Tarn's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Tarn (French: Première circonscription du Tarn) is a French legislative constituency in the Tarn département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

1st constituency of Tarn
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Tarn's 1st Constituency shown within the Tarn
Deputy	Philippe Bonnecarrère DVC
Department	Tarn
Cantons	Alban, Albi Centre, Albi Est, Albi Sud, Anglès, Brassac, Castres-Est, Castres Sud, Lacaune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Murat-sur-Vèbre, Réalmont, Rocquecourbe, Vabre, Valence-d'Albigeois, Villefranche-d'Albigeois
Registered voters	83,763[1]
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Description

The 1st constituency of Tarn lies in the east of the constituency and includes some of Albi, which it shares with Tarn's 2nd constituency.

After many years of electing centre left PS deputies the seat swung to the right at the 2012 electing Philippe Folliot of the small Centrist Alliance party. In 2022 the constituency shifted even farther to the right, electing Frédéric Cabrolier of National Rally.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Pierre Bernard	PS
	1993	Paul Quilès
	1997
	2002
	2007	Jacques Valax
	2012	Philippe Folliot	AC
	2017
	2020	Muriel Roques-Étienne	LREM
	2022	Frédéric Cabrolier	RN
	2024	Philippe Bonnecarrère	DVC

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Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Frédéric Cabrolier	RN		23,237	39.53	25,322	43.77
	Philippe Bonnecarrère	DVC	Ensemble	17,352	29.52	32,529	56.23
	Margot Lapeyre	PS	NFP	16,673	28.37
	Denis Rouquette	R!		769	1.31
	Yann Le Diagon	LO		567	0.96
	Orphée Pauthier	Ind	DVG	178	0.30
Valid votes				58,776	96.71	57,851	94.83
Blank votes				1,314	2.16	2,069	3.39
Null votes				683	1.12	1,088	1.78
Turnout				60,773	71.21	61,008	71.47
Abstentions				24,571	28.71	24,536	28.53
Registered voters				85,344		85,364
Source:
Result				DVC GAIN FROM RN

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Gérard Poujade	9,529	21.37	-3.84
	RN	Frédéric Cabrolier	8,999	20.18	+4.55
	LREM (Ensemble)	Muriel Roques-Etienne	8,600	19.29	N/A
	DVD	Julie Capo Ortega	4,277	9.59	N/A
	PS	Etienne Moulin*	4,186	9.39	N/A
	DVD	Roland Gilles	2,391	5.36	N/A
	LR (UDC)	Rodolphe Pires	1,856	4.16	−4.00
	REC	Stéphane Bardy	1,489	3.34	N/A
	LREM	Johann Ricci**	1,186	2.66	N/A
	DVE	Patricia Andrieu	1,075	2.41	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,005	2.25
Turnout			44,593	53.78	+1.07
2nd round result
	RN	Frédéric Cabrolier	19,125	53.09	+17.60
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Gérard Poujade	16,900	46.91	N/A
Turnout			36,025	51.47	+9.32
	RN gain from AC

* PS dissident
** LREM dissident

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2017

Legislative Election 2017: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AC	Philippe Folliot	14,404	32.62
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	6,903	15.63
	DIV	Pierre Laporte	5,841	13.23
	LFI	Tanhinan Hadji	4,759	10.78
	PS	Patrice Bedier	3,904	8.84
	LR	Anne-Michèle Bianchi	3,604	8.16
	EELV	Julia Rivet	1,550	3.51
	PCF	André Boudes	919	2.08
	Others	N/A	2,272
Turnout			44,156	52.71
2nd round result
	AC	Philippe Folliot	24,959	70.69
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	10,350	29.31
Turnout			35,309	42.15
	AC hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Gérard Poujade	18,985	35.71
	AC	Philippe Folliot	13,090	24.62
	UMP	Richard Amalvy	8,414	15.83
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	7,019	13.20
	FG	Géraldine Rouquette	3,267	6.14
	EELV	Benoist Couliou	1,767	3.32
	Others	N/A	624
Turnout			53,166	63.99
2nd round result
	AC	Philippe Folliot	25,256	50.79
	PS	Gérard Poujade	24,372	49.21
Turnout			49,528	59.63
	AC gain from PS

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jacques Valax	13,847	37.00
	UMP	Jacqueline Bousquet Salmani	9,368	25.03
	PCF	Roland Foissac	5,590	14.94
	DVD	Frédéric Esquevin	2,954	7.89
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	1,508	4.03
	LV	Guillaume Cros	1,090	2.91
	Far left	Claude Roelens-Dequidt	910	2.43
	Others	N/A	2,157
Turnout			38,785	67.52
2nd round result
	PS	Jacques Valax	22,744	62.67
	UMP	Jacqueline Bousquet Salmani	13,545	37.33
Turnout			38,648	67.28
	PS hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Paul Quiles	16,234	41.35
	UMP	Richard de Putmorin	5,562	14.17
	DVD	Frédéric Esquevin	5,290	13.47
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	3,725	9.49
	PCF	Rolland Foissac	3,511	8.94
	LV	Guillaume Cros	1,157	2.95
	CPNT	Colette Resplandy	1,078	2.75
	LCR	Gilles Jeanjean	967	2.46
	Others	N/A	1,740
Turnout			40,750	72.68
2nd round result
	PS	Paul Quiles	21,527	61.09
	UMP	Richard de Putmorin	13,714	38.91
Turnout			38,053	67.87
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Tarn's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Paul Quiles	16,561	42.16
	UDF	Richard Canac	8,827	22.47
	PCF	Nelly Foissac	4,835	12.31
	FN	Frédéric Cabrolier	3,962	10.09
	DVD	Jean-Marc Vieules	1,464	3.73
	LV	Rosine Caminade	1,418	3.61
	Others	N/A	2,210
Turnout			45,858	82.95
2nd round result
	PS	Paul Quiles	25,514	64.77
	UDF	Richard Canac	13,879	35.23
Turnout			42,733	77.31
	PS hold