Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Christian Eckert PS
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Canton	Audun-le-Roman, Briey, Herserange, Longuyon, Longwy, Mont-Saint-Martin, Villerupt
Voters	83,073

The 3rd constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département.

Description

Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency was radically altered prior to the 2012 elections so that it no longer contains any of the territory of the previous incarnation, which consisted of the cantons of Laxou, Nancy-Ouest et Pompey. The new version covers the northernmost areas of Meurthe-et-Moselle up to the border with Luxembourg and Belgium.

The seat was won comfortably by the Socialist Party candidate Christian Eckert in a second round run off against the UMP.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Claude Gaillardt	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2007	Valérie Rosso-Debord	UMP
	2012	Christian Eckert	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Christian Eckert	24,780	66.38
	UMP	Etienne Mangeot	12,552	33.62
Turnout			38,743	46.64
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).