The 6th constituency of the
Loire
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: ''Sixième circonscription de la Loire'') is a French legislative
constituency
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in the Loire ''
département
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''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one
MP using a
two round electoral system.
Description
The 6th constituency of the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
covers the central parts of the department to the north of
Saint-Etienne.
Long serving conservative deputy
Pascal Clément
Pascal Clément (12 May 1945 – 21 June 2020) was a French politician, member of the UMP. He was a member of the National Assembly of France for the sixth district, encompassing the Loire. He served as Minister of Parliamentary Relations fr ...
stepped down at the 2012 election, his successor,
Paul Salen was defeated in
2017
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in the second round run off by
Julien Borowczyk of
En Marche!
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Assembly Members
Election results
2024
2022
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2012
2007
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2002
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1997
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