The 2nd constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative

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in the

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.''département''.

Description

The 2nd constituency of

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as well as the areas to its immediate south and west. Like much of eastern

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. The seat was staunchly conservative, having voted for the Republicans,

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, and its predecessor

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at every election since 1988 prior to 2017. Its deputy from 2002 to 2016,

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, served as a minister during the premiership of François Fillon.

Historic representation

Election results

2022 by-election

The 2022 election was threatened by annulment due to Anne Grignon being both substitute for a deputy and substitute for a senator (Martin Lévrier, in violation of the electoral code. In order to avoid the cancellation of the election, Anne Grignon resigned from her mandate as deputy on August 12, 2022. On July 4, 2022,

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was appointed Deputy Minister in charge of the Digital Transition and Telecommunications. Consequently, he should have been replaced in the National Assembly on August 3, 2022, by his resigning substitute Anne Grignon for the duration of the exercise of his governmental functions. Due to her resignation, a by-election was called. A by-election was therefore called for October 2nd, 2022 to fill the vacant seat in this constituency. The second round of voting took place on October 9, 2022. Due to

being a minister in office, he was replaced in the National Assembly for the duration of these functions by his deputy, Anne Bergantz. *

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dissident