Vaucluse's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of Vaucluse

French National Assembly
constituency

Deputy
 Marion Maréchal-Le Pen
FN
Department Vaucluse
Canton Bédarrides, Carpentras-Sud, Pernes-les-Fontaines.

The 3rd constituency of Vaucluse is a French legislative constituency in the Vaucluse département (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur). A member of the National Front, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen represents the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012-2017).

History, geography and demography

According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 3rd constituency of Vaucluse included six cantons : Bédarrides, Carpentras-Nord, Carpentras-Sud, Mormoiron, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Sault. According to the national census conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the total population of the constituency was estimated at 127,749 inhabitants.

Approved in February 2010 by the Constitutional Council of France, the redistricting of electoral boundaries came into effect from the 2012 legislative elections. Ratified on 21 January 2010 by the Parliament of France, the ordonnance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009 reduced the area of the constituency.

Stretched on 345,72 km2, the 3rd constituency includes only three cantons and fifteen municipalities: Bédarrides (Bédarrides, Courthézon, Sorgues, Vedène), Carpentras-Sud (Althen-des-Paluds, southern part of Carpentras, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Mazan, Monteux), Pernes-les-Fontaines (Le Beaucet, Pernes-les-Fontaines, La Roque-sur-Pernes, Saint-Didier, Velleron, Venasque). After the boundary changes, the population of the constituency amounted to 96,291 inhabitants in 2008 and 97,206 inhabitants in 2009.


Election: results in 2012

Results in the Vaucluse's five constituencies in 2012 : pink (PS), blue (UMP), grey (FN), black (League of South)
2012 legislative election: Vaucluse's 3rd constituency - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FN Marion Maréchal-Le Pen 18,920 42.09
UMP Jean-Michel Ferrand 16,100 35.82
PS Catherine Arkilovitch 9,926 22.08
Turnout 45,699 64.44
FN gain from UMP Swing

Past elections: 1988-2012

Vaucluse's five constituencies in 2012
Vaucluse's four constituencies in 1986
ElectionMemberParty

1986

 Proportional representation - Creation of the constituency
1988 Jean-Michel Ferrand RPR
1993 Jean-Michel Ferrand RPR
1997 Jean-Michel Ferrand RPR
2002 Jean-Michel Ferrand UMP
2007 Jean-Michel Ferrand UMP
2012 Marion Maréchal-Le Pen FN

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