The 4th constituency of Doubs (

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: ''Quatrième circonscription du Doubs'') is one of five electoral districts in the

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of the same name, each of which returns one

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to the

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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.

Description

The constituency is made up of the six former cantons of Audincourt, Étupes, Hérimoncourt, Pont-de-Roide, Sochaux-Grand-Charmont, and Valentigney. It includes Audincourt and Valentigney, both of which are southern suburbs of Montbéliard, and extends into the

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reaching as far as the border 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 ...

. At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 4th constituency had a total population of 96,933. The seat swung between left and right for much of its history. In

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, former PS deputy Frédéric Barbier gained the seat for

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's centrist LREM party. Barbier lost the seat to Géraldine Grangier of the far-right RN party in

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Historic representation

Election results

2022

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2017

2012

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002:
Résultats électoraux officiels en France
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