Yvelines's 7th constituency

The 7th constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

7th constituency of Yvelines

French National Assembly constituency
Yvelines' 7th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Michèle de Vaucouleurs MoDem
Department	Yvelines
Cantons	Andrésy, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Meulan, Triel-sur-Seine
Registered voters	78,358

Description

The 7th constituency of Yvelines is the north of the department with the Seine running through it.

Whilst the seat has elected conservatives since the 1993 defeat of former Prime Minister of France Michel Rocard it remains relatively marginal. The UMP candidate Arnaud Richard won the seat by less than 500 votes at the 2012 election.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1978	Michel Rocard	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Michel Rocard	PS
	1993	Pierre Cardo	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012	Arnaud Richard	UMP
	2017	Michèle de Vaucouleurs	MoDem

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Yvelines's 7th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MoDem	Michèle De Vaucouleurs	15,924	40.71
	UDI	Arnaud Richard	7,600	19.43
	FI	Paul Deboutin	4,621	11.81
	FN	Victoria Kostiaeva	3,580	9.15
	EELV	Ghislaine Senee	3,241	8.29
	DVD	Christian Taillebois	1,041	2.66
	DLF	Sandrine Feraud	866	2.21
	Others	N/A	2,239
Turnout			39,112	48.51
2nd round result
	MoDem	Michèle De Vaucouleurs	16,756	55.57
	UDI	Arnaud Richard	13,395	44.43
Turnout			30,151	37.40
	MoDem gain from LR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yvelines' 7th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Arnaud Richard	21,581	50.51
	PS	Estelle Rodes	21,146	49.49
Turnout			43,682	55.75
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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