Hauts-de-Seine's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine

French National Assembly
constituency

Deputy
 Patrick Balkany
UMP
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Canton Clichy, Levallois-Perret Nord, Levallois-Perret Sud
Voters 68,822

The 5th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine is a French legislative constituency in the Hauts-de-Seine département.

Description

Hauts-de-Seine's 5th constituency sits in the north of the department wedged between the Seine to the west and the Boulevard Périphérique which marks the border of Paris proper. It includes the prosperous suburbs of Clichy and Levallois-Perret.

The seat has always returned conservative deputies prior to 1988 from the non-Gaullist parties but since then for mainstream RPR and UMP.

Historic Representative

ElectionMemberParty
1967 Charles Deprez DVD
1968 IR
1978 UDF
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Patrick Balkany RPR
1997 Olivier de Chazeaux RPR
2002 Patrick Balkany UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Hauts-de-Seine 5th - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UMP Patrick Balkany 19,692 51.40
PS Gilles Catoire 18,618 48.60
Turnout 40,190 58.40
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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