# Paris's 15th constituency

The 15th constituency of Paris (French: Quinzième circonscription de Paris) is a French legislative constituency in the Paris département (75). Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system. The constituency is in the East of the city, but before the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, it was based in the west, covering areas now in the 14th and 4th constituencies.

## Historic representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Observation | Source |
| | 1958 | Julien Tardieu | CNIP | | |
| | 1962 | Michel de Grailly | UNR | | |
| | 1967 | Michel de Grailly | UDR | | |
| | 1968 | Michel de Grailly | UDR | | |
| | 1973 | Eugène Claudius-Petit | CDP | | |
| | 1978 | Yves Lancien | RPR | | |
| | 1981 | Yves Lancien | RPR | | |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Gilbert Gantier | UDF | | |
| | 1993 | Gilbert Gantier | UDF | | |
| | 1997 | Gilbert Gantier | UDF | | |
| | 2002 | Gilbert Gantier | UDF | | |
| | 2004 | Bernard Debré | UMP | Substitute for Gilbert Gantier | |
| | 2007 | Bernard Debré | UMP | | |
| | 2012 | George Pau-Langevin | PS | Joined government in July 2012 | |
| | 2012 | Fanélie Carrey-Conte | PS | Substitute to George Pau-Langevin | |
| | 2012 | George Pau-Langevin | PS | Resigned from government | |
| | 2017 | George Pau-Langevin | PS | Appointed to government. | |
| | 2021 | Lamia El Aaraje | PS | Won by-election | |
| | 2022 | Danielle Simonnet | FI | | |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Danielle Simonnet | LFI diss. | | 23,103 | 41.87 | N/A | 28,858 | 74.19 | N/A |
| | Céline Verzeletti [fr] | LFI | NFP | 12,619 | 22.87 | -24.44 | 10,039 | 25.81 | -32.64 |
| | Mohamad Gassama | RE | ENS | 8,948 | 16.22 | +0.39 | | | |
| | Clotilde Guery | RN | | 4,969 | 9.01 | +5.19 | | | |
| | François-Marie Didier | LR | | 1,968 | 3.57 | -2.45 | | | |
| | Philippe Aragon | DVC | | 1,634 | 2.96 | +0.47 | | | |
| | Aliou Pourchet | UDI | | 943 | 1.71 | N/A | | | |
| | Christian Guillot | REC | | 568 | 1.01 | -2.31 | | | |
| | Arnaud Charvillat | LO | | 275 | 0.50 | -0.14 | | | |
| | Pierre Augros | DIV | | 128 | 0.23 | N/A | | | |
| | Laurent Chrétien Marquet | DIV | | 32 | 0.06 | N/A | | | |
| | Audrey Lepage | DIV | | 1 | 0.00 | N/A | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 55,178 | 98.37 | -0.40 | 38,897 | 87.14 | -7.18 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 605 | 1.08 | +0.19 | 4,491 | 10.06 | +5.73 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 312 | 0.56 | +0.21 | 1,251 | 2.80 | +1.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,095 | 70.47 | +16.97 | 44,639 | 56.08 | +8.16 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 23,503 | 29.53 | -16.97 | 34,959 | 43.92 | -8.16 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 79,598 | | | 79,598 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde ||||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD | LFI HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Danielle Simonnet | 19,772 | 47.31 | -2.75 |
| | PS | Lamia El Aaraje* | 7,469 | 17.87 | −7.95 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Mohamad Gassama | 6,616 | 15.83 | N/A |
| | LR (UDC) | François-Marie Didier | 2,517 | 6.02 | −12.60 |
| | RN | Marie-Josée Boulaire | 1,597 | 3.82 | N/A |
| | REC | Philippe Houplain | 1,387 | 3.32 | N/A |
| | DVC | Philippe Aragon | 1,040 | 2.49 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,398 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,321 | 53.50 | +37.95 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Danielle Simonnet | 20,897 | 58.45 | +15.01 |
| | PS | Lamia El Aaraje* | 14,856 | 41.55 | −15.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,753 | 47.92 | +31.56 |
| | LFI gain from PS | LFI gain from PS | LFI gain from PS | LFI gain from PS | LFI gain from PS |
* PS candidate, not supported by NUPES, but supported by her own party; the only dissident candidate supported by a party within the NUPES alliance.

