Hauts-de-Seine's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Hauts-de-Seine

French National Assembly
constituency

Deputy
 Jacques Kossowski
UMP
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Canton Bois-Colombes, Courbevoie Nord, Courbevoie Sud, La Garenne-Colombes
Voters 76,553

The 3rd 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 Jacques Kossowski, of the UMP.

Description

Hauts-de-Seine's 3rd constituency lies in the north of the department around Courbevoie situated 8.2km to the west of central Paris. The seat is urban in character and is densely packed on the western side of the Seine on the opposite bank to Neuilly-sur-Seine. The constituency also includes part of La Défense the business district which serves the capital.

The seat has elected conservative deputies without interruption since 1988, however between 1973 and 1986 and seat elected a deputy from the French Communist Party. In recent years the seat has become very safe for the Gaullist right with the UMP candidate winning in the first round in 2002 and 2007.


Historic Representative

ElectionMemberParty
1967 Emile Tricon UDR
1973 Dominique Frelaut PCF
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Yves Haby UDF
1997 Jacques Kossowski RPR
2002 UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Hauts-de-Seine 3rd - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jacques Kossowski 24,510 57.22
PS Jean-André Lasserre 18,328 42.78
Turnout 43,879 57.32
UMP hold Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Hauts-de-Seine 3rd
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jacques Kossowski 27,920 56.79
PS Jean-André Lasserre 8,853 18.01
MoDem Jean-Louis Ragot 5,359 10.90
LV Michel Barnoncel 1,414 2.88
FN Rémi Carillon 1,408 2.86
Revolutionary Communist League Francine Royon 839 1.71
Liberal Alternative Arash Derambarsh 735 1.49
PCF Annick Herbin 716 1.46
Ecology Generation Patricia Dore 566 1.15
Movement for France Louis Chagnon 512 1.04
Independent Hélène Pelissier 247 0.5
LO Françoise Marcel 205 0.42
Independent Sarah Berkouki 189 0.38
National Republican Movement Marie-Jeanne Souillart 149 0.3
Independent Catherine Triboulet 53 0.11
Turnout 50,095 61.13
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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