Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Val-de-Marne

French National Assembly
constituency

Val-de-Marne's 1st Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy
 Sylvain Berrios
UMP
Department Val-de-Marne
Canton Bonneuil-sur-Marne - Champigny-sur-Marne-Ouest - Créteil-Nord - Saint-Maur-des-Fossés-Centre - Saint-Maur-des-Fossés-Ouest - Saint-Maur-La Varenne
Voters 82,696

The 1st constituency of Val-de-Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Val-de-Marne département.

Description

The 1st constituency of Val-de-Marne lies in the centre of the department to the south west of Paris. It includes part of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and the north of Créteil both of which form part of Paris's suburbs. The constituency is part of the more conservative eastern half of the department.

The result of the 2012 election was overturned by the Constitutional Council leading to a by-election in which the incumbent Henri Plagnol was defeated by Sylvain Berrios standing as a dissident UMP candidate.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Christiane Papon RPR
1993 Jean-Louis Beaumont UDF
1997 Henri Plagnol UDF
2002 UMP
2012 Sylvain Berrios UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-de-Marne's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Henri Plagnol 25,800 56.96
PS Akli Mellouli 19,494 43.04
Turnout 46,851 56.65
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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