Doubs' 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Doubs

French National Assembly
constituency

Doubs' 3rd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy
 Marcel Bonnot
UMP
Department Doubs
Canton Baume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, Saint-Hippolyte.
Voters 65,449

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

ElectionMemberParty
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

Election results

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).

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