The 10th constituency of Val-de-Marne is a French legislative

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...

''département''.

Description

The 10th constituency of

is in the north west of the department bordering

Paris Paris () is the capital and 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), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

to the north. It includes the suburb of

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

and the north of

Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Name Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victori ...

along with Kremlin-Bicêtre. Since its creation in 1988 the seat has been solidly left wing and was held by the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

until 2012 when the

Left Party (France) The Left Party (French: ', PG) is a democratic-socialist political party in France, founded in 2009 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marc Dolez after their departure from the Socialist Party (PS). The PG brings together personalities and groups fro ...

candidate withdrew in favour of fellow left wing candidate

Jean-Luc Laurent Jean-Luc Laurent (born 23 June 1957) is a French politician formerly of the Citizen and Republican Movement. He was Member of Parliament for Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency from 2012 to 2017. Political career He was elected to Parliament in ...

from the second round having come second in the first round of voting. As no other candidate reached required threshold of 12.5% of the registered electorate this left

as the only candidate in the second round.

Historic Representation

Election results

2022

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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Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002:
Résultats électoraux officiels en France
(in French). {{French National Assembly constituencies 10