### 2021 by-election

2021 by-election: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Lamia El Aaraje | 3,010 | 25.82 | +1.69 |
| | LFI | Danielle Simonnet | 2,437 | 20.90 | +2.24 |
| | LR | François-Marie Didier | 2,171 | 18.62 | +9.70 |
| | EELV | Antoinette Guhl | 2,160 | 18.53 | +7.66 |
| | PCF | Thomas Roger | 1,239 | 10.63 | +6.08 |
| | DVD | Jean-Damien de Sinzogan | 449 | 3.85 | N/A |
| | Far-left | Sarah Gardent | 130 | 1.12 | N/A |
| | DIV | Farid Ghehioueche | 63 | 0.54 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,029 | 15.55 | −35.91 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Lamia El Aaraje | 6,678 | 56.56 | −3.73 |
| | LFI | Danielle Simonnet | 5,128 | 43.44 | +3.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,665 | 16.36 | −26.95 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | George Pau-Langevin | 9,258 | 24.13 | −22.88 |
| | LFI | Mehdi Kemoune | 7,158 | 18.66 | N/A |
| | DVD | Philippe Aragon | 6,418 | 16.73 | N/A |
| | EELV | Antoinette Guhl | 4,171 | 10.87 | +2.99 |
| | LR | Atanase Périfan [fr] | 3,421 | 8.92 | −9.04 |
| | FN | Christophe Versini | 1,771 | 4.62 | −2.05 |
| | PCF | Jacques Baudrier | 1,746 | 4.55 | −7.89 |
| | DVG | Dalila Fasfar | 918 | 2.39 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 3,507 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,242 | 51.49 | −5.64 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | George Pau-Langevin | 18,039 | 60.29 | −13.21 |
| | LFI | Mehdi Kemoune | 11,880 | 39.71 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,003 | 43.31 | −9.00 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | Swing | | |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PS | George Pau-Langevin | 19,858 | 47.01 |
| | UMP | Nathalie Fanfant | 7,584 | 17.96 |
| | FG | Didier Le Reste [fr] | 5,254 | 12.44 |
| | EELV | Arlette Zilberg | 3,328 | 7.88 |
| | FN | Geneviève Beduneau | 2,819 | 6.67 |
| | MoDem | Sonia Ouertani | 1,344 | 3.18 |
| | Others | N/A | 2,051 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,238 | 57.13 |
| 2nd round result |||||
| | PS | George Pau-Langevin | 28,421 | 73.50 |
| | UMP | Nathalie Fanfant | 10,247 | 26.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,668 | 52.31 |
| | PS win (new boundaries) | PS win (new boundaries) | PS win (new boundaries) | PS win (new boundaries) |

### 2007

Elections between 1988 and 2007 were based on the 1988 boundaries.
Legislative Election 2007: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Bernard Debre | 16,521 | 64.91 | |
| | DVD | Claude Fain | 2,998 | 11.78 | |
| | MoDem | Valérie Sachs | 1,834 | 7.21 | |
| | PS | Ghislaine Salmat | 1,755 | 6.90 | |
| | FN | Jean Mairey | 678 | 2.66 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,665 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,575 | 58.44 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Laurent Dominati | 8,193 | 32.38 | |
| | UDF | Gilbert Gantier [fr] | 7,574 | 29.93 | |
| | PS | Bariza Khiari | 2,344 | 9.26 | |
| | FN | Farid Smahi [fr] | 1,434 | 5.67 | |
| | DVD | David Alphand | 1,356 | 5.36 | |
| | DVD | Pierre Gaboriau | 1,313 | 5.19 | |
| | UDF | Claude Fain | 893 | 3.53 | |
| | DIV | Thomas Vandeville | 544 | 2.15 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,559 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,531 | 66.14 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Gilbert Gantier [fr] | 10,195 | 53.09 | |
| | UMP | Laurent Dominati | 9,007 | 46.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,160 | 52.54 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Paris's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Gilbert Gantier [fr] | 14,542 | 60.14 | |
| | PS | Bariza Khiari | 2,602 | 10.76 | |
| | FN | Patrick Brocard | 2,598 | 10.74 | |
| | DVD | Patrick Formey de Saint-Louvent | 1,306 | 5.40 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Christophe Mounicq | 1,216 | 5.03 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,916 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,791 | 59.81 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |