Charente's 3rd constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the National Assembly of France}}

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox French constituency

| name = 3rd constituency of Charente

| image = Députés sortants de Charente en 2017.svg

| caption = The three constituencies of Charente

| map = Charente-Position.svg

| caption2 = Charente in France

| member-type = Deputy

| member = Caroline Colombier

| member-party = RN

| department = Charente

| canton =

| voters = 90,886

}}

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

Deputies

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colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Centre of Independents and Peasants}}" |

|1958

| rowspan="3" |Jean Valentin

|CNIP

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|1962

|SE

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Democratic Centre (France)}}" |

|1967

|CD

rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Union of Democrats for the Republic}}" |

|1968

| rowspan="2" |Michel Alloncle

| rowspan="2" |UDR

1973
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |

|1978

| rowspan="2" |André Soury

| rowspan="2" |PCF

1981
colspan="2" |1986

| colspan="2" |Proportional representation - no election by constituency

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

|1988

|Jérôme Lambert

|PS

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |

|1993

|Henri de Richemont

|RPR

rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

|1997

| rowspan="5" |Jérôme Lambert

| rowspan="5" |PS

2002
2007
2012
2017
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}"|

|2022

| rowspan="2" |Caroline Colombier

| rowspan="2" |RN

2024

Election results

=2024=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;font-size:95%;"

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate

! colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Party

! colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Alliance

!colspan="3"|First round

!colspan="3"|Second round

style="width:50px;"|Votes

!style="width:45px;"|%

!style="width:45px;"|+/–

!style="width:50px;"|Votes

!style="width:45px;"|%

!style="width:45px;"|+/–

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Rally}};"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Caroline Colombier

|RN

|

|{{formatnum:25976}}

|42.95

|style="color:green;"|+19.90

|{{formatnum:30110}}

|52.22

|style="color:green;"|+1.98

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Virginie Lebraud

|PS

|NFP

|{{formatnum:15653}}

|25.88

|style="color:green;"|+6.40

|{{formatnum:27548}}

|47.78

|style="color:grey;"|new

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}};"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Gwenhaël François

|RE

|ENS

|{{formatnum:14829}}

|24.52

|style="color:green;"|+4.09

|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|withdrew

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ecology at the Centre}};"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Dominique Souchaud

|ÉAC

|

|{{formatnum:2293}}

|3.79

|style="color:grey;"|new

|colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reconquete}};"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Adrian Touzé

|REC

|

|{{formatnum:889}}

|1.47

|style="color:red;"

1.36
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Struggle}};"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Patrick Curgali

|LO

|

|{{formatnum:844}}

|1.40

|style="color:green;"|+0.25

colspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Votes

|{{formatnum:60484}}

|100.00

|

|{{formatnum:57658}}

|100.00

|

colspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Valid votes

|{{formatnum:60484}}

|95.92

|style="color:red;"

0.59

|{{formatnum:57658}}

|90.81

|style="color:green;"|+3.05

colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Blank votes

|{{formatnum:1465}}

|2.32

|style="color:green;"|+0.10

|{{formatnum:3951}}

|6.22

|style="color:red;"

1.88
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Null votes

|{{formatnum:1109}}

|1.76

|style="color:green;"|+0.49

|{{formatnum:1883}}

|2.97

|style="color:red;"

1.17
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout

|{{formatnum:63058}}

|69.55

|style="color:green;"|+17.75

|{{formatnum:63492}}

|70.02

|style="color:green;"|+20.17

colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions

|{{formatnum:27608}}

|30.45

|style="color:red;"

17.75

|{{formatnum:27185}}

|29.98

|style="color:red;"

20.17
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters

|{{formatnum:90666}}

|colspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|

|{{formatnum:90677}}

|colspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|

colspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
colspan="10" style="text-align:left;"|Source: [https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/75/16/1603/index.html]
style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="6" style="background-color:{{party color|National Rally}}" | RN HOLD

=2022=

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2022: Charente's 3rd constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = National Rally (France)

|candidate = Caroline Colombier

|votes = 10,475

|percentage = 23.05

|change = +9.99

}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|

|party = Democratic Movement (France)

|side = Ensemble Citoyens

|candidate = Sylvie Mocoeur

|votes = 9,286

|percentage = 20.43

|change = -8.11

}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|

|party = Socialist Party (France)

|side = NUPES

|candidate = Marie-Pierre Noël

|votes = 8,861

|percentage = 19.48

|change = -18.94

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Party (France)|candidate=Jérôme Lambert*|votes=8,142|percentage=17.92|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Miscellaneous|candidate=Laurent Fouillet|votes=2,603|percentage=5.73|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = The Republicans (France)

