Doubs's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Doubs
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Doubs' 3rd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
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	65,449
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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

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	1973	Edgar Faure	DVD
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1978	Roland Vuillaume	RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1988	Guy Bêche	PS
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1993	Monique Rousseau	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1997	Joseph Parrenin	PS
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2002	Marcel Bonnot	UMP
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Denis Sommer	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"|	Denis Sommer	REM	10,737	33.83	12,943	50.81
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"|	Frédéric Cartier	LR	7,950	25.05	12,530	49.19
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"|	Loup Viallet	FN	6,350	20.01
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	Christophe Espolio	FI	2,900	9.14
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"|	Sidonie Marchal	PS	1,899	5.98
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Odile Joannès	ECO	848	2.67
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Bruno Patois	ECO	413	1.30
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"|	Christian Driano	EXG	392	1.23
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	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).