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
DepartmentYvelines
CantonsMontigny-le-Bretonneux, Versailles-Nord, Versailles Nord-Ouest, Versailles-Sud (part)
Registered voters83,490

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

ElectionMemberParty
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).

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