# 2018 Essonne's 1st constituency by-election

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 | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Manuel Valls* | DVG | 7,033 | 25.45 | 11,757 | 50.30 |
| | Farida Amrani | LFI | 4,868 | 17.61 | 11,618 | 49.70 |
| | Caroline Varin | LR | 3,298 | 11.93 | | |
| | Danielle Oger | FN | 2,819 | 10.20 | | |
| | Alban Bakary | DVD | 2,165 | 7.83 | | |
| | Michel Nouaille | PCF | 2,095 | 7.58 | | |
| | Jean-Luc Raymond | DVD | 1,904 | 6.89 | | |
| | Dieudonné | DIV | 1,061 | 3.84 | | |
| | David Soullard | DLF | 663 | 2.40 | | |
| | Jacques Borie | DVG | 298 | 1.08 | | |
| | Sylvain Lacassagne | PP | 289 | 1.05 | | |
| | Jean Camonin | LO | 234 | 0.85 | | |
| | François Bouvard | UPR | 220 | 0.80 | | |
| | Saliou Diallo | DVG | 218 | 0.79 | | |
| | Gautier Albignac | DIV | 113 | 0.41 | | |
| | Éric Berlingen | UDMF | 102 | 0.37 | | |
| | Stéphane Legruel | NPA | 100 | 0.36 | | |
| | Mohamed Lemgharraz | DIV | 97 | 0.35 | | |
| | François Risacher | POID | 56 | 0.20 | | |
| | Nathalie Jolly | DVD | 4 | 0.01 | | |
| | Fadhel Mahbouli | ECO | 1 | 0.00 | | |
| | Jacqueline Sabattier | PCD | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 27,638 | 100.00 | 23,375 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 27,638 | 96.81 | 23,375 | 89.82 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 672 | 2.35 | 1,920 | 7.38 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 239 | 0.84 | 729 | 2.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,549 | 40.11 | 26,024 | 36.55 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 42,628 | 59.89 | 45,176 | 63.45 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 71,177 | | 71,200 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior * Incumbent deputy |||||||

## 2018 by-election result

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Francis Chouat | DVG | | 29.99 | +4.54 | 6,570 | 59.10 | +8.81 |
| | Farida Amrani | LFI | | 17.82 | +0.21 | 4,546 | 40.90 | –8.81 |
| | Grégory Saillol | RN | | 13.72 | +3.52 | | | |
| | Éva Sas | EELV | | 10.53 | +10.53 | | | |
| | Jean-François Bayle | LR | | 10.21 | –1.72 | | | |
| | Michel Nouaille | PCF | | 8.43 | +0.85 | | | |
| | Mikaël Matingou | DIV | | 4.57 | +4.57 | | | |
| | Yavar Siyahkalroudi | UPR | | 1.42 | +0.62 | | | |
| | Rémy Courtaux | DIV | | 1.31 | +1.31 | | | |
| | Jean Camonin | LO | | 1.23 | +0.38 | | | |
| | Michèle Fédérak | NPA | | 0.78 | +0.42 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | | 100.00 | – | 11,116 | 100.00 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | | | | 11,116 | 90.23 | +0.41 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | | | | 739 | 6.00 | –1.38 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | | | | 464 | 3.77 | +0.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 18.09 | –22.02 | 12,319 | 17.06 | –19.49 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | | 81.91 | +22.02 | 59,908 | 82.94 | +19.49 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | | | | 72,227 | | |
| Source: Préfecture de l'Essonne |||||||||