Val d'Oise's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Val-d'Oise

French National Assembly
constituency

Val-d'Oise's 1st Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy
 Philippe Houillon
UMP
Department Val-d'Oise
Canton Beaumont-sur-Oise - Magny-en-Vexin - Marines - Pontoise - la Vallée-du-Sausseron - Vigny
Voters 78,698

The 1st constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département.

Description

The 1st constituency of Val d'Oise is the largest by far within the department covering approximately half of its entire territory. It lies in the west of Val d'Oise and is largely composed of the Vexin Regional Natural Park which forms part of the green belt around the Paris Metropolitan Area.

Politically the seat is modestly conservative supporting the Union for French Democracy and since 2002 the UMP.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Philippe Lachenaud UDF
1993 Philippe Houillon UDF
2002 UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-d'Oise's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UMP Philippe Houillon 23,241 51.84
PS Tatiana Gründler 21,593 48.16
Turnout 45,951 58.39
UMP hold Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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