Seine-Maritime's 8th constituency
The 8th constituency of the Seine-Maritime (French: Huitième circonscription de la Seine-Maritime) is a French legislative constituency in the Seine-Maritime département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
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 Seine-Maritime's 8th Constituency shown within Seine-Maritime. | |||
| Deputy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Seine-Maritime | ||
| Cantons | Gonfreville-l'Orcher, Le Havre II, Le Havre III, Le Havre IV, Le Havre VIII, Le Havre IX | ||
| Registered voters | 67666 [2] | ||
Description
The 8th Constituency of the Seine-Maritime covers Le Havre as well as Gonfreville-l'Orcher which was added as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.
The seat has historically been a stronghold of the French Communist Party, 2012 is the only recent election in which another party won, in this case the Socialist Party.
Assembly Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | André Duroméa | PCF | |
| 1993 | Daniel Colliard | PCF | |
| 1997 | Daniel Paul | PCF | |
| 2012 | Catherine Troallic | PS | |
| 2017 | Jean-Paul Lecoq | PCF | |
References
- "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
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