The 1st constituency of

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...

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: ''Première circonscription de Maine-et-Loire'') is a French legislative

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in the

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''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

Description

The 1st Constituency of

is situated in the north of the department. It includes the central and some northern portions of the city of

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along with the more rural cantons of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe and Tiercé. The seat had been a stronghold of the centre right UDR and its successor parties the RPR and the

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. However, in 2012 the seat was captured by the

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before falling into the hands of Emmanuel Macron's

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in 2017. In 2020, the deputy,

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, was one of the

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deputies who left to form

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Assembly members

Election results

2024

2022

2017

2012

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