Val d'Oise's 9th constituency

9th constituency of Val-d'Oise

French National Assembly constituency
Val-d'Oise's 9th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Jean-Pirre Blazy PS
Department	Val-d'Oise
Canton	Gonesse - Goussainville - Luzarches
Voters	67,835

The 9th constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département.

Description

The 9th constituency of Val-d'Oise covers the eastern end of the department and is centred on the town of Goussainville which lies close to Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Since 1988 the seat has swung between left and right and has only been retained by the incumbent once during that time, by the PS in 2002.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Michel Coffineau	PS
	1993	Raymond Lamontagne	RPR
	1997	Jean-Pierre Blazy	PS
	2007	Yanick Paternotte	UMP
	2012	Jean-Pierre Blazy	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-d'Oise's 9th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Jean-Pierre Blazy	18,257	55.96
	UMP	Yanick Paternotte	14,367	44.04
Turnout			33,615	49.55
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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