Moselle's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 3rd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Marie-Jo Zimmermann UMP
Department	Moselle
Canton	Metz-I, Metz-II, Metz-III (Part), Pange, Vigy
Voters	74,064

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

Description

Moselle's 3rd constituency includes the centre of Metz and a large swath of more rural areas to the east. The constituency lies in the centre of Moselle to the east of the Moselle river, which flows through Metz.

The constituency has been held by parties of the Gaullist right since 1988 and in that time has only been represented by two individuals Jean Louis Masson and Marie-Jo Zimmermann.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean Louis Masson	RPR
	2002	Marie-Jo Zimmermann	UMP

Election results

2012

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Marie-Jo Zimmermann	20,200	53.75
	PS	Christiane Pallez	17,380	46.25
Turnout			38,785	52.37
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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