Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency explained

The 5th constituency of the Seine-Maritime (French: Cinquième circonscription de la Seine-Maritime) is a French legislative constituency in the Seine-Maritime département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

The 5th Constituency of the Seine-Maritime covers a large central area in the southern part of the department to the west of Rouen.The seat adjoins the city as it includes the suburb of Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville, it does however also include a large swathe of the Boucles of the Seine Regional Natural Park.

Politically the seat has remained a solid bastion for the Socialist Party. In 2017 the seat was a rare example of them retaining a seat.

Christophe Bouillon was elected mayor of Barentin on 28 May 2020 and resigned on 18 June for multiple mandates. His substitute, Bastien Coriton, also elected mayor in Rives-en-Seine, resigned five days after taking office. A by-election was held on 20 and 27 September 2020.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1958	André Bettencourt	CNIP
	1962		RI
	1966	Georges Chedru
	1967	André Bettencourt
	1967	Georges Chedru
	1968	André Bettencourt
	1968	Georges Chedru
	1973	André Bettencourt
	1978	Charles Revet	UDF
	1981	Paul Dhaille	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Claude Bateux	PS
	1993
	1997
	2002
	2007	Christophe Bouillon	PS
	2012
	2017			Elected mayor of Barentin on 28 May 2020 and resigned from the National Assembly on 18 June because of cumulation of mandates
	2020	Bastien Coriton		Substitute for Bouillon, elected mayor of Rives-en-Seine, resigned from National Assembly after 5 days
	2020	Gérard Leseul
	2022

Election results

2022

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2020 by-election

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2017

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2012

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2007

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2002

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1997

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Seine-Maritime . 2022-08-18 . Le Monde.fr . fr-FR.