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Manche's 1st constituency

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1st constituency of Manche
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Deputy
DepartmentManche
CantonsCanisy - Carentan - Marigny - Montebourg - Percy - Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle - Saint-Jean-de-Daye - Saint-Lô-Ouest - Saint-Lô-Est - Sainte-Mère-Église - Tessy-sur-Vire - Torigni-sur-Vire - Villedieu-les-Poêles
Registered voters121,610

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

Deputies

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Election Member Party
1958 Gabriel de Carville CNIP
1962 Constant Lepourry UNR
1967 Raymond Guilbert DVD
1968 UDR
1973 Jean-Marie Daillet CD
1978 UDF
1981
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Marie Daillet UDF
1993 Jean-Claude Lemoine RPR
1997
2002 UMP
2007 Philippe Gosselin
2012
2017 LR
2022

Manche's 1st constituency has existed since 1958 and has always comprised the central-eastern part of the department, centered on Saint-Lô, Manche prefecture. The seat for this constituency has always been filled by centre-right or right-wing politicians.

For its first election in 1958, the victorious candidate is Gabriel de Carville, a former military and general councillor for the canton of Marigny. A member of the right-wing National Centre of Independents and Peasants, he is however defeated in the first round in 1962 by another right-wing candidate, Constant Lepourry, a member of the Union for the New Republic, supporting Charles de Gaulle. In 1967, Lepourry, in turn, is also defeated when running for reelection. Raymond Guilbert, another De Gaulle supporter, defeats him and is reelected in 1968.

In 1973, Jean-Marie Daillet, who was a candidate during both 1967 and 1968 elections, wins the constituency's seat. He is a member of the Democratic Centre. Daillet is a vocal critic of the Veil Act on the decriminalization of abortion, when it is debated in 1975. Daillet joins the UDF in 1978. He is widely reelected in 1978 and, in the first round, in 1981. The constituency is briefly abolished in 1986 but is reinstated with its boundaries unchanged for the 1988 election. Daillet is reelected for what would be his last term.

The 1993 legislative election is a national victory for the right-wing parties. In Manche's 1st constituency where Daillet is retiring, the top two candidates are both right-wing. From Daillet's party, the UDF candidate is Georges de La Loyère, from Montreuil-sur-Lozon, and Jean-Claude Lemoine, from the RPR. Lemoine, who is also a vice-president of the general council, is elected. He is widely reelected in 1997 and 2002. He does not run in 2007, and would pass away a few months after the election.

Philippe Gosselin, the former Lemoine substitute and mayor of Remilly-sur-Lozon, is the main right-wing candidate for the UMP in 2007. He is elected with a healthy margin. 2012 marks the best score for a left-wing candidate in the whole history of the constituency. Christine Le Coz, the socialist general councillor for the canton of Saint-Lô-East, reaches almost 47.5 % of the vote during the second round. It is however not enough to prevent Gosselin from being reelected. Gosselin is one of the main parliamentary opponents to the Law 2013-404 opening marriage to same-sex couples in France. In 2017, Gosselin is reelected with a similar margin to that of 2012, against the En Marche ! candidate. However, Gosselin gets his fourth mandate in 2022 on a wide margin, exceeding 68% of the vote, opposed to a green candidate, supported by the left-wing NUPES alliance.

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Manche's 1st constituency[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVC (Ensemble) Michaël Masson 4,723 8.04 N/A
LÉ–EELV (NFP) Guillaume Hédouin 250 0.43 −19.01
LO Olivia Lewi 578 0.98 N/A
LR Philippe Gosselin 22,513 38.30 −1.18
RN Franck Simon 19,333 32.89 16.32
DIV Jacques Poisson 171 0.29 N/A
REC Laurent Besagny 418 0.71 −1.29
DVE Baptiste Rajaut 250 0.43 N/A
Turnout 58 778 97.91 +48.47
Registered electors 86,727
2nd round result
LR Philippe Gosselin 36,531 63.45 +25.15
RN Franck Simon 21,046 36.55 +3.88
Turnout 57,577 96.26 −1.65
Registered electors 86,729
LR gain from

2022

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Legislative Election 2022: Manche's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LR (UDC) Philippe Gosselin 16,786 39.48 +8.66
EELV (NUPÉS) Guillaume Hedouin 8,265 19.44 +0.31
MoDem (Ensemble) Laurent Pien 7,421 17.46 −17.89
RN Franck Simon 7,045 16.57 +4.90
REC Victor Jan De Lagillardaie 850 2.00 N/A
Others N/A 2,148 5.05
Turnout 42,515 49.44 −3.37
2nd round result
LR (UDC) Philippe Gosselin 27,166 68.78 +16.28
EELV (NUPÉS) Guillaume Hedouin 12,331 31.22 N/A
Turnout 39,497 47.37 +0.03
LR hold

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2017

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Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Benoîte Nouet REM 15,936 35.35 18,131 47.50
Philippe Gosselin LR 13,894 30.82 20,043 52.50
Franck Simon FN 5,258 11.67
Aurélien Marion FI 3,753 8.33
Clémence Maulat PS 2,421 5.37
Jérôme Virlouvet ECO 1,714 3.80
Corinne Vautier PCF 733 1.63
Lionel Carau EXD 554 1.23
Olivia Lewi EXG 304 0.67
David Guillaume DIV 300 0.67
Philippe Reto DVG 208 0.46
Votes 45,075 100.00 38,174 100.00
Valid votes 45,075 98.18 38,174 92.76
Blank votes 631 1.37 2,206 5.36
Null votes 205 0.45 773 1.88
Turnout 45,911 52.81 41,153 47.34
Abstentions 41,023 47.19 45,776 52.66
Registered voters 86,934 86,929
Source: Ministry of the Interior[4]

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2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Manche's 1st constituency[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Philippe Gosselin 21,377 41.73
PS Christine Le Coz 19,282 37.64
FN Denis Feret 4,674 9.12
FG Isabelle Le Cann 1,725 3.37
Far right Fernand Le Rachinel 1,665 3.25
EELV Jérôme Virlouvet 1,344 2.62
Others N/A 1,158
Turnout 51,225 59.22
2nd round result
UMP Philippe Gosselin 27,049 52.53
PS Christine Le Coz 24,440 47.47
Turnout 51,489 59.52
UMP hold

2007

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Legislative Election 2007: Manche 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Philippe Gosselin 25,346 57.71
PS Jean-Karl Deschamps 18,571 42.29
Turnout 45,173 60.66
UMP hold Swing

Sources and References

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  1. ^ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Manche". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Manche - 1ère circonscription : Résultats des élections législatives 2017". LExpress.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.