Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Val-de-Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Val-de-Marne département.

1st constituency of Val-de-Marne

French National Assembly constituency
Val-de-Marne's 1st Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Frédéric Descrozaille LREM
Department	Val-de-Marne
Cantons	Bonneuil-sur-Marne - Champigny-sur-Marne-Ouest - Créteil-Nord - Saint-Maur-des-Fossés-Centre - Saint-Maur-des-Fossés-Ouest - Saint-Maur-La Varenne
Registered voters	82,696

Description

The 1st constituency of Val-de-Marne lies in the centre of the department to the south west of Paris. It includes part of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and the north of Créteil both of which form part of Paris's suburbs. The constituency is part of the more conservative eastern half of the department.

The result of the 2012 election was overturned by the Constitutional Council leading to a by-election in which the incumbent Henri Plagnol was defeated by Sylvain Berrios standing as a dissident UMP candidate.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Christiane Papon	RPR
	1993	Jean-Louis Beaumont	UDF
	1997	Henri Plagnol	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012	Sylvain Berrios	UMP
	2017	Frédéric Descrozaille	LREM

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Val-de-Marne's 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Henri Plagnol	25,800	56.96
	PS	Akli Mellouli	19,494	43.04
Turnout			46,851	56.65
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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