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

ElectionMemberParty
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

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