Oise's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Oise

French National Assembly constituency
Oise's 1st Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy	Olivier Dassault UMP
Department	Oise
Canton	Beauvais-Nord-Est, Beauvais-Nord-Ouest, Breteuil, Crèvecoeur-le-Grand, Froissy, Maignelay-Montigny, Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, Nivillers, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée.
Voters	80,790

The 1st constituency of Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Oise département.

Description

The 1st constituency of the Oise lies in the north of the department and includes the northern portion of its prefecture Beauvais.

Since 1988 the seat has been held by one man Olivier Dassault with the exception of between 1997 and 2002 when it was captured by the Socialist Party. Olivier Dassault is the third generation of his family to have held elected office with his father Serge Dassault being a Senator and his grandfather Marcel Dassault being a Deputy between 1951 and 1986. Marcel Dassault was the founder of Dassault Group a large French industrial conglomerate

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Olivier Dassault	RPR
	1997	Yves Rome	PS
	2002	Olivier Dassault	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Oise's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Olivier Dassault	26,702	58.05
	PS	Béatrice Lejeune	19,299	41.95
Turnout			47,355	58.61
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).