Somme's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme 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.

3rd constituency of Somme

French National Assembly constituency
Somme's 3rd Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy	Emmanuel Maquet LR
Department	Somme
Cantons	Ault, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Friville-Escarbotin, Gamaches, Hallencourt, Molliens-Dreuil, Moyenneville, Nouvion, Oisemont, Rue, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Registered voters	84,660

Description

The 3rd constituency of the Somme stretches along the entire length of the department's coast as well as reaching into its centre close to Amiens.

The seat is extremely marginal and has swung between left and right throughout the Fifth Republic.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Marcelle Delabie	PR
	1962	Michel Couillet	PCF
	1968	Charles Bignon	UDR
	1978	Michel Couillet	PCF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Pierre Hiard	PS
	1993	Jérôme Bignon	RPR
	1997	Vincent Peillon	PS
	2002	Jérôme Bignon	UMP
	2012	Jean-Claude Buisine	PS
	2017	Emmanuel Maquet	LR

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Somme's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Bruno Mariage	11,552	26.09	N/A
	LR	Emmanuel Maquet	9,711	21.93	–9.01
	FN	Patricia Chagnon	9,592	21.66	+3.29
	FI	Isabelle Brusadelli-Dorion	5,349	12.08	N/A
	PS	Jean-Claude Buisine	2,658	6.00	–25.14
	PCF	Arnaud Petit	2,642	5.97	N/A
	DLF	Nicolas Lottin	1,228	2.77	N/A
	Party of France	Anne Lengelé	677	1.53	N/A
	LO	Rémy Chassoulier	376	0.85	+0.36
	European Citizens' Party	David Mongin	271	0.61	N/A
	UPR	Dominique Ledet	219	0.49	N/A
Turnout			45,780	54.65	–10.26
Two-party-preferred result
	LR	Emmanuel Maquet	20,688	60.14	+11.94
	LREM	Bruno Mariage	13,714	39.86	N/A
Turnout			39,837	47.56	–17.52
	LR gain from PS		Swing

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 3rd Constituency 1st round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Claude Buisine	16,753	31.14	+1.58
	UMP	Jérôme Bignon	16,646	30.94	–9.71
	RBM	Nathalie Huiart	9,881	18.37	+13.72
	MoDem	David Lefèvre	3,456	6.42	+4.02
	Communists in Somme	Jacques Pecquery	3,331	6.19	–3.63
	FG	Colette Durot	2,550	4.74	N/A
	EELV	Franck Moncomble	616	1.14	–0.20
	LO	Laurence Acoulon	264	0.49	–0.67
	Solidarity, Ecology, Alternative Left	Sylvie Delsart	207	0.38	N/A
	Le Trèfle – New Ecologists	Gérard Tabary	98	0.18	N/A
Turnout			54,980	64.91	–4.31

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 3rd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Claude Buisine	27,274	51.80	+1.95
	UMP	Jérôme Bignon	25,376	48.20	–1.95
Turnout			55,093	65.08	–6.63
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
• Official results of French elections from 2012: "ACCUEIL > SOMME (80) > 3èmecirconscription" (in French).
• Official results of French elections from 2017: "ACCUEIL > SOMME (80) > 3èmecirconscription" (in French).