Stator for a rotary electric machine intended to be fitted in a motor vehicle, the stator comprising an annular body about an axis and a winding, the annular body having a plurality of slots regularly distributed circumferentially around the annular body, and the winding comprising a first series of conductive pins and a second series of conductive pins arranged in the slots in a plurality of superposed layers (C1-C4) of the winding in a radial direction, namely at least a first layer, a second layer, a third layer and a fourth layer that succeed one another, such that the first layer is radially on the outside and the fourth layer is radially on the inside, each conductive pin comprising a first segment and a second segment that are connected by an elbow joint such that the segments (1A, 1B) of one and the same conductive pin are disposed in separate slots, the first segments and the second segments of the first series of pins are arranged respectively in the first layer of the winding and in the second layer of the winding and the first segments and the second segments of the second series of pins are arranged respectively in the third layer of the winding and in the fourth layer of the winding, the first series of pins forming a first electrical path is electrically connected to the second series of pins forming a second electrical path, an electrical connection element (2, 3) has a first conductor and a second conductor that are in part disposed in separate slots, the first conductor occupying one of the layers (C1, C2) common to the first series of pins and the second conductor occupying one of the layers (C3, C4) common to the second series of pins, the first conductor and the second conductor being electrically connected to one another, the first conductor and the second conductor occupying two separate layers (C1-C4) of the winding that are separated from one another by at least one layer, the electrical connection element (2, 3) being arranged to electrically connect the first electrical path and the second electrical path in series. the first segments and the second segments of the first series of pins are arranged respectively in the first layer of the winding and in the second layer of the winding and the first segments and the second segments of the second series of pins are arranged respectively in the third layer of the winding and in the fourth layer of the winding, the first series of pins forming a first electrical path is electrically connected to the second series of pins forming a second electrical path, an electrical connection element (2, 3) has a first conductor and a second conductor that are in part disposed in separate slots, the first conductor occupying one of the layers (C1, C2) common to the first series of pins and the second conductor occupying one of the layers (C3, C4) common to the second series of pins, the first conductor and the second conductor being electrically connected to one another, the first conductor and the second conductor occupying two separate layers (C1-C4) of the winding that are separated from one another by at least one layer, the electrical connection element (2, 3) being arranged to electrically connect the first electrical path and the second electrical path in series.