Vaucluse's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Vaucluse is a French legislative constituency in the Vaucluse département (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur). Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, a member of the National Front, represented the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012–2017).

3rd constituency of Vaucluse

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Brune Poirson REM
Department	Vaucluse
Cantons	Bédarrides, Carpentras-Sud, Pernes-les-Fontaines.

History, geography and demography

According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 3rd constituency of Vaucluse included six cantons : Bédarrides, Carpentras-Nord, Carpentras-Sud, Mormoiron, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Sault. According to the national census conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the total population of the constituency was estimated at 127,749 inhabitants.

Approved in February 2010 by the Constitutional Council of France, the redistricting of electoral boundaries came into effect from the 2012 legislative elections. Ratified on 21 January 2010 by the Parliament of France, the ordonnance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009 reduced the area of the constituency.

Stretched over 345.72 km², the 3rd constituency consists of three cantons and fifteen municipalities: Bédarrides (Bédarrides, Courthézon, Sorgues, Vedène), Carpentras-Sud (Althen-des-Paluds, southern part of Carpentras, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Mazan, Monteux), Pernes-les-Fontaines (Le Beaucet, Pernes-les-Fontaines, La Roque-sur-Pernes, Saint-Didier, Velleron, Venasque). After the boundary changes, the population of the constituency amounted to 96,291 inhabitants in 2008 and 97,206 inhabitants in 2009.

Deputies

Vaucluse's five constituencies in 2012

Vaucluse's four constituencies in 1986

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - Creation
	1988	Jean-Michel Ferrand	RPR
	1993
	1997
	2002		UMP
	2007
	2012	Marion Maréchal-Le Pen	FN
	2017	Brune Poirson	REM
	2017	Adrien Morenas	REM

Election: results in 2012

Results in the Vaucluse's five constituencies in 2012 : pink (PS), blue (UMP), grey (FN), black (League of South)

2012 legislative election in Vaucluse's 3rd constituency

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marion Maréchal-Le Pen	FN	15,172	34.65%	18,920	42.09%
	Jean-Michel Ferrand	UMP	13,151	30.03%	16,100	35.82%
	Catherine Arkilovitch	PS	9,624	21.98%	9,926	22.08%
	Roger Martin	FG	3,392	7.75%
	Astrid Ducros	AC	796	1.82%
	Bernard Maunier	LT	767	1.75%
	Bernard Hofmann	MoDem	712	1.63%
	Bertrand Helleu	LO	178	0.41%
Valid votes			43,792	98.85%	44,946	98.35%
Spoilt and null votes			509	1.15%	752	1.65%
Votes cast / turnout			44,301	62.47%	45,698	64.44%
Abstentions			26,617	37.53%	25,214	35.56%
Registered voters			70,918	100.00%	70,912	100.00%

Sources

• (in French) Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
• (in French) Vaucluse's 3rd constituency: cartography, National Assembly of France
• (in French) 2012 French legislative elections: Vaucluse's 3rd constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior (France)