2018 Essonne's 1st constituency by-election

2018 Essonne's 1st constituency by-election

18 November 2018 (first round) 25 November 2018 (second round)
Turnout	18.09% 22.02% (first round) 17.06% 19.49% (first round)
Nominee Francis Chouat Farida Amrani Grégory Saillol Party SE (REM) LFI RN 1st round % TBA 29.99% 4.54% TBA 17.82% 0.21% TBA 13.72% 3.52% 2nd round % 6,570 59.10% 8.81% 4,546 40.90% 8.81% Eliminated   Nominee Éva Sas Jean-François Bayle Michel Nouaille Party EELV–PS LR PCF–G.s 1st round % TBA 10.53% 10.53% TBA 10.21% 1.72% TBA 8.43% 0.85% 2nd round % Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Deputy before election Manuel Valls DVG Elected deputy Francis Chouat Independent

A by-election was held in Essonne's 1st constituency on 18 November 2018, with a second round on 25 November as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted by the resignation of Manuel Valls to run for the mayoralty of Barcelona in the 2019 municipal elections.

2017 election result

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"|	Manuel Valls*	DVG	7,033	25.45	11,757	50.30
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	Farida Amrani	FI	4,868	17.61	11,618	49.70
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"|	Caroline Varin	LR–UDI	3,298	11.93
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"|	Danielle Oger	FN	2,819	10.20
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Alban Bakary	DVD	2,165	7.83
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"|	Michel Nouaille	PCF–EELV	2,095	7.58
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Jean-Luc Raymond	DVD	1,904	6.89
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Dieudonné	SE	1,061	3.84
style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;"|	David Soullard	DLF	663	2.40
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"|	Jacques Borie	DVG	298	1.08
style="background:Template:Pirate Party (France)/meta/color;"|	Sylvain Lacassagne	PP	289	1.05
style="background:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color;"|	Jean Camonin	LO	234	0.85
style="background:Template:Popular Republican Union (2007)/meta/color;"|	François Bouvard	UPR	220	0.80
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"|	Saliou Diallo	DVG	218	0.79
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Gautier Albignac	SE	113	0.41
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Éric Berlingen	UDMF	102	0.37
style="background:Template:New Anticapitalist Party/meta/color;"|	Stéphane Legruel	NPA	100	0.36
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Mohamed Lemgharraz	SE	97	0.35
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"|	François Risacher	POID	56	0.20
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Nathalie Jolly	DVD	4	0.01
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Fadhel Mahbouli	ECO	1	0.00
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Party (France)/meta/color;"|	Jacqueline Sabattier	PCD	0	0.00
Votes			27,638	100.00	23,375	100.00
Valid votes			27,638	96.81	23,375	89.82
Blank votes			672	2.35	1,920	7.38
Null votes			239	0.84	729	2.80
Turnout			28,549	40.11	26,024	36.55
Abstentions			42,628	59.89	45,176	63.45
Registered voters			71,177		71,200
Source: Ministry of the Interior * Incumbent deputy

2018 by-election result

Candidate		Party	First round			Second round
			Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"|	Francis Chouat	SE (REM)		29.99	+4.54	6,570	59.10	+8.81
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	Farida Amrani	FI		17.82	+0.21	4,546	40.90	–8.81
style="background:Template:National Rally (France)/meta/color;"|	Grégory Saillol	RN		13.72	+3.52
style="background:Template:Europe Ecology – The Greens/meta/color;"|	Éva Sas	EELV–PS		10.53	+10.53
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"|	Jean-François Bayle	LR		10.21	–1.72
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"|	Michel Nouaille	PCF–G.s		8.43	+0.85
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Mikaël Matingou	SE		4.57	+4.57
style="background:Template:Popular Republican Union (2007)/meta/color;"|	Yavar Siyahkalroudi	UPR		1.42	+0.62
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Rémy Courtaux	SE		1.31	+1.31
style="background:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color;"|	Jean Camonin	LO		1.23	+0.38
style="background:Template:New Anticapitalist Party/meta/color;"|	Michèle Fédérak	NPA		0.78	+0.42
Votes				100.00	–	11,116	100.00	–
Valid votes						11,116	90.23	+0.41
Blank votes						739	6.00	–1.38
Null votes						464	3.77	+0.97
Turnout				18.09	–22.02	12,319	17.06	–19.49
Abstentions				81.91	+22.02	59,908	82.94	+19.49
Registered voters						72,227
Source: Préfecture de l'Essonne

External links

• Results of past legislative by-elections from the Ministry of the Interior (in French)