Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département.

3rd constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Xavier Paluszkiewicz REM
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Cantons	Audun-le-Roman, Briey, Herserange, Longuyon, Longwy, Mont-Saint-Martin, Villerupt
Registered voters	83,073

Description

Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency was radically altered prior to the 2012 elections so that it no longer contains any of the territory of the previous incarnation, which consisted of the cantons of Laxou, Nancy-Ouest et Pompey. The new version covers the northernmost areas of Meurthe-et-Moselle up to the border with Luxembourg and Belgium.

The seat was won comfortably by the Socialist Party candidate Christian Eckert in a second round run off against the UMP in 2012.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Claude Gaillardt	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2007	Valérie Rosso-Debord	UMP
	2012	Christian Eckert	PS
	2017	Xavier Paluszkiewicz	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Xavier Paluszkiewicz	REM	10,123	32.23	13,917	52.41
	Patrice Zolfo	FI	4,997	15.91	12,636	47.59
	Céline Dolcemascolo	FN	4,558	14.51
	Christian Eckert	PS	2,990	9.52
	Mathieu Servagi	LR	2,921	9.30
	Jean-Marc Leon	PCF	2,569	8.18
	Mikaël Agopiantz	ECO	741	2.36
	Arnaud Le Nenan	DVD	690	2.20
	Sonia Sadoune	DVD	474	1.51
	Christiane Vautrin	DLF	411	1.31
	Annick Jolivet	EXG	244	0.78
	Cécile Girardet	DIV	242	0.77
	Walter Di Luigi	DIV	187	0.60
	Pierre Lux	EXG	136	0.43
	Didier Suardi	DVD	123	0.39
Votes			31,406	100.00	26,553	100.00
Valid votes			31,406	97.87	26,553	91.78
Blank votes			477	1.49	1,606	5.55
Null votes			205	0.64	772	2.67
Turnout			32,088	38.98	28,931	35.03
Abstentions			50,221	61.02	53,649	64.97
Registered voters			82,309		82,580
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Christian Eckert	24,780	66.38
	UMP	Etienne Mangeot	12,552	33.62
Turnout			38,743	46.64
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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