Essonne's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 2nd Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Franck Marlin UMP
Department	Essonne
Canton	Mennecy, Milly-la-Forêt, Étampes, La Ferté-Alais et Méreville
Voters	87,350

The 2nd constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.

Description

The 2nd constituency of Essonne is the largest by area in department and covers its rural south and east portions.

The seat has consistently elected Gaullist candidates since its creation in 1967 with the sole exception of between 1981 and 1986. There has, however, been substantial boundary changes since then so the results are not strictly comparable. In both 1993 and 1997 the opposition to the mainstream conservative candidate in the second round came from the National Front rather than from the left.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Michel Boscher	UDR
	1978	Bernard Pons	RPR
	1981	Jacques Guyard	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Xavier Dugoin	PS
	1995	Franck Marlin	RPR
	2002		UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 2nd Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Franck Marlin	28,279	58.98
	PS	Béatrice Perie	19,665	41.02
Turnout			49,221	56.35
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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