Hauts-de-Seine's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Patrick Balkany UMP
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Canton	Clichy, Levallois-Perret Nord, Levallois-Perret Sud
Voters	68,822

The 5th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine is a French legislative constituency in the Hauts-de-Seine département.

Description

Hauts-de-Seine's 5th constituency sits in the north of the department wedged between the Seine to the west and the Boulevard Périphérique which marks the border of Paris proper. It includes the prosperous suburbs of Clichy and Levallois-Perret.

The seat has always returned conservative deputies prior to 1988 from the non-Gaullist parties but since then for mainstream RPR and UMP.

Historic Representative

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Charles Deprez	DVD
	1968		IR
	1978		UDF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Patrick Balkany	RPR
	1997	Olivier de Chazeaux	RPR
	2002	Patrick Balkany	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Hauts-de-Seine 5th - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Patrick Balkany	19,692	51.40
	PS	Gilles Catoire	18,618	48.60
Turnout			40,190	58.40
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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