Biology:Yvelines's 1st constituency

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1st constituency of Yvelines
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Yvelines' 1st Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy<div class="ib-french-constituency-member" style="border-left-color: Script error: No such module "Political party".">Didier Baichère
REM
DepartmentYvelines
CantonsMontigny-le-Bretonneux, Versailles-Nord, Versailles Nord-Ouest, Versailles-Sud (part)
Registered voters83,490

The 1st constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.

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

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Independent Republicans/meta/color" | 1968 Bernard Destremau RI
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | 1978 Étienne Pinte RPR
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | 1988 Étienne Pinte RPR
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | 2002 UMP
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | 2012 François de Mazières UMP
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" | 2017 Didier Baichère REM

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2017: Yvelines' 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[La République En Marche!|Template:La République En Marche!/meta/shortname]] Didier Baichère 19,879 51.06
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Union for a Popular Movement|Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/shortname]] François-Xavier Bellamy 19,052 48.94 -7.81
Turnout 38,931 46.63 -11.75
La République En Marche! gain from Union for a Popular Movement Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Yvelines' 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Union for a Popular Movement|Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/shortname]] François de Mazières 26,544 56.75
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Party (France)|Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/shortname]] Isabelle This Saint-Jean 20,230 43.25
Turnout 47,683 58.38
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | [[Union for a Popular Movement|Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/shortname]] hold Swing

Sources

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