Doubs' 4th constituency
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Doubs' 4th Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
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Department | Doubs | ||
Canton | Audincourt, Étupes, Hérimoncourt, Pont-de-Roide, Sochaux-Grand-Charmont, Valentigney. | ||
Voters | 67,392 |
The 4th constituency of Doubs is a French legislative constituency in the Doubs département.
Description
Doubs' 4th Constituency includes Audincourt and Valentigney both of whom are southern suburbs of Montbéliard. It also stretches in to the Jura mountains reaching as far as the border with Switzerland.
The seat swung between left and right until its capture in 1997 by the future Minister of Finance Pierre Moscovici.
Historic Representation
Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
1988 | Huguette Bouchardeau | DVG | |
1993 | Jean Geney | RPR | |
1997 | Joseph Tyrode | PS | |
2002 | Irène Tharin | UMP | |
1997 | Pierre Moscovici | PS | |
2012 | Frédéric Barbier | PS | |
2014 | Pierre Moscovici | PS |
Election results
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PS | Pierre Moscovici | 19,311 | 49.32 | ||
UMP | Charles Demouge | 10,260 | 26.21 | ||
FN | Sophie Montel | 9,581 | 24.47 | ||
Turnout | 39,852 | 59.13 | |||
PS hold | Swing |
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).