The 1st constituency of

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: ''Première circonscription de la Somme'') is one of five electoral districts in the

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of the same name, each of which returns one

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to the

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in elections using the

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, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

The constituency is made up of the eight

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of Abbeville-Nord, Abbeville-Sud, Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, Amiens-II-Nord-Ouest, Amiens-IV-Est, Amiens-VIII-Nord, Domart-en-Ponthieu, and Picquigny. At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 1st constituency had a total population of 95,650. It contains both the town of Abbeville and the northern part of the city of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

, the boundary being the course of the

River Somme The Somme ( , , ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is in length, from its source in the high ground of the former at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel. It lies in the geological ...

. Since the defeat of the Gaullist deputy and war hero Fred Moore by the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Unit ...

's candidate

René Lamps René Lamps (5 November 1915 - 8 May 2007) was a French politician. He began his career as a schoolteacher, and he served in the French Resistance during World War II. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1945 to 1958, and from 19 ...

in 1962 the seat has been held continuously by the left.

Historic representation

Election results

2022

LREM Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...

dissident