Yvelines' 7th constituency

7th constituency of Yvelines

French National Assembly
constituency

Yvelines' 7th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy
 Arnaud Richard
UMP
Department Yvelines
Canton Andrésy, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Meulan, Triel-sur-Seine
Voters 78,358

The 7th constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

Description

The 7th constituency of Yvelines is the north of the department with the Seine running through it.

Whilst the seat has elected conservatives since the 1993 defeat of former Prime Minister of France Michel Rocard it remains relatively marginal. The UMP candidate Arnaud Richard won the seat by less than 500 votes at the 2012 election.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1978 Michel Rocard PS
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Michel Rocard PS
1993 Pierre Cardo UDF
2002 UMP
2012 Arnaud Richard UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yvelines' 7th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UMP Arnaud Richard 21,581 50.51
PS Estelle Rodes 21,146 49.49
Turnout 43,682 55.75
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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

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