Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Charente-Maritime (French: Troisième circonscription de la Charente-Maritime) is one of five electoral districts in the department of Charente-Maritime, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

3rd constituency of Charente-Maritime
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Constituency in department
Charente-Maritime in France
Incumbent deputy	Jean-Philippe Ardouin RE
Department	Charente-Maritime
Cantons	(pre-2105) Aulnay, Burie, Loulay, Matha, Saintes-Est (part), Saintes-Nord, Saintes-Ouest, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saint-Savinien, Tonnay-Boutonne
Registered voters	82,186 (2017)
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Description

The constituency is made up of 10 whole (pre-2105) cantons – those of Aulnay, Burie, Loulay, Matha, Saintes-Nord, Saintes-Ouest, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saint-Savinien, and Tonnay-Boutonne – plus the major part of the canton of Saintes-Est (all communes except those of Colombiers and La Jard).

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 3rd constituency had a total population of 100,186.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1958	André Brugerolle	CNIP
	1962		CD
	1967
	1968
	1973
	1978	Roland Beix	PS
	1981
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Roland Beix	PS
	1993	Xavier de Roux	UDF
	1997	Jean Rouger	PS
	2002	Xavier de Roux	UMP
	2007	Catherine Quéré	PS
	2012
	2017	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	LREM
	2022		RE
	2024	Fabrice Barusseau	PS

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Stéphane Morin	RN		22,759	40.85	+18.55	26,378	49.94
	Fabrice Barusseau	PS	NFP	15,637	28.07	-2.85	26,441	50.06
	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	RE	ENS	15,536	27.88	+3.35	WITHDREW
	Anne-Catherine Godde	LO		1,196	2.15	+1.57
	Gérald Dahan-Berthelot	DIV		587	1.05	N/A
Valid votes				55,715	96.54	-1.09	52,819	91.12
Blank votes				1,304	2.26	+0.56	3,742	6.46
Null votes				690	1.20	+0.53	1,403	2.42
Turnout				57,709	68.93	+18.79	57,964	69.22
Abstentions				26,017	31.07	-18.79	25,773	30.78
Registered voters				83,726			83,737
Source: Ministry of the Interior,[1] Le Monde[2][3]
Result							PS GAIN FROM RE

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM (Ensemble)	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	10,111	24.53	-4.24
	RN	Nathalie Collard	9,192	22.30	+7.78
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Gérald Dahan	8,686	21.07	−4.04
	FGR	Febrice Barusseau	4,061	9.85	N/A
	LR (UDC)	Bertrand Giraud	2,826	6.86	−8.04
	DVC	Pierre Dietz	1,922	4.66	N/A
	REC	Maurice Pineau	1,680	4.08	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,738	6.64
Turnout			41,216	50.14	−0.09
2nd round result
	LREM (Ensemble)	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	18,295	51.18	-6.34
	RN	Nathalie Collard	17,452	48.82	N/A
Turnout			35,747	47.84	+5.95
	LREM hold

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	REM	11,543	28.77	16,739	57.52
	Frédéric Neveu	LR	5,979	14.90	12,360	42.48
	Rachel Cointet	FN	5,717	14.25
	Rémy Catrou	FI	5,450	13.58
	Françoise Mesnard	PS	4,084	10.18
	Julien Papineau	DVG	3,307	8.24
	Henriette Diadio-Dasylva	UDI	876	2.18
	Alain Georgeon	DIV	583	1.45
	Marie-France Moquet	PCF	541	1.35
	Joëlle de Corte	ECO	372	0.93
	Renée-Éliane Benchimol-Lauribe	PRG	344	0.86
	Jean-Louis Lavazec	EXG	267	0.67
	Patrick Chebroux	DVD	222	0.55
	Frédéric Sananes	DVG	219	0.55
	Éric Belleperche	EXD	216	0.54
	Alexandre Beauvais	DVD	183	0.46
	Isabelle Ninvirth	DIV	178	0.44
	Bernard Chrétien	DVG	40	0.10
Votes			40,121	100.00	29,099	100.00
Valid votes			40,121	97.18	29,099	84.53
Blank votes			781	1.89	3,554	10.32
Null votes			384	0.93	1,771	5.14
Turnout			41,286	50.23	34,424	41.89
Abstentions			40,909	49.77	47,762	58.11
Registered voters			82,195		82,186
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Results in the Charente-Maritime's five constituencies in 2012 : pale pink (Miscellaneous left), pink (PS), blue (UMP)

