Essonne's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.

3rd constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 3rd Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias REM
Department	Essonne
Cantons	Dourdan, Étréchy, Saint-Chéron, Arpajon (part), Brétigny-sur-Orge
Registered voters	95,817

Description

The 3rd constituency of Essonne covers a large swath of the centre of the department, reaching towards the edge of the suburbs of Paris. The seat today covers none of the territory of its predecessor between 1967 and 1986, which was located in the north of Essonne around Juvisy-sur-Orge and Massy.

Since 1988 control of the seat has switched between left and right in line with the national result.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Pierre Juquin	PCF
	1968	Jacques Mercier	UDR
	1973	Pierre Juquin	PCF
	1981	Claude Germon	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Yves Tavernier	PS
	1993	Jean de Boishue	RPR
	1995	Geneviève Colot	RPR
	1997	Yves Tavernier	PS
	2002	Geneviève Colot	UMP
	2012	Michel Pouzol	PS
	2017	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias	REM

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Essonne's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias	16,908	35.00
	FI	Virginie Araujo	6,635	13.74
	FN	François Helie	6,085	12.60
	PS	Michel Pouzol	5,665	11.73
	UDI	Nicolas Meary	5,617	11.63
	DVD	Bernard Sprotti	3,929	8.13
	DVD	Régis Duval	1,001	2.07
	Others	N/A	2,463
Turnout			48,303	50.42
2nd round result
	LREM	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias	21,684	57.41
	FI	Virginie Araujo	16,089	42.59
Turnout			37,773	39.42
	LREM gain from PS		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Michel Pouzol	17,325	32.18
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	15,541	28.87
	FN	Françoise Andrieu	8,635	16.04
	EELV	Steevy Gustave	4,105	7.62
	FG	Philippe Camo	3,775	7.01
	MoDem	Nicolas Meary	2,191	4.07
	Others	N/A	2,265
Turnout			53,837	58.43
2nd round result
	PS	Michel Pouzol	27,202	52.98
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	24,141	47.02
Turnout			51,343	55.73
	PS hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Essonne's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	25,572	44.46
	PS	Brigitte Zins	14,291	24.85
	MoDem	Bertrand Julie	6,977	12.13
	LV	Laurence Bonzani	2,253	3.92
	PCF	Philippe Camo	2,248	3.91
	FN	Britgitte Dutey-Harispe	2,143	3.73
	EXG	Christelle Deparpe	1,509	2.62
	Others	N/A	2,523
Turnout			58,243	62.25
2nd round result
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	29,240	54.58
	PS	Brigitte Zins	24,336	45.42
Turnout			55,125	58.93
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Essonne's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Yves Tavernier	19,629	34.53
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	18,891	33.24
	FN	Roger Garnero	6,452	11.35
	UDF	Jean-Marc Tyberg	5,080	8.94
	PR	Christophe Lepage	2,009	3.53
	Others	N/A	4,778
Turnout			57,784	66.52
2nd round result
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	28,643	54.03
	PS	Yves Tavernier	24,371	45.97
Turnout			54,713	62.98
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Essonne's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Jean De Boishue	15,229	28.31
	PS	Yves Tavernier	14,822	27.56
	FN	François Salanié	8,517	15.83
	PCF	Philippe Camo	4,387	8.16
	DVD	Gérard Deletraz	1,830	3.40
	LO	Sylvie Lironcourt	1,793	3.33
	MRC	Christophe Lepage	1,732	3.22
	EXG	Thierry Berichvili	1,619	3.01
	GE	Akim Ali	1,388	2.58
	Others	N/A	2,469
Turnout			56,493	69.08
2nd round result
	PS	Yves Tavernier	29,816	52.58
	RPR	Jean De Boishue	26,888	47.42
Turnout			60,083	73.47
	PS gain from RPR

Sources

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