Essonne's 6th constituency

6th constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 6th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Jérôme Guedj PS
Department	Essonne
Canton	Chilly-Mazarin, Massy-Est, Massy-Ouest, Palaiseau
Voters	76,222

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

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.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Claude Germon	PS
	1993	Odile Moirin	RPR
	1997	François Lamy	PS
	2012	Jérôme Guedj	PS
	2014	François Lamy	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 6th Constituency 2nd round

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).