Landes's 3rd constituency explained

The 3rd constituency of the Landes (French: Troisième circonscription des Landes) is a French legislative constituency in the Landes 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.

Description

The 3rd constituency of the Landes lies in the south east of the department. The seat does not contain a major urban centre. Since 1978 the voters of this constituency have consistently returned Socialist Party deputies most notably former Government Minister, President of the National Assembly and First Secretary of the Socialist Party Henri Emmanuelli.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Jean-Marie Commenay	Independent, app. MRP
1962	Independent, app. CD
1967	Independent, app. PDM
1968	Independent, app. CDP
	1973		Independent, app. CDS
			PS
	1981	Robert Cabé[3]
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Henri Emmanuelli	PS
	1993
	1997
	2002
	2007
	2012
	2017	Monique Lubin[4]
		Boris Vallaud
	2022
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Boris Vallaud	PS	NFP		37.10	style="color:red;"	-3.06		56.65	style="color:red;"	-3.28
	Sylvie Franceschini	RN			35.59	+16.81		43.35	new
	Tom Gillet Duffrechou	MoDEM	Ensemble		16.00	style="color:red;"	-8.86	withdrew
	Brice Saint-Cricq	LR	UDC		7.18	+1.99
	Christelle Lassort	RES!			1.61	style="color:red;"				-3.26
	Christian Delfosse	REC			1.15	style="color:red;"				-2.09
	Carole Voutaz	LO			0.73	style="color:red;"				-0.19
	Matèu Richard	PO			0.64	style="color:red;"				-0.54
Votes					100.00			100.00
Valid votes					96.64	style="color:red;"	-0.52		92.36	+1.01
Blank votes					2.16	+0.18		5.47	style="color:red;"	-0.12
Null votes					1.20	+0.34		2.17	style="color:red;"	-0.89
Turnout					73.15	+16.31		73.63	+20.39
Abstentions					26.85	style="color:red;"	-16.31		26.37	style="color:red;"	-20.39
Registered voters
Source: https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/75/40/4003/index.html
Result				PS HOLD

2022

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Pierre Steiner	REM		34.15		49.25
	Boris Vallaud	PS		25.33		50.75
	Philippe Dubourg	FI		11.57
	Océane Ravix	FN		10.25
	Marie-Claire Duprat	UDI		6.80
	Michèle Berthou	PCF		3.19
	Richard Bidegaray	ECO		2.08
	Nicole de Letter	DLF		1.70
	Christelle Lassort	DVD		1.29
	Yann Brongniart	DVD		1.21
	Marie Radosz	DIV		1.17
	Laëtitia Hirsch	ECO		0.70
	Nicolas Vion	EXG		0.55
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				96.57		90.00
Blank votes				2.33		6.50
Null votes				1.10		3.50
Turnout				57.74		53.22
Abstentions				42.26		46.78
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior[6]

2012

2012 legislative election in Landes's 3rd constituency^[7]

Candidate	Party	First round
Votes	%
	Henri Emmanuelli	PS		56.07%
	Maria-Filoména Labaste	UMP		21.36%
	Julien Antunes	FN		9.24%
	Isabelle Figueres	FG		6.75%
	Henry-Louis Picquet	MoDem		3.07%
	Bernadette Campagne-Ibarcq	EELV		2.22%
	Edith Dreistadt	AEI		0.55%
	Marc Isidori	LO		0.42%
	Corinne Morant	??		0.33%
Valid votes				97.77%
Spoilt and null votes				2.23%
Votes cast / turnout				64.80%
Abstentions				35.20%
Registered voters				100.00%

Notes and References

1. Web site: 577 Députés – Assemblée nationale. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. Web site: Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. Substitute for Henri Emmanuelli, who was appointed to government
4. Substitute for Henri Emmanuelli, replaced him from 29 March 2017, after his death on 21 March 2017
5. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans les Landes . 2022-09-12 . Le Monde.fr . fr-FR.
6. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2017. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2017 Legislative Election.
7. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2012. Ministry of the Interior. fr. Results of 2012 Legislative Election.