Doubs' 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Doubs

French National Assembly constituency
Doubs' 3rd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy	Marcel Bonnot UMP
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
	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

Legislative Election 2012: Doubs' 3rd Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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).