Aisne's 4th constituency

4th constituency of the Aisne

French National Assembly constituency
Aisne's 4th constituency shown within Picardie
Deputy	Marie-Françoise Bechtel MRC
Department	Aisne
Canton	Chauny, Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, Soissons Nord, Soissons Sud, Tergnier, Vic-sur-Aisne
Voters	78,988

The 4th constituency of the Aisne is a French legislative constituency in the Aisne département.

Description

Aisne's 4th constituency covers the territory around Soissons in the west of the department.

In common with other seats in Aisne the 4th constituency switched from the Gaullist to the Communists in the 1970s and has maintained a preference for the left since then.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Albert Catalifaud	UNR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Roland Renard	PCF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Bernard Lefranc	PS
	1993	Emmanuelle Bouquillon	UDF
	1997	Jacques Desallangre	MDC
	2007		FG
	2012	Marie-Françoise Bechtel	MRC

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Aisne's 4th constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CRM	Marie-Françoise Bechtel	21,875	53.62
	UMP	Isabelle Letrillart	18,924	46.38
Turnout			42,392	53.67
	CRM gain from FG		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Aisne 4th - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Miscellaneous left	Jacques Desallangre	24,792	54.58
	UMP	Brigitte Thuin-Macherez	20,633	45.42
Turnout			45,425	58.76
	Miscellaneous left hold		Swing

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).