Doubs's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Doubs (French: Troisième circonscription du Doubs) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

3rd constituency of Doubs

French National Assembly constituency
The constituency shown within Franche-Comté
Incumbent deputy	Denis Sommer REM
Department	Doubs
Cantons	Baume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, Saint-Hippolyte
Registered voters	65,923 (2017)

Description

The constituency is made up of the eight former cantons of Baume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, and Saint-Hippolyte.[1]

It includes the town of Montbéliard and nearly surrounds the department's 4th constituency. In the east it reaches deep into the Jura mountains, where it is bordered by Switzerland.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 3rd constituency had a total population of 93,407.

The seat has generally been held by conservative parties except on the occasions of the Socialist landslides in the 1988 and 1997.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	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
	2007	Marcel Bonnot	UMP
	2012	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[2]

2012

2012 legislative election in Doubs's 3rd constituency[3]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marcel Bonnot	UMP	14,002	35.99%	19,270	51.00%
	Arnaud Marthey	PS	13,312	34.22%	18,511	49.00%
	Roland Boillot	FN	7,154	18.39%
	Lionel Maniere	FG	1,961	5.04%
	Tassadit Taharount	EELV	719	1.85%
	Catherine Comte-Deleuze	MoDem	578	1.49%
	Christian Driano	LO	406	1.04%
	Vladimir Djordjevic	MRC	329	0.85%
	Chantal Attal	AEI	319	0.82%
	Zakaria Beyrouthy		122	0.31%
Valid votes			38,902	98.05%	37,781	96.01%
Spoilt and null votes			773	1.95%	1,569	3.99%
Votes cast / turnout			39,675	60.60%	39,350	60.15%
Abstentions			25,794	39.40%	26,071	39.85%
Registered voters			65,469	100.00%	65,421	100.00%

Sources

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

1. As defined in 1999; the number and composition of the department's cantons was altered in 2014 but this has not yet been reflected in electoral district boundaries.
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
3. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.