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 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Philippe Doucet	19,441	59.27
	UMP	Georges Mothron	13,362	40.73
Turnout			33,949	49.87
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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