Val-d'Oise's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département. It is currently represented by François Pupponi of the Socialist Party.

8th constituency of Val-d'Oise

French National Assembly constituency
Val-d'Oise's 8th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	François Pupponi PS
Department	Val-d'Oise
Cantons	Garges-lès-Gonesse-Est - Garges-lès-Gonesse-Ouest - Sarcelles-Nord-Est - Villiers-le-Bel
Registered voters	54,551

Description

The 8th constituency of Val-d'Oise contains the town of Garges-lès-Gonesse and the north eastern half of Sarcelles.

The seat is notable for being held by former Finance Minister, head of the International Monetary Fund and candidate for the PS presidential nomination Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Dominique Strauss-Kahn	PS
	1993	Pierre Lellouche	RPR
	1997	Dominique Strauss-Kahn	PS
	2002
	2007
	December 2007 by-election	François Pupponi	PS
	2012
	2017

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	François Pupponi	PS	6,474	38.37	10,252	65.80
	Samy Debah	DIV	2,352	13.94	5,328	34.20
	Pamela Hocini	FI	2,035	12.06
	Tifanny Alleau	FN	1,944	11.52
	Chantal Grolier	UDI	1,844	10.93
	Mohammed Farid	PCF	481	2.85
	Jean-Didier Dossou	DIV	409	2.42
	Laëtitia Zidée	ECO	324	1.92
	Marie-Laure Yapi	DIV	230	1.36
	Adhal Bara	DIV	173	1.03
	Pierre Valesa	ECO	170	1.01
	Rémi Gajdos	EXG	145	0.86
	Aysenur Catakli	DIV	117	0.69
	Farid Saidani	ECO	90	0.53
	Navaz Mouhamadaly	ECO	83	0.49
Votes			16,871	100.00	15,580	100.00
Valid votes			16,871	96.38	15,580	92.34
Blank votes			438	2.50	859	5.09
Null votes			196	1.12	434	2.57
Turnout			17,505	32.09	16,873	30.93
Abstentions			37,046	67.91	37,681	69.07
Registered voters			54,551		54,554
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-d'Oise's 8th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	François Pupponi	14,169	66.30
	UMP	Marie-France Blanchet	7,201	33.70
Turnout			22,182	42.62
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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