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Haute-Savoie's 6th constituency

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6th constituency of Haute-Savoie
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Haute-Savoie's 6th Constituency shown within Haute-Savoie.
Deputy
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
CantonsChamonix-Mont-Blanc, Cluses, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Sallanches, Samoëns, Scionzier, Taninges
Registered voters78941[2]

The 6th constituency of the Haute-Savoie (French: Sixième circonscription de la Haute-Savoie) is a French legislative constituency in the Haute-Savoie département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

Description

The 6th constituency of Haute-Savoie covers the south east of the department the area is mountainous including Mont-Blanc and Chamonix. The seat was only created for the 2012 elections and in first election joined all the other constituencies in Haute-Savoie in electing a candidate from the centre right UMP. However, in 2017 the seat swung to Emmanuel Macron's centrist En Marche! party.[3]

Assembly members

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | 2012 Sophie Dion UMP
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" | 2017 Xavier Roseren LREM

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References

  1. ^ a b "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  2. ^ "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  3. ^ "Haute-Savoie – 6e circonscription : Liste des résultats – Elections législatives 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.