The 5th constituency of Paris (
French: ''Cinquième circonscription de Paris'') is a French legislative
constituency in the
department of
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one member of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
using the
two-round system
The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resu ...
. Its boundaries were heavily redrawn in 1988 and 2012. From 1958 until 1988 it was located on the
Rive Gauche
The Rive Gauche (, ''Left Bank'') is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two parts. When facing downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank (or ''Rive D ...
; since then it has been located on the
Rive Droite
The Rive Droite (, ''Right Bank'') is most commonly associated with the river Seine in central Paris. Here, the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two parts. When facing downstream, the northern bank is to the right, and the sou ...
. In the
2017 legislative election,
Benjamin Griveaux of
La République En Marche! (LREM) won a majority of the vote. Upon his appointment to the executive branch in 2017, he left his mandate to his
substitute Élise Fajgeles, before regaining it in 2019.
Deputies
Election results
2022
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2017
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2012
2007
Elections between 1988 and 2007 were based on the 1988 boundaries.
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2002
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1997
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References
{{French National Assembly constituencies
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