Vosges' 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of the Vosges

French National Assembly constituency
Vosges' 3rd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	François Vannson UMP
Department	Vosges
Canton	Gérardmer, Plombières-les-Bains, Remiremont, Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, Le Thillot.
Voters	66,793

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

Description

The 3rd constituency of Vosges covers the south-eastern section of the Department, bordering Alsace to the east and Franche-Comté to the south. It includes the western Vosges mountains and an number of small towns and villages including Remiremont.

It has elected members of the National Assembly from the Gaullist right throughout the Fifth Republic apart from in the Socialist landslide of 1981.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Jean-Marie Grenier	UNR
	1962	Christian Poncelet	UNR
	1978	Gérard Braun	RPR
	1981	Jean Valroff	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Christian Spiller	DVD
	1993	François Vannson	RPR
	2002		UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vosges' 3rd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	François Vannson	20,742	52.69
	PS	Elise Calais	18,622	47.31
Turnout			40,703	60.94
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).