Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département. It is currently represented by Fiona Lazaar of La République En Marche! (LREM).

5th constituency of Val-d'Oise

French National Assembly constituency
Val-d'Oise's 5th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Fiona Lazaar REM
Department	Val-d'Oise
Cantons	Argenteuil-Est - Argenteuil-Nord - Argenteuil-Ouest - Bezons
Registered voters	68,483

Description

The 5th constituency of Val-d'Oise covers the large suburban town of Argenteuil in the south of the department. The town which sits on the north bank of the Seine opposite Colombes and close to Nanterre both of which form large parts of Paris's north western suburbs.

Politically the seat is marginal and control of it has swung between left and right in line with the national trend. The seat is notable for once being held by former French Communist Party leader Robert Hue.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Robert Montdargent	PCF
	1993	Georges Mothron	RPR
	1997	Robert Hue	PCF
	2002	Georges Mothron	UMP
	2012	Philippe Doucet	PS
	2017	Fiona Lazaar	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fiona Lazaar	REM	7,975	29.95	12,523	59.72
	Philippe Doucet	PS	4,514	16.95	8,447	40.28
	Françoise Pacha-Stiegler	FI	3,658	13.74
	Gilles Savry	LR	3,506	13.16
	Pierre Renucci	FN	2,630	9.88
	Dominique Lesparre	PCF	2,118	7.95
	Pascal Bertolini	ECO	647	2.43
	Fabrice David	ECO	455	1.71
	Dominique Mariette	EXG	440	1.65
	Franck Debeaud	DVD	249	0.93
	Leïla Louchart	DIV	226	0.85
	Stanley Paraison	DIV	167	0.63
	Souad Aumigny	ECO	47	0.18
Votes			26,632	100.00	20,970	100.00
Valid votes			26,632	97.80	20,970	89.68
Blank votes			434	1.59	1,737	7.43
Null votes			165	0.61	677	2.90
Turnout			27,231	39.76	23,384	34.15
Abstentions			41,252	60.24	45,100	65.85
Registered voters			68,483		68,484
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Philippe Doucet	12,929	38.23
	UMP	Georges Mothron	9,301	27.50
	FG	Dominique Lesparre	4,475	13.23
	FN	Aurélie Thomas	3,938	11.65
	EELV	Anne Gellé	920	2.72
	Others	N/A	2,253
Turnout			33,816	49.67
2nd round result
	PS	Philippe Doucet	19,441	59.27
	UMP	Georges Mothron	13,362	40.73
Turnout			32,803	48.19
	PS gain from UMP

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Georges Mothron	13,980	41.13
	PS	Faouzi Lamdaoui	9,103	26.78
	PCF	Bernard Calabuig	2,387	7.02
	MoDem	Françoise Inghelaere	1,773	5.22
	FN	Micheline Bruna	1,703	5.01
	EXG	Homar Slaouti	1,077	3.17
	EXG	Agnès Bernard	692	2.04
	Others	N/A	3,273
Turnout			34,596	53.99
2nd round result
	UMP	Georges Mothron	16,983	51.01
	PS	Faouzi Lamdaoui	16,309	48.99
Turnout			34,418	53.71
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Robert Hue	12,866	38.63
	UMP	Georges Mothron	11,835	35.53
	FN	Micheline Bruna	4,790	14.38
	LCR	Pierre Mirsalis	745	2.24
	PR	Mohamed Smaoun	677	2.03
	Others	N/A	2,397
Turnout			33,868	60.76
2nd round result
	UMP	Georges Mothron	16,150	50.38
	PCF	Robert Hue	15,906	49.62
Turnout			32,956	59.12
	UMP gain from PCF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Robert Hue	11,377	30.40
	RPR	Georges Mothron	7,376	19.71
	FN	Michel Bischoff	6,971	18.62
	PS	Manuel Valls	6,484	17.32
	LO	Patrice Crunil	1,020	2.73
	EXD	Louis Girard	968	2.59
	GE	Emmanuel Thieblemont	830	2.22
	ECO	Michel Alborghetti	822	2.20
	Others	N/A	1,582
Turnout			38,563	65.33
2nd round result
	PCF	Robert Hue	20,974	57.05
	RPR	Georges Mothron	15,788	42.95
Turnout			39,304	66.59
	PCF gain from RPR

Sources

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