Essonne's 7th constituency

7th constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly
constituency

Essonne's 7th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy
 Éva Sas
EELV
Department Essonne
Canton Viry-Châtillon, Athis-Mons, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Savigny-sur-Orge
Voters 71,747

The 7th constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.

Description

The 7th constituency of Essonne is a suburban seat in the north of the department bordering Val-de-Marne. The seat was created in 1988 as the number of seats in Essonne was increased from four to ten.

The victory of Éva Sas of EELV at the 2012 elections was the first time the left had won the seat since the 1988.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1988 Marie-Noëlle Lienemann PS
1992 Jean-Claude Ramos PS
1993 Jean Marsaudon RPR
2002 UMP
2008 Françoise Briand UMP
2012 Éva Sas EELV

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 7th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LV Éva Sas 20,334 53.90
UMP Françoise Briand 17,392 46.10
Turnout 39,000 54.36
LV gain from UMP Swing

Sources

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

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