Vaucluse's 3rd constituency explained

3rd constituency of Vaucluse
Member-Type:Deputy
Member:Hervé de Lépinau
Member-Party:RN
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). Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, a member of the National Front, represented the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012–2017). It has been held by Brune Poirson and her substitute, Adrien Morenas of REM since 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 over, the 3rd constituency consists of 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.

Deputies

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1986Proportional representation
1988Jean-Michel FerrandRPR
1993
1997
2002UMP
2007
2012Marion Maréchal-Le PenFN
2017Brune PoirsonLREM
2017Adrien Morenassubstitute for Brune Poirson, replaced her while she was secretary of state for Ecological and Inclusive Transition
2020Brune Poirson
2021Adrien MorenasReplaced Poirson when she left the National Assembly
2022Hervé de LépinauRN

Election results

2022

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2017

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2012

2012 legislative election in Vaucluse's 3rd constituency
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Marion Maréchal-Le PenFN34.65%42.09%
Jean-Michel FerrandUMP30.03%35.82%
Catherine ArkilovitchPS21.98%22.08%
Roger MartinFG7.75%
Astrid DucrosAC1.82%
Bernard MaunierLT1.75%
Bernard HofmannMoDem1.63%
Bertrand HelleuLO0.41%
Valid votes98.85%98.35%
Spoilt and null votes1.15%1.65%
Votes cast / turnout62.47%64.44%
Abstentions37.53%35.56%
Registered voters100.00%100.00%

2007

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2002

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1997

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Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Vaucluse . 2022-11-29 . Le Monde.fr . fr-FR.