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
Election Member Party Notes 1986 Proportional representation 1988 Jean-Michel Ferrand RPR 1993 1997 2002 UMP 2007 2012 Marion Maréchal-Le Pen FN 2017 Brune Poirson LREM2017 Adrien Morenas substitute for Brune Poirson, replaced her while she was secretary of state for Ecological and Inclusive Transition 2020 Brune Poirson 2021 Adrien Morenas Replaced Poirson when she left the National Assembly 2022 Hervé de Lépinau RN
Election results
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2022
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2017
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2012
+ 2012 legislative election in Vaucluse's 3rd constituencyCandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes%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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References
Sources Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly Vaucluse's 3rd constituency: cartography, National Assembly of France 2012 French legislative elections: Vaucluse's 3rd constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior (France)