Doubs' 4th constituency

4th constituency of Doubs

French National Assembly
constituency

Doubs' 4th Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy
 Pierre Moscovici
PS
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

ElectionMemberParty
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

Legislative Election 2012: Doubs' 4th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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).

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