Marne's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of the Marne

French National Assembly constituency
Marne's 3rd Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne.
Deputy	Philippe-Armand Martin UMP
Department	Marne
Canton	Ay, Dormans, Épernay I et II, Esternay, Montmirail, Montmort-Lucy, Reims IX and Verzy
Voters	81,307

The 3rd constituency of the Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Marne département.

Description

The Marne's 3rd Constituency covers the western edge of the department before sweeping to the south of Reims. Its largest town is Épernay. The constituency as it is today bears no resemblance to the one which existed prior to the 2012 election instead it covers most of the now abolished 6th constituency.

Despite these boundary changes the seat has remained consistently conservative in its voting habits and returned Philippe-Armand Martin at the 2012 election who previously represented Marne's 6th constituency.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Claude Thomas	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2012	Philippe-Armand Martin	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 3rd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Philippe-Armand Martin	23,135	55.78
	LV	Eric Loiselet	18,342	44.22
Turnout			42,979	52,86
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).