Yvelines's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

1st constituency of Yvelines

French National Assembly constituency
Yvelines' 1st Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Didier Baichère REM
Department	Yvelines
Cantons	Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Versailles-Nord, Versailles Nord-Ouest, Versailles-Sud (part)
Registered voters	83,490

Description

The 1st constituency of Yvelines includes most of the historic royal city of Versailles.

Politically the seat has been a stronghold of the right since its creation in 1968. In its entire history it has only been represented by four men. Its first deputy Bernard Destremau was a noted tennis player and diplomat.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1968	Bernard Destremau	RI
	1978	Étienne Pinte	RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Étienne Pinte	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2012	François de Mazières	UMP
	2017	Didier Baichère	REM

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2012: Yvelines's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Didier Baichère	19,630	42.15
	LR	François-Xavier Bellamy	12,801	27.49
	FI	Thibaut Marchal	3,744	8.04
	FN	Thierry Perez	2,360	5.07
	PS	Charlotte Rossettini	2,163	4.64
	EELV	Olivier Pareja	1,918	4.12
	DVD	François Billot De Lochner	1,295	2.78
	Others	N/A	2,661
Turnout			46,572	55.78
2nd round result
	LREM	Didier Baichère	19,879	51.06
	LR	François-Xavier Bellamy	19,054	48.94
Turnout			38,933	46.63
	LREM gain from LR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yvelines' 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	François de Mazières	26,544	56.75
	PS	Isabelle This Saint-Jean	20,230	43.25
Turnout			47,683	58.38
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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