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

Election		Member	Party
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).