Orne's 3rd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Orne (French: Troisième circonscription de l'Orne) is a French legislative constituency in the Orne département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

3rd constituency of Orne

French National Assembly constituency
Orne's 2nd Constituency shown within Orne.
Deputy	Jérôme Nury[1] The Republicans
Department	Orne
Cantons	Argentan Est, Argentan-Ouest, Athis-de-l'Orne, Briouze, Ecouché, Exmes, Flers Nord, Flers Sud, Messei, Mortrée, Putanges-Pont-Ecrepin, Tinchebray, Trun
Registered voters	71645[2]

Description

The 2nd Constituency of the Orne covers the north western portion of the department including the town of Argentan.

Historically the seat has lent towards the right, electing left wing candidates in only 1988 and 2012. Longstanding deputy Hubert Bassot died whilst in office in 1995, his widow Sylvia Bassot subsequently also held the seat.[3]

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Michel Lambert	PS
	1993	Hubert Bassot	UDF
	1995	Jean-Luc Gouyon	UDF
	1997	Sylvia Bassot	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012	Yves Goasdoué	DVG
	2017	Jérôme Nury	LR

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Orne's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Isabelle Boscher	12,980	34.64
	LR	Jérôme Nury	12,542	33.47
	FN	Katia Fremont	5,019	13.39
	FI	Clément Bujarrabal	3,378	9.01
	EELV	Corinne Malignac	1,488	3.97
	PCF	Jean Charelais	846	2.26
	Others	N/A	1,220
Turnout			37,473	52.30
2nd round result
	LR	Jérôme Nury	18,397	56.08
	LREM	Isabelle Boscher	14,407	43.92
Turnout			32,804	45.79
	LR gain from DVG

References

1. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/qui/elections-legislatives-des-11-et-18-juin-2017