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 3rd Constituency^[5]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Catherine Quere	Socialist Party	PS	20,403	43.96%	26,574	59.12%
	Frédéric Neveu	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	13,344	28.75%	18,373	40.88%
	Agnès Kliewer	Front National	FN	5,444	11.73%
	Michelle Carmouse	Left Front	FG	2,564	5.52%
	Stéphane Trifiletti	Europe Ecology – The Greens	EELV	1,630	3.51%
	Pierre Maudoux	Centrist	CEN	1,072	2.31%
	Serge Maupouet	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	535	1.15%
	Esther Willer	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	429	0.92%
	Joëlle de Corte	Ecologist	ECO	373	0.80%
	Hugues Auvray	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	366	0.79%
	Alexandre Kikolski	Far Left	EXG	253	0.55%
Total				46,413	100%	44,947	100%
Registered voters				81,745		81,736
Blank/Void ballots				849	1.04%	1,560	1.91%
Turnout				47,262	57.82%	46,507	56.90%
Abstentions				34,483	42.18%	35,229	43.10%
Result						PS HOLD

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charante Maritime’s 3rd Constituency^[6]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Catherine Quere	Socialist Party	PS	15,446	31.99%	25,501	52.02%
	Xavier de Roux	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	19,037	39.43%	23,522	47.98%
	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	Democratic Movement	MoDem	4,793	9.93%
	Philippe Barotin	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	1,525	3.16%
	Yolande Bak	Front National	FN	1,489	3.08%
	Michelle Carmouse	Communist	PCF	1,398	2.90%
	Christian Couillaud	The Greens	VEC	1,320	2.73%
	Nadège Edwards	Far Left	EXG	1,283	2.66%
	Aline Mathieu	Movement for France	MPF	910	1.88%
	David Leveque	Independent	DIV	463	0.96%
	Khamssa Rahmani	Far Left	EXG	338	0.70%
	Christine Tasin	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	276	0.57%
Total				48,278	100%	49,023	100%
Registered voters				79,765		79,763
Blank/Void ballots				956	1.94%	1,529	3.02%
Turnout				49,234	61.72%	50,552	63.38%
Abstentions				30,531	38.28%	29,211	36.62%
Result						PS gain from UMP

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Xavier de Roux	16,969	34.72
	PS	Jean Rouger	14,962	30.61
	FN	Jean-Michel Guilloteau	4,149	8.49
	UDF	Jean-Philippe Ardouin	3,339	6.83
	CPNT	Philippe Barotin	2,507	5.13
	LV	Dominique Godineau	1,624	3.32
	PCF	Michelle Carmouse	1,418	2.90
	Others	N/A	3,912
Turnout			50,074	65.46
2nd round result
	UMP	Xavier de Roux	25,060	53.77
	PS	Jean Rouger	21,547	46.23
Turnout			48,489	63.39
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean Rougé	16,504	34.00
	UDF	Xavier de Roux	15,793	32.53
	FN	Gilbert Gaillard	4,758	9.80
	PCF	Simon Rinaldi	4,538	9.35
	LV	Christian Couillaud	2,452	5.05
	MPF	Patrick Chebroux	1,919	3.95
	MEI	René Binaud	1,720	3.54
	MRC	Xavier Boniface	864	1.78
Turnout			51,460	68.13
2nd round result
	PS	Jean Rougé	28,790	54.86
	UDF	Xavier de Roux	23,690	45.14
Turnout			55,313	73.23
	PS gain from UDF