Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Saône-et-Loire
1st constituency of Saône-et-Loire
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Saône-et-Loire's 1st Constituency shown within Burgundy
Deputy	Benjamin Dirx; RE
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Cantons	La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Cluny, Lugny, Mâcon-Centre, Mâcon-Nord, Mâcon-Sud, Matour, Tramayes.
Registered voters	72,448
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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. Since 2017, the seat has been held by Benjamin Dirx of the centrist LREM party.

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Worms	PS
	1993	Gérard Voisin	UDF
	1997		DL
	2002		UMP
	2007		UMP
	2012	Thomas Thévenoud	PS
	2017	Benjamin Dirx	LREM
	2022	Benjamin Dirx	RE

Legislative Election 2017: Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Benjamin Dirx	13,499	37.87	N/A
	LR	Jean-Patrick Courtois	7,898	22.15	−0.03
	FN	Nicola Caboche	3,480	9.76	−2.10
	LFI	Patricia Baci	3,418	9.59	N/A
	PS	Catherine N'Diaye	2,022	5.67	−30.65
	EELV	Claire Mallard	1,458	4.09	−0.54
	DVD	Gérard Voisin	1,271	3.57	N/A
	DLF	Armand Roy	816	2.29	N/A

	Others	N/A	1,788	-	−
Turnout			35,650	48.91	−9.29
2nd round result
	LREM	Benjamin Dirx	16,219	57.29	N/A
	LR	Jean-Patrick Courtois	12,090	42.71	−3.16
Turnout			28,309	38.84	−16.05
	LREM gain from PS

Legislative Election 2012: Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Thomas Thevenoud	15,316	36.32	+9.30
	UMP	Gérard Voisin	9,354	22.18	−25.45
	DVD	Christine Robin	6,902	16.37	N/A
	FN	Evlyne Jurain	5,000	11.86	+7.90
	EELV	Nicole Eschmann	1,951	4.63	+2.05
	FG	Jacquy Lievre	1,910	4.53	+2.23
	MoDem	Sophie Micollet	994	2.36	−8.54

	Others	N/A	737	-	−
Turnout			42,164	58.20	−1.40
2nd round result
	PS	Thomas Thevenoud	21,525	54.13	+9.68
	UMP	Gérard Voisin	18,244	45.87	−9.68
Turnout			39,769	54.89	−3.80
	PS gain from UMP

Legislative Election 2007: Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Gérard Voisin	18,819	47.63	−3.04
	PS	Nicole Eschmann	10,676	27.02	N/A
	MoDem	Christophe Juvanon	4,308	10.90	N/A
	FN	Christophe Besset	1,566	3.96	−6.30
	LCR	Jean-François Jezequel	1,066	2.70	+0.51
	LV	Jean-Michel Peyraud	1,020	2.58	−7.10
	PCF	Olivier Taviot	907	2.30	−1.15

	Others	N/A	1,152	-	−
Turnout			40,195	59.60	−3.68
2nd round result
	UMP	Gérard Voisin	21,380	55.55	N/A
	PS	Nicole Eschmann	17,106	44.45	N/A
Turnout			39,577	58.69	N/A
	UMP hold

Legislative Election 2002: Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Gérard Voisin	19,824	50.67	N/A
	EXG	Yves Pagnotte	6,807	17.40	N/A
	FN	Maurice Martin	4,014	10.26	−3.44
	LV	Laurent Develay	3,788	9.68	N/A
	PCF	Chantal Bathias	1,351	3.45	−3.57
	LCR	Jean-François Jezequel	858	2.19	N/A

	Others	N/A	2,479	-	−
Turnout			40,033	63.28	−2.72
	UMP gain from PR

Legislative Election 1997: Saône-et-Loire's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PR (UDF)	Gérard Voisin	14,529	38.99
	PS	Michel Rognard	9,133	24.51
	FN	Maurice Martin	5,105	13.70
	PCF	Chantal Bathias	2,615	7.02
	DVE	Jean-Pierre Bonnin	2,224	5.97
	GE	Nathalie Denne	1,384	3.71
	LO	René Boudier	918	2.46
	DVG	Jérôme Caltran	742	1.99
	DVG	Françoise Mitterrand	614	1.65
Turnout			39,855	66.00
2nd round result
	PR (UDF)	Gérard Voisin	22,588	56.44
	PS	Michel Rognard	17,431	43.56
Turnout			42,920	71.09
	PR hold

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