|side = Union of the Right and Centre

|candidate = Pierre Henri Guignard

|votes = 1,914

|percentage = 4.21

|change = -11.56

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reconquête|candidate=Aurore De Clisson|votes=1,284|percentage=2.83|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Miscellaneous|candidate=Francis Lalanne|votes=963|percentage=2.12|change=N/A}}

|-

| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

|-

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Others

|candidate = N/A

|votes = 1,928

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=45,446|percentage=51.80|change=-0.99}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = National Rally (France)

|candidate = Caroline Colombier

|votes = 19,980

|percentage = 50.24

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = Democratic Movement (France)

|side = Ensemble Citoyens

|candidate = Sylvie Mocoeur

|votes = 19,787

|percentage = 49.76

|change = +9.66

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=39,767|percentage=49.85|change=+2.92}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = National Rally (France)

|loser = Socialist Party (France)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Charente |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/nouvelle-aquitaine/charente/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}

* PS dissident

=2017=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;font-size:95%;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Candidate

! rowspan="2" |Label

! colspan="2" |First round

! colspan="2" |Second round

style="width:50px;" |Votes

! style="width:45px;" |%

! style="width:50px;" |Votes

! style="width:45px;" |%

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La République En Marche!}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Madeleine Ngombet-Bitoo

|REM

|{{formatnum:13247}}

|28.54

|{{formatnum:14951}}

|40.10

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Jérôme Lambert

|PS

|{{formatnum:9844}}

|21.21

|{{formatnum:22337}}

|59.90

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of Democrats and Independents}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Brigitte Fouré

|UDI

|{{formatnum:7319}}

|15.77

| colspan="2" rowspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Front (France)}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Aurélie de Azevedo

|FN

|{{formatnum:6058}}

|13.05

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La France Insoumise}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Véronique Grégori-Bachelier

|FI

|{{formatnum:4557}}

|9.82

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|French Communist Party}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Christophe Mauvillain

|PCF

|{{formatnum:2065}}

|4.45

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ecologist}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Anabelle Sicre

|ECO

|{{formatnum:1371}}

|2.95

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Debout la France}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Annie Bragg

|DLF

|{{formatnum:711}}

|1.53

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Far-left}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Anne Mainguy

|EXG

|{{formatnum:538}}

|1.16

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ecologist}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |François Monrousseau

|ECO

|{{formatnum:450}}

|0.97

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Sophie Djaafari

|DIV

|{{formatnum:233}}

|0.50

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous left}};" |

| style="text-align:left;" |Françoise Fize

|DVG

|{{formatnum:21}}

|0.05

colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
style="font-weight:bold;"

| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Votes

|{{formatnum:46414}}

|100.00

|{{formatnum:37288}}

|100.00

colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Valid votes

|{{formatnum:46414}}

|96.73

|{{formatnum:37288}}

|87.42

colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Blank votes

|{{formatnum:978}}

|2.04

|{{formatnum:3074}}

|7.21

colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Null votes

|{{formatnum:591}}

|1.23

|{{formatnum:2294}}

|5.38

colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Turnout

|{{formatnum:47983}}

|52.79

|{{formatnum:42656}}

|46.93

colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Abstentions

|{{formatnum:42917}}

|47.21

|{{formatnum:48230}}

|53.07

colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Registered voters

|{{formatnum:90900}}

| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9;" |

|{{formatnum:90886}}

| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9;" |

colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" |Source: [https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/016/01603.html Ministry of the Interior]

=2012=

{{Election box begin |title= Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Charente’s 3rd Constituency{{Cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/016/01603.html|title=Résultats des élections législatives 2012}}

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Party (France)|candidate=Jérôme Lambert|votes=29,706|percentage=54.24|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Union for a Popular Movement|candidate=Jean-Marc de Lustrac|votes=12,373|percentage=22.59|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (France)|candidate=Jean-Pierre Thromas|votes=6,428|percentage=11.74|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Front (France)|candidate=Sylvain Minbiolle|votes=3,299|percentage=6.02|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Europe Ecology – The Greens|candidate=Claire Mariot-Durant|votes=1,438|percentage=2.63|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Miscellaneous Right|candidate=Olivier Gallet|votes=774|percentage=1.41|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Ecologist|candidate=François Monroussseau|votes=434|percentage=0.79|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Far left|candidate=Anne Mainguy|votes=312|percentage=0.57|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=17,333|percentage=31.65|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=55,921|percentage=60.87|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| |winner = Socialist Party (France)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2007=

{{election table|title=Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Charante’s 3rd Constituency{{Cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/016/circons03.html|title=Résultats des élections législatives 2007}}

