Ardennes's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently vacant following the resignation of National Rally deputy Flavien Termet for health reasons.

1st constituency of Ardennes
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Ardennes's 1st Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Deputy	Vacant
Department	Ardennes
Cantons	Asfeld, Charleville-Centre, Château-Porcien, Chaumont-Porcien, Flize, Juniville, Mézières-Est, Novion-Porcien, Omont, Rethel, Rumigny, Signy-l'Abbaye, Signy-le-Petit, Villers-Semeuse
Registered voters	73,262
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Description

It is located in the south-west third of the Department, and cuts the town of Charleville-Mézières in two.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Michel Colinet	CNIP
	1962	Lucien Meunier	UNR
	1967
	1968
	1973
	1978	Alain Léger	PCF
	1981	Roger Mas	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Roger Mas	PS
	1993	Michel Vuibert	UDF
	1997	Claudine Ledoux	PS
	2002	Bérengère Poletti	UMP
	2007
	2012
	2017		LR
	2022	Lionel Vuibert	Agir
	2024	Flavien Termet	RN

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Flavien Termet	RN		17,817	38.33	24,184	52.99
	Lionel Vuibert	REN	Ensemble	12,157	26.16	21,458	47.01
	Damien Lerouge	PS	NFP	8,128	17.48
	Christian Charvet	DVC		4,257	9.16
	Sabine Misset	LR	UDC	1,782	3.83
	Arnaud Rennesson	DIV]]		998	2.15
	Sonia D’Orgeville	ECO		956	2.06
	Nadia Octave	LO		386	0.83
Valid votes				46,480	97.75	45,642	95.69
Blank votes				660	1.39	1,524	3.20
Null votes				411	0.86	533	1.12
Turnout				47,551	67.29	47,699	67.50
Abstentions				23,113	32.71	22,968	32.50
Registered voters				70,664		70,667
Source: [1]
Result				RN GAIN

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Ardennes's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RN	Laurent Richard	8,835	27.40	+6.33
	Agir (Ensemble)	Lionel Vuibert	6,602	20.47	-2.70
	LR (UDC)	Guillaume Marechal	6,339	19.66	−18.13
	EELV (NUPÉS)	Julien Duruisseau	5,960	18.48	+4.54
	REC	Sébastien Laurent	1,438	4.46	N/A
	LREM	Juliette De Causans*	1,379	4.28	N/A
	DIV	Arnaud Rennesson	927	2.87	N/A
	Others	N/A	769	2.38
Turnout			32,249	46.53	−1.34
2nd round result
	Agir (Ensemble)	Lionel Vuibert	14,862	50.34	+20.02
	RN	Laurent Richard	14,664	49.66	N/A
Turnout			29,526	45.12	+3.71
	Agir gain from LR

* Dissident LREM candidate, not supported by Ensemble.

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bérengère Poletti	LR	13,053	37.79	19,311	69.68
	Jean-Pierre Morali	REM	8,004	23.17	8,404	30.32
	Sophie Lorenzo	FN	7,278	21.07
	Françoise Verlhac	FI	2,040	5.91
	Christophe Dumont	ECO	1,491	4.32
	Sylvain Dalla-Rosa	PCF	1,282	3.71
	Fabien Andréo	DIV	450	1.30
	Sylvie Goulden	ECO	410	1.19
	Nésida Pommier	EXG	330	0.96
	Nicolas Ferio	DIV	201	0.58
Votes			34,539	100.00	27,715	100.00
Valid votes			34,539	98.37	27,715	91.22
Blank votes			366	1.04	1,787	5.88
Null votes			207	0.59	879	2.89
Turnout			35,112	47.87	30,381	41.41
Abstentions			38,231	52.13	42,990	58.59
Registered voters			73,343		73,371
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardennes’ 1st Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bérengère Poletti	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	16,520	39.56%	22,687	55.30%
	Claudine Ledoux	Socialist Party	PS	14,126	33.83%	18,339	44.70%
	Anne-Sophie Leclere	National Front	FN	7,000	16.76%
	Sylvain Dalla Rosa	Left Front	FG	1,992	4.77%
	Christophe Dumont	The Greens	VEC	790	1.89%
	Virginie Lauby Heber-Suffrin		CEN	773	1.85%
	Joël Nouet	Far Left	EXG	214	0.51%
	Sylvie Goulden	Ecologist	ECO	187	0.45%
	Christiane Gey	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	153	0.37%
Total				41,755	100%	41,026	100%
Registered voters				73,277		73,262
Blank/Void ballots				498	1.18%	1,275	3.01%
Turnout				42,253	57.66%	42,301	57.74%
Abstentions				31,024	42.34%	30,961	42.26%
Result						UMP HOLD

2007

Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 1st Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bérengère Poletti	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	20,922	48.93%	24,808	59.52%
	Claudine Ledoux	Socialist Party	PS	11,499	26.89%	16,870	40.48%
	Jean-François Leclet	Democratic Movement	MoDem	4,116	9.63%
	Chantal Taioli	National Front	FN	1,829	4.28%
	Sylvain Dalla Rosa	Communist	COM	1,401	3.28%
	François Botte	Far Left	EXG	928	2.17%
	Philippe Lenice	The Greens	VEC	880	2.06%
	Nadia Octave	Far Left	EXG	459	1.07%
	Valérie Lenoir	Movement for France	MPF	419	0.98%
	Philippe Fesneau	Far Right	EXD	303	0.71%
Total				42,756	100%	41,678	100%
Registered voters				73,473		73,470
Blank/Void ballots				590	1.36%	1,168	2.73%
Turnout				43,346	59.00%	42,846	58.32%
Abstentions				30,127	41.00%	30,624	41.68%
Result						UMP HOLD

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Ardennes's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Bérengère Poletti	17,245	40.10
	PS	Claudine Ledoux	16,196	37.66
	FN	Chantal Taioli	6,299	14.65
	Others	N/A	3,269
Turnout			43,857	62.30
2nd round result
	UMP	Bérengère Poletti	22,522	53.98
	PS	Claudine Ledoux	19,198	46.02
Turnout			43,133	61.28
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ardennes's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Michel Vuibert	13,413	29.57
	PS	Claudine Ledoux	12,440	27.42
	FN	Emile Wagner	9,893	21.81
	PCF	Sylvain Dalla-Rosa	3,849	8.48
	LV	Philippe Lenice	2,222	4.90
	LO	Michel Loux	1,474	3.25
	MPF	Mario Rebaudengo	1,403	3.09
	DIV	Isabelle Baudry	672	1.48
Turnout			47,324	68.42
2nd round result
	PS	Claudine Ledoux	22,843	45.41
	UDF	Michel Vuibert	19,740	39.24
	FN	Emile Wagner	7,726	15.36
Turnout			51,710	74.76
	PS gain from UDF

References

• French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).