Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.French
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: ''Cinquième circonscription du Doubs'') is one of five electoral districts in the
department
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of the same name, each of which returns one
deputy
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to the
French National Assembly
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in elections using the
two-round system
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, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
Description
The constituency is made up of the nine former
cantons
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of Amancey, Levier, Montbenoît, Morteau, Mouthe, Pierrefontaine-les-Varans, Pontarlier, Le Russey, and Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp.
Geographically the largest of the department's constituencies, the 5th includes much of the
Jura mountains
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and boasts long borders with
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
to the east and the
Jura department
Jura ( , ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the Jura Mountains, its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier. Its subprefectures are Dole and Saint-Claude. In 2019, Jura had a population of 259,199.
to the south-west.
At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 5th constituency had a total population of 95,007.
Uniquely in
Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Gaullist parties since 1988.
Historic representation
Election results
2022
2017
2012
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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