Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

3rd constituency of Loire-Atlantique

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Anne-France Brunet REM
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Cantons	Nantes V, Nantes XI, Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc, Saint-Herblain Est, Saint-Herblain Ouest-Indre

Description

Its representative from 1988 to 2016 was Jean-Marc Ayrault, the former Prime Minister of France (2012–2014). His return to the government prompted a by-election which was won by Karine Daniel. It includes part of the city of Nantes.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Jean-Marc Ayrault	PS
	2016	Karine Daniel	PS
	2017	Anne-France Brunet	LREM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Anne-France Brunet	REM	18,301	38.65	20,746	56.26
	Martine Gourdon	FI	7,921	16.73	16,132	43.74
	Karine Daniel	PS	6,510	13.75
	Rozenn Hamel	LR	4,122	8.71
	Judith Leray	ECO	3,341	7.06
	Eléonore Revel	FN	3,088	6.52
	Chantal Durand	DLF	639	1.35
	Robin Salecroix	PCF	465	0.98
	Gwenvaël Duret	REG	463	0.98
	Sylvie Boulé	DIV	429	0.91
	Michaël Protat	DIV	348	0.74
	Alain Parisot	DIV	328	0.69
	Hélène Dolidon	EXG	305	0.64
	Michaël Hervé	DVG	305	0.64
	Pierre Sabattier	DVD	297	0.63
	Régis Tersiquel	DIV	253	0.53
	Dominique Norval	PRG	128	0.27
	Olivier Terrien	EXG	103	0.22
Votes			47,346	100.00	36,878	100.00
Valid votes			47,346	98.40	36,878	92.04
Blank votes			653	1.36	2,611	6.52
Null votes			115	0.24	577	1.44
Turnout			48,114	52.20	40,066	43.47
Abstentions			44,055	47.80	52,103	56.53
Registered voters			92,169		92,169
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique 3rd - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Jean-Marc Ayrault	32,770	66.15
	UMP	Sophie Jozan	16,769	33.85
Turnout			49,539	58.19
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-12-20.