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
Constituency in Department
Location of Loire-Atlantique in France
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
	1993
	1997
	2002
	2007
	2012
	2012	Jean-Pierre Fougerat[notes 1]
	2014	Jean-Marc Ayrault
	2016	Karine Daniel[notes 2]
	2017	Anne-France Brunet	LREM

Table Notes

1. Substitute, replaced Jean-Marc Ayrault while he was Prime Minister
2. by-election on Jean-Marc Ayrault's return to the government, required due to the death of Jean-Pierre Fougerat

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

2016 by-election

Following the return of Jean-Marc Ayrault to the government and the death of his substitute Jean-Pierre Fougerat, a by-election was held on the Sundays 17 and 24 April, 2016.[1]

Results of by-election 17 and 24 April 2016 for Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency

Candidate		Party	1st round[2]			Second round
			Votes	%	+/- (2012)	Votes	%
	Karine Daniel	PS	6,573	30.41	- 25.80	11,142	55.44
	Matthieu Annereau	LR	5,088	23.54	+ 0.70	8,956	44.56
	Jean-François Tallio	EELV	3,686	17.05	+ 10.87
	Eléonore Revel	FN	2,442	11.30	+ 2.88
	Gilles Bontemps	PCF	1,089	5.04	+ 0.15
	Philippe Abarnou	DLF	875	4.05	+ 4.05
	Mary Haway	ND	650	3.01	+ 3.01
	Eddy Le Beller	LO	578	2.67	+ 2.30
	Nicolas Rousseaux	Groupe Républicain	399	1.85	+ 1.85
	Olivier Terrien	Communist	232	1.07	+ 0.63
	Francis Meynier	Independent	3	0.01	+ 0.01
Registered Voters			88,574	100.00		88,571	100.00
Abstentions			65,996	74.51		65,745	74.22
Voters			22,578	25.49		22,826	25.77
Blank votes			623	3.38		2,053	8.99
Null votes			200	0.89		675	2.95
Valid votes			21,615	95.73		20,098	88.04

2012

2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency[3]

Candidate		Party	First round
			Votes	%
	Jean-Marc Ayrault	PS	28,589	56.21%
	Annick Le Ridant	UMP	9,128	17.95%
	Christian Bouchet	FN	4,284	8.42%
	Jean-François Tallio	EELV	3,144	6.18%
	Marie-Annick Benatre	FG	2,486	4.89%
	Emilia Neto	MoDem	1,436	2.82%
	Patricia Rio	MPF	641	1.26%
	Bruno Jarry	AEI	395	0.78%
	Bruno Herve	NPA	345	0.68%
	Chantal Girardin	Communistes	223	0.44%
	Hélène Dolidon	LO	186	0.37%
Valid votes			50,857	98.83%
Spoilt and null votes			602	1.17%
Votes cast / turnout			51,459	57.97%
Abstentions			37,304	42.03%
Registered voters			88,763	100.00%

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Marc Ayrault	26,212	49.76
	UMP	Sophie Jozan	14,075	26.72
	MoDem	Eric Menard	3,073	5.83
	LV	Catherine Choquet	2,756	5.23
	EXG	Delphine Vince	1,322	2.51
	MPF	Patricia Rio	1,266	2.33
	Others	N/A	2,995
Turnout			53,382	61.32
2nd round result
	PS	Jean-Marc Ayrault	32,770	66.15
	UMP	Sophie Jozan	16,769	33.85
Turnout			50,654	58.19
	PS hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Marc Ayrault	25,626	50.09
	UMP	Jean Baillet	12,200	23.85
	FN	Xavier Coste	3,144	6.15
	UDF	Fabienne Boureau	2,097	4.10
	LV	Patric Naizain	1,545	3.02
	PCF	Gilles Bontemps	1,193	2.33
	Others	N/A	5,357
Turnout			51,954	64.09
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Marc Ayrault	23,211	45.84
	UDF	Jean-Luc Harousseau	11,144	22.01
	FN	Arnaud de Périer	5,326	10.52
	PCF	Christian Pelloquet	3,471	6.85
	DVE	François de Rugy	1,961	3.87
	LO	Hélène Defrance	1,601	3.16
	DVD	Laurent Desjars	1,128	2.23
	Others	N/A	2,798
Turnout			52,607	66.20
2nd round result
	PS	Jean-Marc Ayrault	33,371	66.73
	UDF	Jean-Luc Harousseau	16,640	33.27
Turnout			52,265	65.77
	PS hold

References & Sources

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

1. "Elections législatives partielles - 3e circonscription de Loire-Atlantique le 17 et 24 avril 2016". loire-atlantique.gouv.fr. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
2. "Législative. La socialiste Karine Daniel en tête du premier tour". Ouest-France. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
3. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.