Doubs's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Doubs
French National Assembly
constituency
Doubs' 3rd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy
 Denis Sommer
REM
Department Doubs
Canton Baume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, Saint-Hippolyte.
Voters 65,449

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

Description

Doubs' 3rd constituency contains the town of Montbéliard and encircles Doubs' 4th constituency. To the east it borders Switzerland and reaches deep into the Jura mountains.

The seat has generally been held by conservative parties with the exceptions of the Socialist landslides in the 1988 and 1997 elections.



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
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

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Doubs' 3rd Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UMP Marcel Bonnot 19,270 51
PS Arnaud Marthey 18,512 49
Turnout 39,350 60.12
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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

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