Rhône's 7th constituency

The 7th constituency of the Rhône (French: Septième circonscription du Rhône) is a French legislative constituency in the Rhône département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

7th constituency of Rhône
French National Assembly
constituency
Rhône's's 7th Constituency shown within Rhône.
Deputy
 Blandine Brocard[1]
LREM
DepartmentRhône
CantonsBron, Rillieux-la-Pape, Vaulx-en-Velin
Registered voters68017[2]

Description

The 7th constituency of the Rhône lies to the east of Lyon. It is a densely packed constituency predominately made up of suburbs of the city divided from each other by the Rhône. One of these suburbs Vaulx-en-Velin lies between two branches of the river, surrounded on three sides by it and on the other by the Grand parc de Miribel-Jonage.

This constituency was one of the more left leaning in the department, until 2017 with the exception of 1993 it had always returned a PS deputy. At the 2017 elections the PS incumbent came 5th leaving En Marche! and The Republicans to fight the second round.

Assembly members
ElectionMemberParty
1988Jean-Jack QueyrannePS
1993Jean-Pierre CalvelUDF
1997Jean-Jack QueyrannePS
2012Hélène GeoffroyPS
2016Renaud GauquelinPS
2017Anissa KhedherLREM

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References
  1. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.

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