Marne's 3rd constituency

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.

3rd constituency of Marne
French National Assembly
constituency
The constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Incumbent deputy
 Éric Girardin
REM
DepartmentMarne
CantonsBeine-Nauroy, Bourgogne, Reims-4, Reims-8, Reims-10, Suippes
Registered voters80,596
(2017)

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

ElectionMemberParty
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
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).

  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.
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