Doubs's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Doubs (French: Première circonscription du Doubs) 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.

1st constituency of Doubs
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
The constituency within Franche-Comté
Incumbent deputy	Laurent Croizier MoDem
Department	Doubs
Cantons	Audeux, Besançon-Nord-Ouest, Besançon-Ouest, Besançon-Planoise, Boussières, Quingey
Registered voters	75,240 (2017)
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Description

The constituency is made up of the six former cantons of Audeux, Besançon-Nord-Ouest, Besançon-Ouest, Besançon-Planoise, Boussières, and Quingey.^[1]

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 108,193.

Since 1988 the constituency has been a bellwether seat: that is to say, one where the voting has so closely matched the pattern exhibited in the overall result nationwide that opinion in the constituency can 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
	2007
	2012	Barbara Romagnan	PS
	2017	Fannette Charvier	LREM
	2022	Laurent Croizier	MoDem
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Laurent Croizier	MoDEM	Ensemble	17,475	33.52	+6.77	19,324	36.18	-15.70
	Séverine Véziès	LFI	NFP	16,555	31.76	+1.98	16,830	31.52	-16.60
	Thomas Lutz	RN		16,264	31.20	+13.38	17,261	32.31	new
	Marielle Pernin	ECO		923	1.77	-1.10
	Nicole Freiss	LO		780	1.50	+0.38
	Alain Ruch	EXG		133	0.26	new
	Elisa Moré	REG		2	0.00	new
Votes				52,132	100.00		53,415	100.00
Valid votes				52,132	97.19	-0.77	53,415	97.59	+6.19
Blank votes				1,096	2.04	+0.68	966	1.76	-4.30
Null votes				414	0.77	+0.09	354	0.65	-1.89
Turnout				53,642	70.77	+21.19	54,735	72.21	+23.88
Abstentions				22,151	29.23	-21.19	21,061	27.79	-23.88
Registered voters				75,793			75,796
Source:
Result				MoDEM HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Doubs's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Séverine Vezies	11,022	29.78	+3.13
	MoDem (Ensemble)	Laurent Croizier	9,901	26.75	-3.12
	RN	Thomas Lutz	6,597	17.82	+7.32
	LR (UDC)	Michel Vienet	4,075	11.01	−3.15
	REC	Fabrice Galpin	1,608	4.34	N/A
	PRG	Salima Inezarène	1,442	3.90	N/A
	DVE	Marielle Pernin	1,062	2.87	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,309	-	−
Turnout			37,016	49.58	+0.07
2nd round result
	MoDem (Ensemble)	Laurent Croizier	17,465	51.88	-1.61
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Séverine Vezies	16,198	48.12	+1.61
Turnout			33,663	48.33	+5.95
	MoDem gain from LREM

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fannette Charvier	REM	10,902	29.87	15,143	53.49
	Barbara Romagnan	PS	5,854	16.04	13,169	46.51
	Françoise Branget	LR	5,170	14.16
	Anna Romano	FN	4,564	12.50
	Habiba Delacour	FI	4,238	11.61
	Laurent Croizier	DIV	1,964	5.38
	Pascal Routhier	DVD	1,940	5.31
	Claudine François-Wilser	Urgence Écologie ECO	546	1.50
	Alain Robert	ECO	399	1.09
	Kevin Meillet	DIV	363	0.99
	Nicole Friess	EXG	301	0.82
	Emmanuel Guerrin	DIV	262	0.72
Votes			36,503	100.00	28,312	100.00
Valid votes			36,503	97.95	28,312	88.79
Blank votes			442	1.19	2,494	7.82
Null votes			323	0.87	1,082	3.39
Turnout			37,268	49.51	31,888	42.38
Abstentions			38,001	50.49	43,352	57.62
Registered voters			75,269		75,240
Source: Ministry of the Interior[3]

2012

2012 legislative election in Doubs's 1st constituency^[4]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Barbara Romagnan	PS	16,960	39.42%	22,923	54.73%
	Françoise Branget	UMP	14,044	32.64%	18,963	45.27%
	Robert Sennerich	FN	5,298	12.31%
	Emmanuel Girod	FG	3,145	7.31%
	Julie Baverel	MoDem	1,019	2.37%
	Mireille Pequignot		713	1.66%
	Camille Waechter	MEI	469	1.09%
	Catherine Billod	AEI	440	1.02%
	Nicole Friess	LO	319	0.74%
	Hervé Drouot	??	208	0.48%
	Patrick Thielley		190	0.44%
	Bernard Serafinowski	NPA	156	0.36%
	Daniel Duchêne		61	0.14%
Valid votes			43,022	98.77%	41,886	97.27%
Spoilt and null votes			535	1.23%	1,175	2.73%
Votes cast / turnout			43,557	59.65%	43,061	58.96%
Abstentions			29,468	40.35%	29,973	41.04%
Registered voters			73,025	100.00%	73,034	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Doubs's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Françoise Branget	18,420	43.22
	PS	Barbara Romagnan	12,645	29.67
	MoDem	Philippe Gonon	2,927	6.87
	FN	Alain Dudret	1,842	4.32
	LV	Claude Mercier	1,783	4.18
	PCF	Christophe Lime	1,337	3.14
	EXG	Norbert Nusbaum	1,013	2.38
	Others	N/A	2,649	-	−
Turnout			43,289	60.60
2nd round result
	UMP	Françoise Branget	21,672	50.14
	PS	Barbara Romagnan	21,548	49.86
Turnout			44,220	61.90
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Doubs's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Claude Girard	16,881	39.17
	PS	Jean-Louis Fousseret	14,776	34.28
	FN	Robert Sennerich	4,978	11.55
	LV	Claude Mercier	1,914	4.44
	Others	N/A	4,553	-	−
Turnout			44,039	67.29
2nd round result
	UMP	Claude Girard	20,730	52.20
	PS	Jean-Louis Fousseret	18,980	47.80
Turnout			41,615	63.59
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Doubs's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Claude Girard	12,485	30.96
	PS	Jean-Louis Fousseret	11,557	28.66
	FN	Robert Sennerich	6,533	16.20
	EXG	Martine Bultot	2,141	5.31
	LV	Michel Bouchy	2,051	5.09
	PCF	Annie Menetrier	1,819	4.51
	LO	Nicole Friess	1,153	2.86
	LDI	Francis Vuillemin	1,147	2.84
	Others	N/A
Turnout			42,461	70.09
2nd round result
	PS	Jean-Louis Fousseret	23,067	53.26
	RPR	Claude Girard	20,242	46.74
Turnout			46,057	76.03
	PS gain from RPR