Doubs's 3rd constituency

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3rd constituency of Doubs
LREM
DepartmentDoubs
CantonsBaume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, Saint-Hippolyte
Registered voters65,923 (2017)

The 3rd constituency of

deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system
, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

The constituency is made up of the eight former cantons of Baume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, and Saint-Hippolyte.[1]

It includes the town of

Jura mountains, where it is bordered by Switzerland
.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 3rd constituency had a total population of 93,407.

The seat has generally been held by

conservative parties except on the occasions of the Socialist landslides in the 1988 and 1997
.

Historic representation

Election Member Party
1973 Edgar Faure
DVD
1978 Roland Vuillaume RPR
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Guy Bêche PS
1993 Monique Rousseau RPR
1997 Joseph Parrenin PS
2002 Marcel Bonnot UMP
2007
2012
2017 Denis Sommer
LREM
2022 Nicolas Pacquot

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Doubs's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RN Nathalie Fritsch 7,819 25.78 +5.77
Ensemble
)
Nicolas Pacquot 6,919 22.81 -11.02
NUPÉS
)
Virginie Dayet 6,202 20.45 +2.66
LR Valère Nedey* 4,223 13.92 N/A
LR (UDC) Christophe Froppier 2,506 8.26 -16.79
REC Romane Taponnot 1,091 3.60 N/A
LMR Christine Pastor 656 2.16 N/A
Others N/A 915 - -
Turnout 30,331 48.44 -0.95
2nd round result
Ensemble
)
Nicolas Pacquot 13,754 50.83 +0.02
RN Nathalie Fritsch 13,303 49.17 N/A
Turnout 17,057 46.13 +2.11
LREM
hold

[2]

* Nadey stood as a dissident LR member without the support of the party or the UDC alliance.

2017

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Denis Sommer
REM
10,737 33.83 12,943 50.81
Frédéric Cartier LR 7,950 25.05 12,530 49.19
Loup Viallet
FN
6,350 20.01
Christophe Espolio FI 2,900 9.14
Sidonie Marchal PS 1,899 5.98
Odile Joannès
ECO
848 2.67
Bruno Patois
ECO
413 1.30
Christian Driano
EXG
392 1.23
Karine Comas
DIV
253 0.80
Votes 31,742 100.00 25,473 100.00
Valid votes 31,742 97.49 25,473 87.79
Blank votes 576 1.77 2,477 8.54
Null votes 242 0.74 1,067 3.68
Turnout 32,560 49.39 29,017 44.02
Abstentions 33,366 50.61 36,906 55.98
Registered voters 65,926 65,923
Source: Ministry of the Interior[3]

2012

2012 legislative election in Doubs's 3rd constituency[4]
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Marcel Bonnot UMP 14,002 35.99% 19,270 51.00%
Arnaud Marthey PS 13,312 34.22% 18,511 49.00%
Roland Boillot
FN
7,154 18.39%
Lionel Maniere FG 1,961 5.04%
Tassadit Taharount
EELV
719 1.85%
Catherine Comte-Deleuze MoDem 578 1.49%
Christian Driano
LO
406 1.04%
Vladimir Djordjevic MRC 329 0.85%
Chantal Attal AEI 319 0.82%
Zakaria Beyrouthy 122 0.31%
Valid votes 38,902 98.05% 37,781 96.01%
Spoilt and null votes 773 1.95% 1,569 3.99%
Votes cast / turnout 39,675 60.60% 39,350 60.15%
Abstentions 25,794 39.40% 26,071 39.85%
Registered voters 65,469 100.00% 65,421 100.00%

Sources

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

  1. ^ As defined in 1999; the number and composition of the department's cantons was altered in 2014 but this has not yet been reflected in electoral district boundaries.
  2. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Doubs". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.