| 21st constituency ofParis | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Paris, showing its legislative constituencies between 1988 and 2012 | |
| Member | constituency abolished, 2012 |
| Department | Paris |
Paris's 21st constituency was one of the 21 French National Assemblyconstituencies in theParis department in the period 1988 to 2012.
It was created by the1986 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which ended the proportional representation used in the 1986 election.[1] The constituency covered[2] three districts of the 20th arrondissement: Charonne, Saint-Fargeau and part of Père-Lachaise located to the south of a line defined by the axis of avenue Gambetta, rue de la Bidassoa and rue Villiers-de-L'Isle-Adam.
It was abolished in the2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which reduced the number of constituencies in Paris to 18. Most of the area of the 1988-2012 21st constituency moved to the newfifteenth constituency, ceding part of the Père-Lachaise and Charonne districts respectively to the newsixth andeighth constituencies.
After the1986 French legislative election, the new prime ministerJacques Chirac re-established the two-round single-member district electoral system. The number of deputies from Paris was maintained at 21 and the previous (pre-1986) electoral constituencies were therefore reduced from 31 to 21. three districts of the20th arrondissement:Charonne, Saint-Fargeau and part of Père-Lachaise located to the south of a line defined by the axis of avenue Gambetta, rue de la Bidassoa and rue Villiers-de-L'Isle-Adam.[1]
In 1999, theInstitut national de la statistique et des études économiques estimated the population of the constituency as 125 393 inhabitants.[3]