Manche's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Manche
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Deputy	Philippe Gosselin LR
Department	Manche
Cantons	Canisy - 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 voters	121,610
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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

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

2022

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

2017

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

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Manche's 1st constituency

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

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

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