After the 1986 French legislative election, the new prime minister Jacques 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.

[1] From the 1988 election to the 2010 redistricting, the constituency covered two districts of the 18th arrondissement (Goutte-d'Or and La Chapelle) and one district of the 19th arrondissement (La Villette).

[2] In 1999, the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques estimated the population of the constituency as 106,141 inhabitants.

[3] Table Notes 1993:Jean-Pierre Pierre-Bloch's election in 1993 was annulled by the Constitutional Council, and a by-election held on 30 January and 8 February 1994.