The 3rd constituency of Somme is a French legislative
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in the
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Somme or The Somme may refer to: Places
*Somme (department), a department of France
* Somme, Queensland, Australia
* Canal de la Somme, a canal in France
*Somme (river), a river in France
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Somme'' (book), ...
''département''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
Description
The 3rd constituency of the
Somme __NOTOC__
Somme or The Somme may refer to: Places
*Somme (department), a department of France
* Somme, Queensland, Australia
* Canal de la Somme, a canal in France
*Somme (river), a river in France
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Somme'' (book), ...
stretches along the entire length of the department's coast as well as reaching into its centre close to
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
.
The seat is extremely marginal and has swung between left and right throughout the
Fifth Republic.
Historic Representation
Election results
2024
2022
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2017
2012
2007
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2002
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1997
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Sources
* Official results of French elections from 2002:
Résultats électoraux officiels en France (in French).
* Official results of French elections from 2012:
(in French).
* Official results of French elections from 2017:
(in French).
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