Essonne's 6th constituency
The 6th constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.
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 Essonne's 6th Constituency shown within Île-de-France. | |||
| Deputy |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Essonne | ||
| Cantons | Chilly-Mazarin, Massy-Est, Massy-Ouest, Palaiseau | ||
| Registered voters | 81,934 | ||
Description
The 6th constituency of Essonne is in the north of the department it is a dense urban seat centred on the suburb of Massy. The seat was created in 1986 as the number of seats in Essonne grew from four to ten reflecting the rapidly increasing population and urbanisation of the department.
Historically the seat has favoured the left the PS having won at every election except 1993 and 2017.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Claude Germon | PS | ||
| 1993 | Odile Moirin | RPR | ||
| 1997 | François Lamy | PS | ||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2012 | Jérôme Guedj | |||
| 2017 | Amélie De Montchalin | REM | Replaced by her substitute when appointed Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs | |
| 2019 | Stéphanie Atger | |||
Election results
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LREM | Amélie De Montchalin | 18,132 | 61.34 | ||
| UDI | Françoise Couasse | 11,429 | 38.66 | ||
| Turnout | 33,882 | 41.35 | -14.89 | ||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | François Lamy | 23,941 | 57.77 | ||
| UMP | Grégoire De Lasteyrie | 17,500 | 42.23 | ||
| Turnout | 42,868 | 56.24 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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