Seine-Saint-Denis' 7th constituency

7th constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Jean-Pierre Brard CAP
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Canton	Montreuil Est, Montreuil Nord, Montreuil Ouest

Seine-Saint-Denis' seventh constituency is a French legislative constituency in the Seine-Saint-Denis département (north-east of Paris). It is one of twelve in that département, and covers three cantons which together constitute the town of Montreuil. The constituency is equated with the town. Created in 1986,^[1] Seine-Saint-Denis' 7th constituency has continuously re-elected the Communist MP Jean-Pierre Brard.^[2]

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Brard	PCF
	1993
	1997		CAP
	2002
	2003 by-election
	2007

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-de-Marne 5th - 1st round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NC	Muriel Bessis[3]
	FG	Jean-Pierre Brard
	DLR	Marc Couedic
	PS	Razzy Hamadi[4]
	Independent Workers' Party	Christel Keiser
	Independent	Salim Khelif
	Pirate Party	Yannick Penneçot
Turnout

2007

The constituency was one of just two (the other being Nord's 19th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In Montreuil, however, the Communist and Socialist candidates were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in first and second place. Socialist candidate Mouna Viprey honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Brard to be re-elected in a walkover.^[5] 30.17% of voters nonetheless cast a blank ballot.^[6]

Legislative Election 2007: Seine-Saint-Denis 5th - 2nd round[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CAP	Jean-Pierre Brard	11 912	100	+47.77
Turnout			17 059	34.20	-16.84
	CAP hold		Swing	+47.77

Legislative Election 2007: Seine-Saint-Denis 7th - 1st round[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CAP	Jean-Pierre Brard	7 897	28.53
	PS	Mouna Viprey	7 028	25.39
	UMP	Laurent Vigier	6 152	22.22
	LV	Fabienne Vansteenkiste	1 867	6.74
	Revolutionary Communist League	François Mailloux	1 323	4.78
	FN	Michel Collier	1 130	4.08
	Other	Paul Arnaud	925	3.34
	TCNE	Léone Verbeurgt	323	1.17
	LO	Jean-Marie Lenoir	236	0.85
	National Republican Movement	Patricua Vayssière	226	0.82
	Independent Workers' Party	Christel Keiser	168	0.61
	Other	Rachid Nekkaz	156	0.56
	Other	Christelle Levert	122	0.44
	Miscellaneous left	Béatrice Durand	91	0.33
	Other	Jean-Pierre Djemba	40	0.14
Turnout			28 060	56.26

2002

Legislative Election 2007: Seine-Saint-Denis 5th - 2nd round[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CAP	Jean-Pierre Brard	10 622	52.23
	PS	Mouna Viprey	9 715	47.77
Turnout			22 493	51.04
	CAP hold		Swing

References

1. Loi n° 86-1197 du 24 novembre 1986 relative à la délimitation des circonscriptions pour l'élection des députés
2. "M. Jean-Pierre Brard", website of the National Assembly
3. Endorsed also by the Union for a Popular Movement. C.f. "Candidats investis ou soutenus par le Conseil national de l’UMP du 28 janvier 2012", UMP website, 1 February 2012
4. Former President of the Young Socialist Movement.
5. "Législatives : 49,58% de participation à 17h", L'express, 17 June 2007
6. Official results: 2007, French government website
7. Official results: 2002, French government website