Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Loire-Atlantique
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Constituency in Department
Location of Loire-Atlantique in France
Deputy
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
CantonsNantes V, Nantes XI, Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc, Saint-Herblain Est, Saint-Herblain Ouest-Indre

The 3rd constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

Description

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Its representative from 1988 to 2016 was Jean-Marc Ayrault, the former Prime Minister of France (2012–2014). His return to the government prompted a by-election which was won by Karine Daniel. It includes part of the city of Nantes.

Historic representation

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Election Member Party
1988 Jean-Marc Ayrault PS
1993
1997
2002
2007
2012
2012 Jean-Pierre Fougerat[notes 1]
2014 Jean-Marc Ayrault
2016 Karine Daniel[notes 2]
2017 Anne-France Brunet LREM
2022 Ségolène Amiot[1] LFI
2024

Table Notes

  1. ^ Substitute, replaced Jean-Marc Ayrault while he was Prime Minister
  2. ^ by-election on Jean-Marc Ayrault's return to the government, required due to the death of Jean-Pierre Fougerat

Election results

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2024

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Candidate Party Alliance First round Second round
Votes % +/– Votes % +/–
Ségolène Amiot LFI NFP 29,285 44.55 +1.68 32,216 50.13 -5.57
Matthieu Annereau REN Ensemble 16,147 24.57 -4.73 18,099 28.16 -16.14
Laurie Arc RN 13,425 20.43 +10.52 13,946 21.70 new
Sophie Van Goethem LR UDC 4,143 6.30 +0.54
Gildas Perrot REG 1,896 2.88 +0.99
Hélène Dolidon LO 832 1.27 +0.18
Votes 65,716 100.00 64,261 100.00
Valid votes 65,716 97.69 +0.30 64,261 97.22 +2.94
Blank votes 1,242 1.85 -0.30 1,574 2.38 -2.21
Null votes 315 0.47 +0.01 262 0.40 -0.73
Turnout 67,273 69.08 +19.58 66,097 67.85 +18.97
Abstentions 30,116 30.92 -19.58 31,313 32.15 -18.97
Registered voters 97,389 97,410
Source: [1]
Result LFI HOLD

2022

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Legislative Election 2022: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LFI (NUPÉS) Ségolène Amiot 19,990 42.87 +4.35
LREM (Ensemble) Anne-France Brunet 13,662 29.30 -9.35
RN Véronique Jarry 4,622 9.91 +3.39
LR (UDC) Sophie Van Goethem 2,686 5.76 −2.95
REC Thibault Fauchait 1,523 3.27 N/A
UDB Gwenvaël Duret 1,271 2.73 N/A
Others N/A 2,875 6.17
Turnout 46,629 49.50 −2.70
2nd round result
LFI (NUPÉS) Ségolène Amiot 24,837 55.70 +11.96
LREM (Ensemble) Anne-France Brunet 19,752 44.30 −11.96
Turnout 44,589 48.88 +5.41
LFI gain from LREM

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2017

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Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Anne-France Brunet REM 18,301 38.65 20,746 56.26
Martine Gourdon FI 7,921 16.73 16,132 43.74
Karine Daniel PS 6,510 13.75
Rozenn Hamel LR 4,122 8.71
Judith Leray ECO 3,341 7.06
Eléonore Revel FN 3,088 6.52
Chantal Durand DLF 639 1.35
Robin Salecroix PCF 465 0.98
Gwenvaël Duret REG 463 0.98
Sylvie Boulé DIV 429 0.91
Michaël Protat DIV 348 0.74
Alain Parisot DIV 328 0.69
Hélène Dolidon EXG 305 0.64
Michaël Hervé DVG 305 0.64
Pierre Sabattier DVD 297 0.63
Régis Tersiquel DIV 253 0.53
Dominique Norval PRG 128 0.27
Olivier Terrien EXG 103 0.22
Votes 47,346 100.00 36,878 100.00
Valid votes 47,346 98.40 36,878 92.04
Blank votes 653 1.36 2,611 6.52
Null votes 115 0.24 577 1.44
Turnout 48,114 52.20 40,066 43.47
Abstentions 44,055 47.80 52,103 56.53
Registered voters 92,169 92,169
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2016 by-election