}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Jérôme Lambert

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party

| PS

| {{formatnum:19487}}

| 44.18%

| {{formatnum:27484}}

| 61.56%

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Caroline Fombaron

| style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement

| UMP

| {{formatnum:13158}}

| 29.83%

| {{formatnum:17163}}

| 38.44%

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Ioana Vaudin

| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Movement

| MoDem

| {{formatnum:3053}}

| 6.92%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|French Communist Party}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Michelle Mauvillain

| style="text-align:left;" | Communist

| PCF

| {{formatnum:1660}}

| 3.76%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | René Thromas

| style="text-align:left;" | Front National

| FN

| {{formatnum:1429}}

| 3.24%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|The Greens (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Madeleine Labie

| style="text-align:left;" | The Greens

| VEC

| {{formatnum:1285}}

| 2.91%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Movement for France}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Brigitte Moreau

| style="text-align:left;" | Movement for France

| MPF

| {{formatnum:946}}

| 2.14%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Marie-Thérèse Gerault

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:933}}

| 2.12%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Agnès Malsacré

| style="text-align:left;" | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions

| CPNT

| {{formatnum:748}}

| 1.70%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Anne Mainguy

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:365}}

| 0.83%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Joël Bouchaud

| style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right

| DVD

| {{formatnum:303}}

| 0.69%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Robert Tixier

| style="text-align:left;" | Presidential Majority

| Maj Pres

| {{formatnum:234}}

| 0.53%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Pascale Protzenko

| style="text-align:left;" | Independent

| DIV

| {{formatnum:203}}

| 0.46%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Far right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Claire Tournier

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Right

| EXD

| {{formatnum:186}}

| 0.42%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Regionalism (politics)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Jean Urroz

| style="text-align:left;" | Regionalist

| REG

| {{formatnum:123}}

| 0.28%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:44113}}

| 100%

| {{formatnum:44647}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:69148}}

| style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

| {{formatnum:69142}}

| style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:1152}}

| 2.55%

| {{formatnum:1215}}

| 2.65%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:45265}}

| 65.46%

| {{formatnum:45862}}

| 66.33%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:23883}}

| 34.54%

| {{formatnum:23280}}

| 33.67%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | PS HOLD

|}

=2002=

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2002: Charente's 3rd constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party (France)

|candidate = Jérôme Lambert

|votes = 16,995

|percentage = 36.77

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Union for a Popular Movement

|candidate = Marie-France Michaud

|votes = 9,882

|percentage = 21.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Union for French Democracy|candidate=Jean-Pierre Regeon|votes=7,435|percentage=16.09|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (France)|candidate=Sylvie Huguet|votes=3,609|percentage=7.81|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=French Communist Party|candidate=Martial Daganaud|votes=2,215|percentage=4.79|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions|candidate=Claudette Mallet|votes=1,383|percentage=2.99|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Miscellaneous Right|candidate=Franck Rougier|votes=1,332|percentage=2.88|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=The Greens (France)|candidate=Isabelle Nicolas|votes=1,080|percentage=2.34|change=}}

|-

| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

|-

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Others

|candidate = N/A

|votes = 2,285

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=47,617|percentage=68.66|change=}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party (France)

|candidate = Jérôme Lambert

|votes = 24,637

|percentage = 54.96

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Union for a Popular Movement|candidate=Marie-France Michaud|votes=20,191|percentage=45.04|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=46,760|percentage=67.44|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Socialist Party (France)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1997=

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 1997: Charente's 3rd constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party (France)

|candidate = Jérôme Lambert

|votes = 16,070

|percentage = 33.77

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Rally for the Republic

|candidate = Henri de Richemont

|votes = 15,874

|percentage = 33.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = French Communist Party

|candidate = Patrick Berthault

|votes = 6,195

|percentage = 13.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (France)

|candidate = Michel Tessier

|votes = 4,440

|percentage = 9.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = The Greens (France)

|candidate = Yves Manguy

|votes = 2,840

|percentage = 5.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Movement for France

|candidate = Bruno Lafenêtre

|votes = 1,323

|percentage = 2.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Regionalism (politics)

|candidate = Jean Urroz

|votes = 844

|percentage = 1.77

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,825

|percentage = 73.89

|change =

}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party (France)

|candidate = Jérôme Lambert

|votes = 28,883

|percentage = 56.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rally for the Republic

|candidate = Henri de Richemont

|votes = 22,364

|percentage = 43.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,119

|percentage = 78.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Socialist Party (France)

|loser = Rally for the Republic

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{French National Assembly constituencies}}

{{Constituencies in Nouvelle-Aquitaine}}

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