Somme's 3rd constituency
The 3rd constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
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 Somme's 3rd Constituency shown within Picardie. | |||
| Deputy |
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| Department | Somme | ||
| Cantons | Ault, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Friville-Escarbotin, Gamaches, Hallencourt, Molliens-Dreuil, Moyenneville, Nouvion, Oisemont, Rue, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme | ||
| Registered voters | 84,660 | ||
Description
The 3rd constituency of the Somme stretches along the entire length of the department's coast as well as reaching into its centre close to Amiens.
The seat is extremely marginal and has swung between left and right throughout the Fifth Republic.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Marcelle Delabie | PR | |
| 1962 | Michel Couillet | PCF | |
| 1968 | Charles Bignon | UDR | |
| 1978 | Michel Couillet | PCF | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Pierre Hiard | PS | |
| 1993 | Jérôme Bignon | RPR | |
| 1997 | Vincent Peillon | PS | |
| 2002 | Jérôme Bignon | UMP | |
| 2012 | Jean-Claude Buisine | PS | |
| 2017 | Emmanuel Maquet | LR | |
Election results
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LREM | Bruno Mariage | 11,552 | 26.09 | N/A | |
| LR | Emmanuel Maquet | 9,711 | 21.93 | –9.01 | |
| FN | Patricia Chagnon | 9,592 | 21.66 | +3.29 | |
| FI | Isabelle Brusadelli-Dorion | 5,349 | 12.08 | N/A | |
| PS | Jean-Claude Buisine | 2,658 | 6.00 | –25.14 | |
| PCF | Arnaud Petit | 2,642 | 5.97 | N/A | |
| DLF | Nicolas Lottin | 1,228 | 2.77 | N/A | |
| Party of France | Anne Lengelé | 677 | 1.53 | N/A | |
| LO | Rémy Chassoulier | 376 | 0.85 | +0.36 | |
| European Citizens' Party | David Mongin | 271 | 0.61 | N/A | |
| UPR | Dominique Ledet | 219 | 0.49 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 45,780 | 54.65 | –10.26 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| LR | Emmanuel Maquet | 20,688 | 60.14 | +11.94 | |
| LREM | Bruno Mariage | 13,714 | 39.86 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 39,837 | 47.56 | –17.52 | ||
| LR gain from PS | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Jean-Claude Buisine | 16,753 | 31.14 | +1.58 | |
| UMP | Jérôme Bignon | 16,646 | 30.94 | –9.71 | |
| RBM | Nathalie Huiart | 9,881 | 18.37 | +13.72 | |
| MoDem | David Lefèvre | 3,456 | 6.42 | +4.02 | |
| Communists in Somme | Jacques Pecquery | 3,331 | 6.19 | –3.63 | |
| FG | Colette Durot | 2,550 | 4.74 | N/A | |
| EELV | Franck Moncomble | 616 | 1.14 | –0.20 | |
| LO | Laurence Acoulon | 264 | 0.49 | –0.67 | |
| Solidarity, Ecology, Alternative Left | Sylvie Delsart | 207 | 0.38 | N/A | |
| Le Trèfle – New Ecologists | Gérard Tabary | 98 | 0.18 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 54,980 | 64.91 | –4.31 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Jean-Claude Buisine | 27,274 | 51.80 | +1.95 | |
| UMP | Jérôme Bignon | 25,376 | 48.20 | –1.95 | |
| Turnout | 55,093 | 65.08 | –6.63 | ||
| PS gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
- Official results of French elections from 2012: "ACCUEIL > SOMME (80) > 3èmecirconscription" (in French).
- Official results of French elections from 2017: "ACCUEIL > SOMME (80) > 3èmecirconscription" (in French).
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