Yvelines' 8th constituency

8th constituency of Yvelines

French National Assembly constituency
Yvelines' 8th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Françoise Descamps-Crosnier PS
Department	Yvelines
Canton	Limay · Mantes-la-Jolie · Mantes-la-Ville
Voters	71,086

The 8th constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

Description

The 8th constituency of Yvelines is located in the north of the department including the towns of Mantes-la-Jolie and Mantes-la-Ville south of the Seine and Limay on its northern bank. The two parts of the constituency are linked by two bridges across the Seine over the Île aux Dames. The three towns within the constituency form one urban area.

The constituency is one of only two in Yvelines held by the PS at the 2012 election. Historically it has always been something of a marginal seat swapping between right and left in line with the national trend.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Bernard Schreiner	PS
	1993	Pierre Bédier	RPR
	1997	Annette Peulvast-Bergeal	PS
	2002	Pierre Bédier	UMP
	2009	Cécile Dumoulin	UMP
	2012	Françoise Descamps-Crosnier	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yvelines' 8th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Françoise Descamps-Crosnier	19,317	52.99
	UMP	Cécile Dumoulin	17,138	47.01
Turnout			37,592	52.88
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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