Riding profile

Haute-Loire — 1ère circonscription

Circonscription française — Haute-Loire

The question

Haute-Loire — 1ère circonscription: a safe seat for the LR right?

Editorial read

Haute-Loire — 1ère circonscription, a mixed riding in Haute-Loire, 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 38% vote share, against 37% for the RN and its allies, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Laurent WAUQUIEZ

Sits with LR and allies

Current forecast

LR and allies

Safe

Probability
98%
Mean margin (pts)
0.8
P(close race)
4%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • LR and allies 37.8%
  • RN and allies 37.0%
  • Left (NFP) 17.8%
  • Centre (Ensemble) 4.5%
  • Others 2.0%
  • Far left 0.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

LR and allies RN and allies Left (NFP) Centre (Ensemble)
HereHaute-Loire — 1ère circonscription 37.8%37.0%17.8%4.5%
Provincial averageHaute-Loire 38.8% −0.9 36.0% +1.1 18.3% −0.4 3.9% +0.6
National averageFrance 12.2% +25.6 36.0% +1.0 29.5% −11.7 20.6% −16.1

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
+0.8 pts

Detailed result · FR LEG_2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Laurent WAUQUIEZ Elected LR and allies 27,013 36.8
Alexandre HEUZEY RN and allies 25,091 34.2
Celline GACON Left (NFP) 13,694 18.7
Cécile Marcelle GALLIEN Centre (Ensemble) 6,932 9.4
Electre DRACOS Far left 668 0.9
Last model run
Cycle
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