Essonne's 8th constituency

8th constituency of Essonne

French National Assembly constituency
Essonne's 8th Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan DLR
Department	Essonne
Canton	Brunoy, Montgeron, Vigneux-sur-Seine, Yerres
Voters	75,338

The 8th constituency of Essonne is a French legislative constituency in the Essonne département.

Description

The 8th constituency of Essonne is in the north east of the department and consists of the Parisian suburbs around Yerres and Vigneux-sur-Seine. 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.

Against the national trend the seat was won by Gaullist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 1997. Dupont-Aignan went on to break away from the mainstream Union for a Popular Movement with his own Arise the Republic party. The party campaigns on a more traditional Gaullist platform but has met with little electoral success outside its leaders home seat.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Michel Berson	PS
	1997	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007		DLR

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Essonne's 8th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DLR	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	25,989	61.39
	PS	Aude Bristot	16,342	38.61
Turnout			43,078	57.18
	DLR hold		Swing

Sources

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