Var's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Var (French: Troisième circonscription du Var) is a French legislative constituency in the Var 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 Var

French National Assembly constituency
Var's 3rd Constituency shown within the Var.
Deputy	Edith Audibert LR
Department	Var
Cantons	La Crau, La Garde, Hyères Est, Hyères Ouest
Registered voters	100,775 [1]

Description

The 3rd constituency of the Var is centred on Hyères to the west of Toulon.

It has been a strongly right leaning constituency for all of its recent history, including the election of the only National Front deputy in 1988. That winner Yann Piat subsequently joined the Union for French Democracy before being assassinated in 1994.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Yann Piat	NF
	1988		UDF
	1994	Philippe de La Lombardière de Canson	RPR
	1997	Jean-Pierre Giran	UMP
	2017	Jean-Louis Masson	LR
	2020	Edith Audibert

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Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Var's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Alexandre Zapolsky	16,523	33.91
	LR	Jean-Louis Masson	11,302	23.20
	FN	Aline Renck-Guigue	10,486	21.52
	FI	Danielle Lapierre	4,267	8.76
	EELV	Chantal Mouttet	1,648	3.38
	DLF	Marie Martin	987	2.03
	Others	N/A	3,508
Turnout			48,721	48.33
2nd round result
	LR	Jean-Louis Masson	19,570	51.38
	LREM	Alexandre Zapolsky	18,521	48.62
Turnout			38,091	37.80
	LR hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Var's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Giran	21,278	37.89
	PRG	Joël Canapa	16,154	28.76
	FN	Bruno Gollinisch	13,550	24.13
	FG	Gilberte Mandon	2,395	4.26
	Others	N/A	2,786
Turnout			56,163
2nd round result
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Giran	24,356	43.41
	PRG	Joël Canapa	19,588	34.91
	FN	Bruno Gollinisch	12,159	21.67
Turnout			56,103	57.40
	UMP hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Var's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Giran	33,320	51.40
	PS	Mireille Chabot	10,222	15.77
	MoDem	Josy Chambon	4,813	7.42
	PCF	Joël Canapa	4,500	6.94
	FN	Cécile Antoine	4,293	6.62
	DVD	Marie-Christine Hamel	1,924	2.97
	LV	Chantal Mouttet	1,736	2.68
	Others	N/A	4,016
Turnout			65,861	58.94
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Var's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Giran	19,128	30.35
	FN	Philippe de David-Bauregard	13,021	20.66
	UDF	Jean-Louis Masson	10,434	16.56
	PRG	Roland Joffre	7,198	11.42
	LV	Jean-Claude Alberigo	4,451	7.06
	PCF	Joel Canapa	4,103	6.51
	Others	N/A	4,680
Turnout			64,281	62.14
2nd round result
	UMP	Jean-Pierre Giran	33,453	67.90
	FN	Philippe de David-Bauregard	15,817	32.10
Turnout			55,400	53.56
	UMP hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Var's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FN	Philippe de David-Bauregard	15,593	26.37
	RPR	Jean-Pierre Giran	13,066	22.09
	PRG	Jacques de Lustrac	7,626	12.89
	PCF	Joel Canapa	6,071	10.27
	DVD	Léopold Ritondale	5,669	9.59
	PS	Roland Joffre*	4,128	6.98
	DVD	Claude Rollandin	2,007	3.39
	GE	Jean-René Cavanna	1,391	2.35
	Others	N/A	3,590
Turnout			61,505	65.52
2nd round result
	RPR	Jean-Pierre Giran	35,560	64.19
	FN	Philippe de David-Bauregard	19,834	35.81
Turnout			62,847	66.95
	RPR hold

* PS dissident

References

1. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.