Doubs's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Doubs (French: Troisième circonscription du Doubs) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one 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.

3rd constituency of Doubs
French National Assembly
constituency
The constituency shown within Franche-Comté
Incumbent deputy
 Denis Sommer
REM
DepartmentDoubs
CantonsBaume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, Saint-Hippolyte
Registered voters65,923
(2017)

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 Montbéliard and nearly surrounds the department's 4th constituency. In the east it reaches deep into the 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
ElectionMemberParty
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 Marcel Bonnot UMP
2012 Marcel Bonnot UMP
2017 Denis Sommer REM

Election results

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[2]

2012
2012 legislative election in Doubs's 3rd constituency[3]
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 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
  3. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
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