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

ElectionMemberParty
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).