Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Puy-de-Dôme (French: Troisième circonscription du Puy-de-Dôme) is a French legislative constituency in the Puy-de-Dôme département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two-round electoral system.

3rd constituency of Puy-de-Dôme
French National Assembly
constituency
Puy-de-Dôme's's 3rd Constituency shown within Puy-de-Dôme.
Deputy
 Laurence Vichnievsky [1]
MoDem
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
CantonsArdes, Beaumont, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Chamalières, Champeix, Clermont-Ferrand Ouest, Clermont-Ferrand Sud-Ouest, Rochefort-Montagne, Royat, Saint-Amant-Tallande, Tauves, La Tour-d'Auvergne
Registered voters89010 [2]

Description

The 3rd constituency of the Puy-de-Dôme lies in the south west of the department and includes the western and south western parts of Clermont-Ferrand.

The constituency is most notable for the fact that it was the political base of former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Giscard d'Estaing was succeeded by his son Louis in 2002, however he was defeated by the Green candidate in 2012. Louis made an attempt to regain the seat at the 2017 elections however he could only manage second place.

Assembly Members
ElectionMemberParty
1988Valéry Giscard d'EstaingUDF
2002Louis Giscard d'EstaingUMP
2012Danielle AuroiEELV
2017Laurence VichnievskyMoDem

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Election results

2012
 Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd Constituency[3]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Louis Giscard D’Estaing Union for a Popular Movement UMP 20,426 39.36 25,979 49.08
Danielle Auroi Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV 18,901 36.42 26,958 50.92
Patricia Guilhot Left Front FG 4,192 8.08
Marie-Christine Guibert National Front FN 3,929 7.57
Stanislas Renié New Centre NC 1,313 2.53
Philippe Gorce Miscellaneous Left DVG 1,109 2.14
Gérard Weil Independent DIV 563 1.08
Chantal Guillaumin Ecologist ECO 536 1.03
Carole Saby Ecologist ECO 302 0.58
Michèle Aldon Far Left EXG 253 0.49
Claude Dufour Far Left EXG 242 0.47
Arnaud Beils Independent DIV 125 0.24
Total 51,891 100% 52,937 100%
Registered voters 86,568 86,560
Blank/Void ballots 807 1.53% 1,266 2.34%
Turnout 52,698 60.87% 54,203 62.62%
Abstentions 33,870 39.13% 32,357 37.38%
Result EELV GAIN FROM UMP

2017
 Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd Constituency[4]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Laurence Vichnievsky Democratic Movement MoDEM 18,384 38.58 20,333 56.02
Louis Giscard D’Estaing Union of Democrats and Independents UDI 10,043 21.07 15,966 43.98
Marc Chovin La France Insoumise FI 5,683 11.92
Nicolas Bonnet Ecologist ECO 5,260 11.04
Anne-Marie Carta National Front FN 3,234 6.79
Christophe Serre The Republicans LR 2,789 5.85
Christine Thomas Communist Party PCF 1,307 2.74
Corinne Neveux Debout la France DLF 484 1.02
Josiane Mainville Far Left EXG 237 0.50
Maëlig Le Guern Independent DIV 236 0.50
Total 47,657 100% 36,299 100%
Registered voters 89,004 89,010
Blank/Void ballots 865 1.78% 5,097 5.73%
Turnout 48,522 54.52% 41,396 46.51%
Abstentions 40,482 45.48% 47,614 53.49%
Result MoDem GAIN FROM EELV

References
  1. "577 Députés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  3. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/063/06303.html
  4. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/063/06303.html

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