Essonne's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.

5th constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 5th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Cédric Villani Ecology Democracy Solidarity
Department	Essonne
Cantons	Bièvres, Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay, Les Ulis
Registered voters	68,395

Description

The 5th constituency of Essonne covers the north west corner of the department and includes the suburbs of Les Ulis and Orsay both of which lie on the southern edge of the Paris urban area. 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. The largest town in the constituency Les Ulis is a new town constructed in the 1970s and is home to a large population of African and Arab origin.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Michel Pelchat	UDF
	1995	Jean-Marc Salinier	PS
	1997	Pierre Lasbordes	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2012	Maud Olivier	PS
	2017	Cédric Villani	REM
	2020		EDS

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Essonne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Cédric Villani	18,883	47.46
	LR	Laure Darcos	6,691	16.82
	PS	Maud Olivier	4,162	10.46
	FI	Sylvère Cala	3,786	9.52
	FN	Milvia Mangano	1,861	4.68
	EELV	Didier Missenard	1,515	3.81
	DLF	Aurélie Martin	799	2.01
	Others	N/A	2,087
Turnout			39,784	58.17
2nd round result
	LREM	Cédric Villani	21,463	69.36
	LR	Laure Darcos	9,469	30.64
Turnout			30,905	45.19
	LREM gain from PS		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Maud Olivier	15,637	37.32
	UMP	Hervé Hocquard	13,151	31.38
	FN	Pierre Guillermain	2,732	6.52
	FG	Gilles Laschon	2,552	6.09
	EELV	Marie-Pierre Digard	2,065	4.93
	DVG	Paul Loridant	1,868	4.46
	MoDem	Jean-Paul Mordefroid	1,804	4.31
	Others	N/A	2,094
Turnout			41,903	62.84
2nd round result
	PS	Maud Olivier	22,472	54.81
	UMP	Hervé Hocquard	18,528	45.19
Turnout			41,000	61.48
	PS gain from UMP

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Essonne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Pierre Lasbordes	18,045	41.78
	PS	Maud Olivier	10,928	25.30
	MoDem	Dimitri Tchoreloff	5,707	13.21
	DVG	Paul Loridant	2,751	6.37
	LV	Jean-Vincent Place	1,715	3.97
	PCF	Joëlle Perinet	977	2.26
	FN	Pierre Lemaire	923	2.14
	Others	N/A	2,142
Turnout			43,579	66.37
2nd round result
	UMP	Pierre Lasbordes	20,216	50.25
	PS	Maud Olivier	20,016	49.75
Turnout			41,203	62.67
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Essonne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Pierre Lasbordes	19,693	45.81
	LV	Stephane Pocrain	13,310	30.96
	PR	Eric Halphen	4,529	10.54
	FN	Sandra Le Bot	2,322	5.40
	Others	N/A	3,131
Turnout			43,519	71.12
2nd round result
	UMP	Pierre Lasbordes	21,510	53.76
	LV	Stephane Pocrain	18,500	46.24
Turnout			41,020	67.04
	UMP hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Essonne's 5th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Pierre Lasbordes	13,534	33.36
	PS	Jean-Marc Salinier	12,357	30.46
	FN	Jean Lyssandre	3,834	9.45
	PCF	Dominique Crozat	2,702	6.66
	GE	Anne d'Espinose de la Caillerie	1,673	4.12
	EXG	Claude Thomas-Colombier	1,663	4.10
	DVD	Vincent Pedoia	1,375	3.39
	LO	Nicole Poupinot	1,136	2.80
	DIV	François Silva	825	2.03
	Others	N/A	1,471
Turnout			42,061	68.30
2nd round result
	RPR	Pierre Lasbordes	21,605	50.14
	PS	Jean-Marc Salinier	21,487	49.86
Turnout			45,008	73.08
	RPR hold

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).