Somme's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Somme (French: Première circonscription de la Somme) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description The constituency is made up of the eight cantons of Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, and Picquigny.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 95,650.

It contains both the town of Abbeville and the northern part of the city of Amiens, the boundary being the course of the River Somme.

Since the defeat of the Gaullist deputy and war hero Fred Moore by the French Communist Party's candidate René Lamps in 1962 the seat has been held continuously by the left.

Historic representation ElectionMemberParty 1958 Fred Moore UNR 1962 René Lamps PCF196719681973 1978 Maxime Gremetz 1981 Jean-Claude Dessein PS 1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency 1988 Jean-Claude Dessein PS 1993 Maxime Gremetz PCF199720022007 2012 Pascale Boistard PS 2017 François Ruffin PD20222024

Election results

2024 CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%+/–Votes%+/–Nathalie Ribeiro BilletRN40.69+18.1147.05+8.06François RuffinPDNFP33.92-6.1752.95-8.06Albane BranlantREEnsemble22.68+2.37withdrewBruno DumontDVC1.47newJean-Patrick BaudryLO1.24+0.09Votes100.00100.00Valid votes97.44-0.0593.64+7.74Blank votes1.71-0.044.71-6.00Null votes0.85+0.091.65-1.74Turnout64.99+19.0765.78+20.98Abstentions35.01-19.0734.22-20.98Registered votersSource: Result PD HOLD

2022

* LREM dissident

2017