Constituency of the French Fifth Republic
The 3rd constituency of Martinique is a French legislative constituency in the Martinique département . It consists of the commune of Fort-de-France , the capital of Martinique. In every election of the Fifth Republic , with the exception of the 2002 legislative election , it has returned a member of the Martinican Progressive Party .
Deputies [ edit ] Election results [ edit ] [1]
Candidate Label First round Second round Votes % Votes % Serge Letchimy PPM 11,092 60.17 15,114 73.94 Françis Carole REG 3,057 16.58 5,326 26.06 Max Orville MoDem 985 5.34 Miguel Laventure DVD 708 3.84 Nathalie Jos DVG 483 2.62 Thierry Renard FI 463 2.51 Marie-France Toul DVG 344 1.87 Kaylan Fagour DIV 308 1.67 Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud EXG 302 1.64 Matthieu Gama DIV 222 1.20 Marie-Jeanne Jeanville FN 173 0.94 Alain Limery REG 169 0.92 Cyril de Virginy DIV 68 0.37 Marie-Gabrielle Marguerite UDI 60 0.33 Votes 18,434 100.00 20,440 100.00 Valid votes 18,434 96.10 20,440 94.17 Blank votes 446 2.33 729 3.36 Null votes 302 1.57 537 2.47 Turnout 19,182 29.33 21,706 33.19 Abstentions 46,214 70.67 43,693 66.81 Registered voters 65,396 65,399 Source: Ministry of the Interior
In the National Assembly election system, a candidate is elected in the first round if he or she obtains an absolute majority of the vote in his or her constituency and the votes of at least one quarter of all registered voters in the constituency. If many voters abstain, an absolute majority of the vote may thus not be enough, although this rarely happens. In the 2012 election, this constituency provided a surprising example of this. Incumbent MP Serge Letchimy of the Martinican Progressive Party received 63.29% of the vote, but narrowly failed to be immediately elected due to a very low turnout (30.67%).[2]
2012 legislative election in Martinique's 3rd constituency Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Serge Letchimy PPM 11,713 63.29% 15,188 70.24% Francis Carole DVG 3,580 19.34% 6,434 29.76% Miguel Laventure DVD 1,373 7.42% Georges Virassamy UMP 824 4.45% Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud Combat ouvrier 653 3.53% Lina Georget FN 211 1.14% Thierry Lésel MoDem 145 0.78% Richard Jean-Marie DVG 8 0.04% Marie-Jeanne Jeanville DVG 0 0.00% Valid votes 18,507 94.57% 21,622 93.24% Spoilt and null votes 1,062 5.43% 1,568 6.76% Votes cast / turnout 19,569 29.73% 23,190 35.07% Abstentions 46,245 70.27% 42,927 64.93% Registered voters 65,814 100.00% 66,117 100.00%
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