Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Saône-et-Loire

Saône-et-Loire's 1st Constituency shown within Burgundy.

Deputy

Department

Canton

La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Cluny, Lugny, Mâcon-Centre, Mâcon-Nord, Mâcon-Sud, Matour, Tramayes.

Voters

72,448

The 1st constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is a French legislative constituency in the Saône-et-Loire département.

Description

The 1st constituency of the Saône-et-Loire is based around the town of Mâcon in the south of Saône-et-Loire.

At the 2012 election Thomas Thévenoud of the Socialist Party defeated the long term incumbent conservative Gérard Voisin who had held the seat since 1993.

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Worms	PS
	1993	Gérard Voisin	UDF
	1997		DL
	2002		UMP
	2012	Thomas Thévenoud	PS

Legislative Election 2012: Saône-et-Loire's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Thomas Thévenoud	21,525	54.13
	UMP	Gérard Voisin	18,244	45.87
Turnout			41,410	57.16
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

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

Constituencies in Burgundy (15)

Côte-d'Or (5)	Côte-d'Or's 1st Côte-d'Or's 2nd Côte-d'Or's 3rd Côte-d'Or's 4th Côte-d'Or's 5th

Nièvre (2)	Nièvre's 1st Nièvre's 2nd

Saône-et-Loire (5)	Saône-et-Loire's 1st Saône-et-Loire's 2nd Saône-et-Loire's 3rd Saône-et-Loire's 4th Saône-et-Loire's 5th

Yonne (3)	Yonne's 1st Yonne's 2nd Yonne's 3rd

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