Essonne's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Essonne
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Essonne's 3rd Constituency shown within Île-de-France.
Deputy	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias REM
Department	Essonne
Cantons	Dourdan, Étréchy, Saint-Chéron, Arpajon (part), Brétigny-sur-Orge
Registered voters	95,817
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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
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |	1967	Pierre Juquin	PCF
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" |	1968	Jacques Mercier	UDR
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |	1973	Pierre Juquin	PCF
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1981	Claude Germon	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1988	Yves Tavernier	PS
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1993	Jean de Boishue	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1995	Geneviève Colot	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1997	Yves Tavernier	PS
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2002	Geneviève Colot	UMP
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	2012	Michel Pouzol	PS
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias	REM

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Essonne's 3rd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Laëtitia Romeiro Dias	21,684	57.41
	LFI	Virginie Araujo	16,089	42.59
Turnout			41,952	43.78	−13.7

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	−1.45
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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