Aisne's 5th constituency

5th constituency of the Aisne

French National Assembly
constituency

Aisne's 5th constituency shown within Picardie
Deputy
 Jacques Krabal
PRG
Department Aisne
Canton Braine, Charly, Château-Thierry, Condé-en-Brie, Fère-en-Tardenois, Neuilly-Saint-Front, Oulchy-le-Château, Vailly-sur-Aisne, Villers-Cotterêts.
Voters 81,007

The 5th constituency of the Aisne is a French legislative constituency in the Aisne département.

Description

Aisne's 5th constituency covers the southern portion of the department, the area is centred on Château-Thierry on the Marne river.

Politically the seat elected conservatives for all the Fifth Republic with the exceptions of during the Mitterrand years between 1981 and 1993 and after the 2012 election.

At the 2012 election a National Front candidate secured a place in the 2nd round splitting the right's vote and allowing the election of Jacques Krabal of the left leaning PRG.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958 André Rossi DC
1978 UDF
1981 Bernard Lefranc PS
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 René Dosière PS
1993 André Rossi UDF
1994 Renaud Dutreil UDF
2002 UMP
2002 Daniel Gard UMP
2007 Isabelle Vasseur UMP
2012 Jacques Krabal PRG

Election results

Legislative Election 2012: Aisne's 5th constituency - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRG Jacques Krabal 20,427 42.21
UMP Isabelle Vasseur 17,761 36.70
FN Franck Briffaut 10,205 21.09
Turnout 49,212 60.75
PRG gain from UMP Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Aisne 5th - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Isabelle Vasseur 25,167 53.69
PS Dominique Jourdain 21,471 46.04
Turnout 46,638 60.46
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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