Marne's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Marne
	French National Assembly ; constituency
	The constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
	Éric Girardin; REM
Department	Marne
Cantons	Beine-Nauroy, Bourgogne, Reims-4, Reims-8, Reims-10, Suippes
Registered voters	80,596 ; (2017)

The 3rd constituency of Marne (French: Troisième circonscription de la Marne) 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 six former cantons of Beine-Nauroy, Bourgogne, Reims-4, Reims-8, Reims-10, and Suippes.[1]

It covers most of the western edge of the department, plus an area to the south of Reims. Its largest town is Épernay. Today's 3rd constituency bears no resemblance to the one of the same name which existed prior to the 2012 election; instead it covers most of the area of the now abolished 6th constituency.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the constituency had a total population of 96,350.

Despite the above-mentioned boundary changes, the area has remained consistently conservative in its voting habits, returning Philippe-Armand Martin (who had previously represented the 6th constituency) at the 2012 election. Martin did not run in the 2017 election and the seat was won by Éric Girardin of La République En Marche!.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Claude Thomas	RPR
	1993		RPR
	1997		RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007		UMP
	2012	Philippe-Armand Martin	UMP
	2017	Éric Girardin	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Éric Girardin	REM	11,750	31.87	17,946	59.61
	Baptiste Philippo	FN	7,953	21.57	12,160	40.39
	Rachel Paillard	LR	7,647	20.74
	Roland Jacques	FI	3,550	9.63
	Pierre Martinet	PCF	2,357	6.39
	Jacky Blavier	DLF	968	2.63
	Éric Lamaille	DVD	826	2.24
	David Nicanor	ECO	786	2.13
	Colette Leclercq-Chaudet	ECO	381	1.03
	Laurent Gosseau	EXG	370	1.00
	Jérôme Milutinovic	DIV	286	0.78

Votes			36,874	100.00	30,106	100.00

Valid votes			36,874	97.93	30,106	90.29
Blank votes			584	1.55	2,539	7.62
Null votes			194	0.52	697	2.09
Turnout			37,652	46.72	33,342	41.37
Abstentions			42,947	53.28	47,254	58.63
Registered voters			80,599		80,596

Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 3rd constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Philippe-Armand Martin	14,526	32.76
	EELV	Eric Loiselet	11,069	24.97
	FN	David Mascre	6,891	15.54
	DVD	Franck Leroy	4,779	10.78
	DVG	Jean-Paul Angers	2,336	5.27
	FG	Jean-Pierre Langlet	2,184	4.93
	EXG	Michel Martin	902	2.03

	Others	N/A	1,650
Turnout			44,337	54.53
2nd round result
	UMP	Philippe-Armand Martin	23,135	55.78
	EELV	Eric Loiselet	18,342	44.22
Turnout			41,477	51.01
	UMP hold

Sources

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

Official results of French elections from 2017: "" (in French).

As defined in 1999; the number and composition of the department's cantons was altered in 2014 but this has not yet been reflected in electoral district boundaries.

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[1] As defined in 1999; the number and composition of the department's cantons was altered in 2014 but this has not yet been reflected in electoral district boundaries.