Val d'Oise's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Val-d'Oise

French National Assembly
constituency

Val-d'Oise's 2nd Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy
 Axel Poniatowski
UMP
Department Val-d'Oise
Canton Cergy-Sud - l'Hautil (part) - l'Isle-Adam - canton de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône - Viarmes
Voters 73,472

The 2nd constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département.

Description

The 2nd constituency of Val d'Oise runs as a thin strip of territory across the centre of the department from north to south and encompasses one canton from Cergy part of the Cergy-Pontoise new town.

Since 1988 the seat has swung between left and right in line with national trends, however at the 2012 elections it was held by the UMP thus defying this pattern.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Alain Richard PS
1993 Christian Gourmelen UDF
1997 Dominique Gillot PS
2002 Axel Poniatowski UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-d'Oise's 2nd Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Axel Poniatowski 20,863 50.86
LV Guillaume Vuilletet 20,155 49.14
Turnout 41,906 57.04
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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

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