A by-election for Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency was held in September 2020. Politically the seat has remained a solid bastion for the
Socialist Party
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. In
2017
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the seat was a rare example of them retaining a seat.
The deputy,
Christophe Bouillon
Christophe Bouillon (born 4 March 1969) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2020. He represented Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency as a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left. From 2015 to 20 ...
was elected
mayor
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of
Barentin
Barentin () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A town of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen at ...
Bastien Coriton
Bastien Coriton (born 12 September 1981) is a French politician who briefly served as a Member of Parliament in 2020.
Career
As the substitute candidate in the 2017 legislative election, he took the seat of Christophe Bouillon.
He was elec ...
, was also elected mayor, in
Rives-en-Seine
Rives-en-Seine () is a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, northern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Caudebec-en-Caux, Saint-Wandrille-Rançon and Villequier.Gérard Leseul of the socialists was elected in the second round.