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Following the return of Jean-Marc Ayrault to the government and the death of his substitute Jean-Pierre Fougerat, a by-election was held on the Sundays 17 and 24 April 2016.[3]

Results of by-election 17 and 24 April 2016 for Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency
Candidate Party 1st round[4] Second round
Votes % +/- (2012) Votes %
Karine Daniel PS 6,573 30.41 - 25.80 11,142 55.44
Matthieu Annereau LR 5,088 23.54 + 0.70 8,956 44.56
Jean-François Tallio EELV 3,686 17.05 + 10.87
Eléonore Revel FN 2,442 11.30 + 2.88
Gilles Bontemps PCF 1,089 5.04 + 0.15
Philippe Abarnou DLF 875 4.05 + 4.05
Mary Haway ND 650 3.01 + 3.01
Eddy Le Beller LO 578 2.67 + 2.30
Nicolas Rousseaux Groupe Républicain 399 1.85 + 1.85
Olivier Terrien Communist 232 1.07 + 0.63
Francis Meynier Independent 3 0.01 + 0.01
Registered Voters 88,574 100.00 88,571 100.00
Abstentions 65,996 74.51 65,745 74.22
Voters 22,578 25.49 22,826 25.77
Blank votes 623 3.38 2,053 8.99
Null votes 200 0.89 675 2.95
Valid votes 21,615 95.73 20,098 88.04

2012

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2012 legislative election in Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency[5]
Candidate Party First round
Votes %
Jean-Marc Ayrault PS 28,589 56.21%
Annick Le Ridant UMP 9,128 17.95%
Christian Bouchet FN 4,284 8.42%
Jean-François Tallio EELV 3,144 6.18%
Marie-Annick Benatre FG 2,486 4.89%
Emilia Neto MoDem 1,436 2.82%
Patricia Rio MPF 641 1.26%
Bruno Jarry AEI 395 0.78%
Bruno Herve NPA 345 0.68%
Chantal Girardin Communistes 223 0.44%
Hélène Dolidon LO 186 0.37%
Valid votes 50,857 98.83%
Spoilt and null votes 602 1.17%
Votes cast / turnout 51,459 57.97%
Abstentions 37,304 42.03%
Registered voters 88,763 100.00%

2007

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Legislative Election 2007: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Jean-Marc Ayrault 26,212 49.76
UMP Sophie Jozan 14,075 26.72
MoDem Eric Menard 3,073 5.83
LV Catherine Choquet 2,756 5.23
Far left Delphine Vince 1,322 2.51
MPF Patricia Rio 1,266 2.33
Others N/A 2,995
Turnout 53,382 61.32
2nd round result
PS Jean-Marc Ayrault 32,770 66.15
UMP Sophie Jozan 16,769 33.85
Turnout 50,654 58.19
PS hold

2002

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Legislative Election 2002: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Jean-Marc Ayrault 25,626 50.09
UMP Jean Baillet 12,200 23.85
FN Xavier Coste 3,144 6.15
UDF Fabienne Boureau 2,097 4.10
LV Patric Naizain 1,545 3.02
PCF Gilles Bontemps 1,193 2.33
Others N/A 5,357
Turnout 51,954 64.09
PS hold

1997

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Legislative Election 1997: Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Jean-Marc Ayrault 23,211 45.84
UDF Jean-Luc Harousseau 11,144 22.01
FN Arnaud de Perier 5,326 10.52
PCF Christian Pelloquet 3,471 6.85
DVE François de Rugy 1,961 3.87
LO Hélène Defrance 1,601 3.16
DVD Laurent Desjars 1,128 2.23
Others N/A 2,798
Turnout 52,607 66.20
2nd round result
PS Jean-Marc Ayrault 33,371 66.73
UDF Jean-Luc Harousseau 16,640 33.27
Turnout 52,265 65.77
PS hold

References & Sources

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  • Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.
  1. ^ "Mme Ségolène Amiot - Loire-Atlantique (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans la Loire-Atlantique". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Elections législatives partielles - 3e circonscription de Loire-Atlantique le 17 et 24 avril 2016". loire-atlantique.gouv.fr. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Législative. La socialiste Karine Daniel en tête du premier tour". Ouest-France. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.