Constituency of the National Assembly of France
3rd constituency of Doubs Incumbent deputy 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)
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.
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 results
2024
Candidate
Party
Alliance
First round
Second round
Votes
%
+/–
Votes
%
+/–
Matthieu Bloch
LR -RN
UXD
18,795
44.35
new
21,543
50.76
new
Nicolas Pacquot
REN
Ensemble
12,806
30.22
+7.41
20,901
49.24
-1.59
Virginie Dayet
PCF
NFP
9,138
21.56
+1.11
withdrew
Brandon Kemps
DSV
889
2.10
+0.60
Franck Plain
LO
753
1.78
+0.27
Votes
42,381
100.00
42,444
100.00
Valid votes
42,381
95.84
-1.22
42,444
94.89
+3.98
Blank votes
1,149
2.60
+0.39
1,691
3.78
-3.01
Null votes
692
1.56
+0.83
596
1.33
-0.97
Turnout
44,222
68.30
+19.86
44,731
69.08
+22.95
Abstentions
20,526
31.70
-19.86
20,020
30.92
-22.95
Registered voters
64,748
64,751
Source: [1]
Result
UXD GAIN FROM RE
2022
[ 2]
* Nadey stood as a dissident LR member without the support of the party or the UDC alliance.
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[ 3]
2012
2012 legislative election in Doubs's 3rd constituency[ 4]
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%
2007
2002
1997
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France " (in French).