Riding profile

Cantal — 1ère circonscription

Circonscription française — Cantal

The question

Cantal — 1ère circonscription: a safe seat for the LR right?

Editorial read

Cantal — 1ère circonscription, a mixed riding in Cantal, elected a member with the LR right in the previous cycle, with a 0-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the LR right ahead at 39% vote share, against 34% for the RN and its allies, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Vincent DESCOEUR

Sits with LR and allies

Current forecast

LR and allies

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.6
P(close race)
1%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • LR and allies 38.7%
  • RN and allies 34.1%
  • Left (NFP) 21.6%
  • Centre (Ensemble) 2.7%
  • Others 2.0%
  • Far left 0.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

LR and allies RN and allies Left (NFP) Centre (Ensemble)
HereCantal — 1ère circonscription 38.7%34.1%21.6%2.7%
Provincial averageCantal 41.6% −2.9 35.3% −1.2 17.2% +4.4 3.0% −0.4
National averageFrance 12.2% +26.5 36.0% −1.9 29.5% −7.9 20.6% −17.9

Provincial averages computed across the 577 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · FR LEG_2024

Won by
LR and allies
Margin
0.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.6 pts

Detailed result · FR LEG_2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Vincent DESCOEUR Elected LR and allies 16,615 37.7
Dorothée GALLAIS RN and allies 13,361 30.3
Valérie RUEDA Left (NFP) 9,893 22.4
Denis SABOT Centre (Ensemble) 3,377 7.7
Rémy DAUVILLIER Far left 458 1.0
Jean-Jacques BRUXELLE RN and allies 410 0.9
Last model run
Cycle
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