Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 — Legislative Election Results

Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 was won by Jean Michel Boucheron (Parti Socialiste) at the 1997 legislative election, with 63.4% of the vote in the deciding round, a margin of 26.8 points over UDF. This page covers every legislative election on record in Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 from 1958 to 1997.

France elects this seat over two rounds: a seat can be won outright in round one with an absolute majority, or go to a runoff between the top qualifiers. Results below show whichever round actually decided the seat. For 1958-1981, the source data reports results by party/political family only, not by individual candidate name; from 1988 onward the source reports named candidates, and this page shows them. See the sourcing note below.

Results by Election

ElectionRoundWinnerVote ShareRunner-upMargin
1958 2 MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) 47.4% UNR (Gaullist) (39.3%) 8.1 pts
1962 1 (outright) MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) 50.0% UNR-UDT (Gaullist) (26.9%) 23.1 pts
1967 2 Centre Démocrate 41.7% PSU (unified socialist) (29.6%) 12.1 pts
1968 2 UDR-RI (joint list) 53.9% Centre Progrès et Démocratie Moderne (46.1%) 7.8 pts
1973 2 UDR-URP (joint list) 57.3% Parti Socialiste (42.7%) 14.6 pts
1978 2 RPR 54.3% PS-MRG (45.7%) 8.5 pts
1981 2 Parti Socialiste 54.7% RPR (45.3%) 9.4 pts
1988 1 (outright) Jean Michel Boucheron (Parti Socialiste) 50.7% Jean Pierre Dagorn (UDF) (31.7%) 19.0 pts
1997 2 Jean Michel Boucheron (Parti Socialiste) 63.4% Jean Pierre Dagorn (UDF) (36.6%) 26.8 pts

Winning Margin Over Time

1958: MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) margin 8.1 pts 1962: MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) margin 23.1 pts 1967: Centre Démocrate margin 12.1 pts 1968: UDR-RI (joint list) margin 7.8 pts 1973: UDR-URP (joint list) margin 14.6 pts 1978: RPR margin 8.5 pts 1981: Parti Socialiste margin 9.4 pts 1988: Parti Socialiste margin 19.0 pts 1997: Parti Socialiste margin 26.8 pts 1958 1962 1967 1968 1973 1978 1981 1988 1997

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 in the 1997 legislative election?

Jean Michel Boucheron (Parti Socialiste) won the seat of Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 in 1997 with 63.4% of the vote in the deciding round, a margin of 26.8 points over UDF.

Which parties have won Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 since 1958?

Since 1958, Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 has been won by: Centre Démocrate, MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire), Parti Socialiste, RPR, UDR-RI (joint list), UDR-URP (joint list).

What was the closest result on record in Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1?

The closest result on record for Ille-Et-Vilaine, Circonscription 1 was 1968, when UDR-RI (joint list) beat Centre Progrès et Démocratie Moderne by just 7.8 percentage points.