Hauts-de-Seine's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Hauts-de-Seine

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Alexis Bachelay PS
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Canton	Colombes-Nord-Est, Colombes-Nord-Ouest, Gennevilliers-Nord, Gennevilliers-Sud, Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Voters	59,481

The 1st constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine is a French legislative constituency in the Hauts-de-Seine département. It is represented in the XIVth legislature by Alexis Bachelay of the PS.

Description

Hauts-de-Seine's 1st constituency was created in 1967 at the same time as the department itself which had previously been part of the department of Seine. The seat includes the north of Colombes and the neighbouring suburb of Gennevilliers it also contains a vast the port and industrial complex on the south bank of the Seine river.

The constituency had been a strong hold of the French Communist Party for its entire existence, this changed at the 2012 election when the incumbent communist Roland Muzeau came second in the first round and withdrew rather than stand against the Socialist Party candidate.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Waldeck L'Huillier	PCF
	1978	Jacques Brunhes	PCF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jacques Brunhes	PCF
	2001	Dominique Frelaut	PCF
	2002	Jacques Brunhes	PCF
	2007	Roland Muzeau	PCF
	2012	Alexis Bachelay	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Hauts-de-Seine 1st - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Alexis Bachelay	15,495	100
Turnout			20,173	33.92
	PS gain from PCF		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Hauts-de-Seine 1st - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Roland Muzeau	17,864	63.54
	UMP	Véronique Vignon	10,249	36.46
Turnout			28,934	48.81
	PCF hold		Swing

Sources

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