Essonne's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 3rd Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Michel Pouzol PS
Department	Essonne
Canton	Dourdan, Étréchy, Saint-Chéron, Arpajon (part), Brétigny-sur-Orge
Voters	92,133

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

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

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 3rd Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Michel Pouzol	27,202	52.98
	UMP	Geneviève Colot	24,141	47.02
Turnout			52,959	57.48
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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