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

Election		Member	Party
	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

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