Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of the Charente-Maritime

French National Assembly circonscription
Deputy		Catherine Quéré PS
Department	Charente-Maritime
Canton	Aulnay, Burie, Loulay, Matha, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saint-Savinien, Saintes-Est (except Colombiers and La Jard), Saintes-Nord, Saintes-Ouest, Tonnay-Boutonne
Population (1999)	100,186

The 3rd constituency of the Charente-Maritime is a French legislative constituency in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes).

It consists of eleven cantons located in the arrondissements of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes: Aulnay, Burie, Loulay, Matha, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saint-Savinien, Saintes-Est (except Colombiers and La Jard), Saintes-Nord, Saintes-Ouest, Tonnay-Boutonne

Election: results in 2007

2007 legislative election: Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Catherine Quéré	25,501	52.02
	UMP	Xavier de Roux	23,522	47.98
Turnout			50,552	63.38
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Past elections: 1958-2002

Election		Member	Party
	1958	André Brugerolle	Allied CNIP
	1962	André Brugerolle	CD
	1967	André Brugerolle	CD
	1968	André Brugerolle	CD
	1973	André Brugerolle	CD
	1978	Roland Beix	PS
	1981	Roland Beix	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Roland Beix	PS
	1993	Xavier de Roux	UDF
	1997	Jean Rouger	PS
	2002	Xavier de Roux	UMP

Sources

• Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, French National Assembly
• 2007 results in the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency, Minister of the Interior