Hauts-de-Seine's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Hauts-de-Seine

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Sébastien Pietrasanta PS
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Canton	Colombes-Sud, Asnières-sur-Seine-Nord, Asnières-sur-Seine-Sud
Voters	63,567

The 2nd 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 Sébastien Pietrasanta, of the PS.

Description

Hauts-de-Seine's 2nd constituency consists of the south of Colombes and the town of Asnières-sur-Seine to its south. The constituency is part of the western suburbs of Paris contained within a loop of the Seine.

The seat has traditionally supported conservative candidates, however at the 2012 elections it elected a left leaning deputy for the first time.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Albin Chalandon	UDR
	1976	Yves Cornic	UDR
	1978	Georges Tranchant	RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Georges Tranchant	RPR
	1993	Jean-Frantz Taittinger	RPR
	2002	Manuel Aeschlimann	UMP
	2012	Sébastien Pietrasanta	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Hauts-de-Seine 2nd - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Sébastien Pietrasanta	18,876	53.53
	UMP	Manuel Aeschlimann	16,384	46.47
Turnout			36,736	57.79
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Hauts-de-Seine 2nd - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Manuel Aeschlimann	18,322	56.19
	PS	Michèle Etcheberry	14,286	43.81
Turnout			33,868	54.24
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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