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

Election		Member	Party
	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

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