Tarn's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Tarn (French: Troisième circonscription du Tarn) is a French legislative constituency in the Tarn 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.

3rd constituency of Tarn
French National Assembly
constituency
Tarn's 3rd Constituency shown within the Tarn.
Deputy
 Jean Terlier [1]
LREM
DepartmentTarn
CantonsCastres Nord, Castres Ouest, Cuq-Toulza, Dourgne, Labruguière, Lautrec, Lavaur, Mazamet Nord-Est, Mazamet Sud-Ouest, Puylaurens, Saint-Amans-Soult, Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux, Vielmur-sur-Agout
Registered voters101,429 [2]

Description

The 3rd constituency of Tarn lies in the south of the department and is based around Castres and the smaller town of Mazamet.

The voters of this constituency have generally supported centre right candidates with the exceptions of 2012 and 2017.

Assembly Members

ElectionMemberParty
1988Jacques LimouzyRPR
2002Philippe FolliotUDF
2007DVD
2012Linda GourjadePS
2017Jean TerlierLREM

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Tarn's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM Jean Terlier 17,931 32.48
LR Bernard Carayon 12,988 23.53
FN Virginie Callejon 8,356 15.14
FI Maud Forgeot 6,419 11.63
PS Linda Gourjade 5,006 9.07
EELV Stéphane Deleforge 1,571 2.85
Others N/A 2,937
Turnout 55,208 54.43
2nd round result
LREM Jean Terlier 22,884 52.11
LR Bernard Carayon 21,031 47.89
Turnout 43,915 43.30
LREM gain from PS

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Tarn's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Bernard Carayon 21,274 33.47
PS Linda Gourjade 15,353 24.15
DVG Didier Houles 8,816 13.87
FN Jean-Paul Piloz 8,530 13.42
FG Philippe Guerineau 3,792 5.97
AC Anne Laperrouze 3,197 5.03
EELV Francine Ricouart 1,347 2.12
Others N/A 1,257
Turnout 63,566 64.56
2nd round result
PS Linda Gourjade 30,867 50.25
UMP Bernard Carayon 30,564 49.75
Turnout 61,431 62.40
PS gain from UMP

References

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