Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency

7th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Patrick Ollier UMP
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Canton	Garches, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud.
Voters	83,959

The 7th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine is a French legislative constituency in the Hauts-de-Seine département.

Description

Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency sits in the centre of the department bordering Paris just north of Boulogne-Billancourt and Yvelines to the west. It includes the extremely wealthy suburb of Saint-Cloud as well as Garches to the west and Rueil-Malmaison to the north west all of which form continuous urban area.

Politically the seat today is solidly conservative, however prior to 1986 it elected a French Communist Party deputy at every election.

Historic Representative

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Raymond Barbet	PCF
	1978	Jacqueline Fraysse	PCF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jacques Baumel	RPR
	2002	Patrick Ollier	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Hauts-de-Seine 7th - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Patrick Ollier	28,617	63.04
	PS	Bertrand Rocheron	16,778	36.96
Turnout			46,742	55.67
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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