Doubs' 3rd constituency
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Doubs' 3rd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
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| Department | Doubs | ||
| Canton | Baume-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Maîche, Montbéliard-Est, Montbéliard-Ouest, Rougemont, Saint-Hippolyte. | ||
| Voters | 65,449 | ||
The 3rd constituency of Doubs is a French legislative constituency in the Doubs département.
Description
Doubs' 3rd constituency contains the town of Montbéliard and encircles Doubs' 4th constituency. To the east it borders Switzerland and reaches deep into the Jura mountains.
The seat has generally been held by conservative parties with the exceptions of the Socialist landslides in the 1988 and 1997 elections.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1973 | Edgar Faure | DVD | |
| 1978 | Roland Vuillaume | RPR | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Guy Bêche | PS | |
| 1993 | Monique Rousseau | RPR | |
| 1997 | Joseph Parrenin | PS | |
| 2002 | Marcel Bonnot | UMP | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| UMP | Marcel Bonnot | 19,270 | 51 | ||
| PS | Arnaud Marthey | 18,512 | 49 | ||
| Turnout | 39,350 | 60.12 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
