Jura's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Jura is a French legislative constituency in the Jura département.

3rd constituency of Jura

French National Assembly constituency
Jura's 3rd Constituency shown within Jura.
Deputy	Jean-Marie Sermier LR
Department	Jura
Cantons	Arbois, Chaussin, Chemin, Dampierre, Dole-Nord-Est, Dole-Sud-Ouest, Gendrey, Montbarrey, Montmirey-le-Château, Rochefort-sur-Nenon, Salins-les-Bains, Villers-Farlay.
Registered voters	68,319

Description

The 3rd constituency of Jura covers the north of the department and includes its largest town Dole.

Whilst now held comfortably by the UMP the seat has historically swung between left and right. Between 1997 and 2002 the seat was held by Dominique Voynet the Green candidate in the 2007 French presidential election.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Santa-Cruz	PS
	1993	Gilbert Barbier	UDF
	1997	Dominique Voynet	Les Verts
	2002	Jean-Marie Sermier	UMP
	2007
	2012
	2017		LR

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Marie Sermier	LR	12,068	32.75	17,679	58.27
	Paul-Henri Bard	MoDem	9,758	26.48	12,660	41.73
	Stéphane Montrelay	FN	5,690	15.44
	Jean-Bernard Marcuzzi	FI	5,280	14.33
	Laurence Bernier	PCF	2,848	7.73
	Sylvie Viard	DLF	540	1.47
	Dominique Revoy	EXG	368	1.00
	Véronique Henry	DIV	200	0.54
	Ali Kurt	DIV	98	0.27
Votes			36,850	100.00	30,339	100.00
Valid votes			36,850	98.00	30,339	89.39
Blank votes			555	1.48	2,436	7.18
Null votes			197	0.52	1,165	3.43
Turnout			37,602	54.11	33,940	48.84
Abstentions			31,895	45.89	35,557	51.16
Registered voters			69,497		69,497
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Jura's' 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Jean-Marie Sermier	22,303	53.17
	PS	Sylvie Laroche	19,641	46.83
Turnout			43,367	63.48
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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