Somme's 4th constituency
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 Somme's 4th Constituency shown within Picardie. | |||
| Deputy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Somme | ||
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye, Bernaville, Conty, Corbie, Doullens, Hornoy-le-Bourg, Montdidier, Moreuil, Poix-de-Picardie, Villers-Bocage | ||
| Voters | 82,795 | ||
The 4th constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme département.
Description
The 4th constituency of the Somme was radically altered as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies and as a result is now completely different to that seat which bore the same name between 1988 and 2012. The new seat is closer in composition to the now defunct Somme's 6th constituency.
The constituency runs through the centre of the department but also includes a strip of territory along its southern edge. In its centre the seats surrounds the city of Amiens on three sides.
Notably the seat has changed hands at every election since 1988.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Max Lejeune | SFIO | |
| 1978 | Chantal Leblanc | PCF | |
| 1981 | Jacques Becq | PS | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Jacques Becq | PS | |
| 1993 | Joël Hart | RPR | |
| 1997 | Francis Hammel | PS | |
| 2002 | Joël Hart | UMP | |
| 2007 | Gilbert Mathon | PS | |
| 2012 | Alain Gest | UMP | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Alain Gest | 25,351 | 50.55 | ||
| PS | Catherine Quignon | 24,795 | 49.45 | ||
| Turnout | 52,191 | 63.04 | |||
| UMP gain from PS | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).