UMP
	2012	Barbara Romagnan	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Doubs' 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Barbara Romagnan	22,295	54.73
	UMP	Françoise Branget	18,964	45.27
Turnout			43,061	58.98
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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