Essonne's 6th constituency

The 6th constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.

6th constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 6th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Stéphanie Atger REM
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

Legislative Election 2017: Essonne's 6th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Amélie De Montchalin	15,993	38.80
	UDI	Françoise Couasse	5,661	13.73
	PS	Jérôme Guedj	5,385	13.06
	FI	Philippe Juraver	4,792	11.63
	FN	Nathalie Paulin	3,181	7.72
	EELV	Anne-Charlotte Bénichou	1,647	4.00
	DLF	Françoise Fernandes	870	2.11
	Others	N/A	3,689
Turnout			41,218	50.31
2nd round result
	LREM	Amélie De Montchalin	18,132	61.34
	UDI	Françoise Couasse	11,429	38.66
Turnout			29,561	36.08
	LREM gain from PS		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 6th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	François Lamy	18,016	40.61
	UMP	Grégoire De Lasteyrie	9,650	21.75
	FN	Cédric Giraud	5,091	11.48
	PRV	Nicolas Samsoen	5,085	11.46
	FG	Colette Jan	2,977	6.71
	EELV	Michel Rouyer	2,207	4.97
	Others	N/A	1,340
Turnout			44,366	58.21
2nd round result
	PS	François Lamy	23,941	57.77
	UMP	Grégoire De Lasteyrie	17,500	42.23
Turnout			41,441	54.37
	PS hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Essonne's 6th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Véronique Carantois	17,906	39.59
	PS	François Lamy	15,409	34.07
	MoDem	Cédric Morgantini	5,153	11.39
	PCF	Serge Guichard	2,199	4.86
	FN	Jacqueline Met	1,561	3.45
	LV	Claudine Bourhis	1,453	3.21
	Others	N/A	1,548
Turnout			45,793	62.70
2nd round result
	PS	François Lamy	22,913	52.64
	UMP	Véronique Carantois	20,615	47.36
Turnout			44,671	61.16
	PS hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Essonne's 6th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	François Lamy	15,639	34.85
	UMP	Véronique Carantois	10,093	22.49
	UDF	Vincent Delahaye	8,851	19.73
	FN	Josselyne Top	3,876	8.64
	PCF	Serge Guichard	1,487	3.31
	LV	Guy Bonneau	1,236	2.75
	Others	N/A	3,688
Turnout			45,393	67.03
2nd round result
	PS	François Lamy	21,428	51.54
	UMP	Véronique Carantois	20,150	48.46
Turnout			42,779	63.18
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Essonne's 6th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Odile Moirin	12,180	28.18
	PS	François Lamy	12,074	27.93
	FN	Roger Douce	5,926	13.71
	PCF	Serge Guichard	3,810	8.81
	LV	Guy Bonneau	2,358	5.46
	DVD	Didier Leboiteux	1,348	3.12
	LO	Jacques Mazars	1,213	2.81
	GE	Josiane Rouland	1,137	2.63
	MRC	Monique Duboué	913	2.11
	Others	N/A	2,267
Turnout			44,824	66.28
2nd round result
	PS	François Lamy	24,364	53.12
	RPR	Odile Moirin	21,505	46.88
Turnout			48,183	71.25
	PS gain from RPR

Sources

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