Allier's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Allier is a French legislative constituency in the Allier département.

3rd constituency of Allier
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
constituency in department
Allier in France
Deputy	Nicolas Ray LR
Department	Allier
Cantons	Cusset-Nord, Cusset-Sud, Le Donjon, Escurolles, Gannat, Jaligny-sur-Besbre, Lapalisse, Le Mayet-de-Montagne, Vichy-Nord, Vichy-Sud
Registered voters	106,126
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Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Pierre Villon	French Communist Party
	1962	Charles Magne	French Section of the Workers' International
	1967	Pierre Villon	French Communist Party
	1968
	1973
	1978	André Lajoinie
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	André Lajoinie	French Communist Party
	1993	Bernard Coulon	Union for French Democracy
	1997	André Lajoinie	French Communist Party
	2002	Yves Simon	Union for a Popular Movement
	2007	Jean Mallot	Socialist Party
	2012	Gérard Charasse	Radical Party of the Left
	2017	Bénédicte Peyrol	La République En Marche!
	2022	Nicolas Ray	The Republicans
	2024

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Nicolas Ray	LR		21,464	40.05	+15.83	31,075	59.07
	Rémy Queney	RN		20,270	37.82	+17.51	21,528	40.93
	Aline Jeudi	PS	NFP	10,935	20.40	+0.87	WITHDREW
	Jean-François Rameau	LO		923	1.72	+0.50
Valid votes				53,592	96.89	-0.63	52,603	95.28
Blank votes				1,011	1.83	+0.15	1,883	3.41
Null votes				709	1.28	+0.48	722	1.31
Turnout				55,312	69.08	+18.43	55,208	68.92
Abstentions				24,756	30.92	-18.43	24,894	31.08
Registered voters				80,068			80,102
Source: Ministry of the Interior,[1] Le Monde[2][3]
Result							LR HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Allier's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LR (UDC)	Nicolas Ray	9,594	24.22	+4.45
	LREM (Ensemble)	Bénédicte Peyrol	9,219	23.27	-11.17
	RN	Quentin Julien	8,047	20.31	+7.04
	PS (NUPÉS)	Elsa Denfred	7,737	19.53	+6.09
	PRG	Isabelle Réchard	1,655	4.18	−9.85
	REC	Sophie Lacour	1,580	3.99	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,781	-	−
Turnout			39,613	50.65	−0.35
2nd round result
	LR (UDC)	Nicolas Ray	19,296	60.98	+19.41
	LREM (Ensemble)	Bénédicte Peyrol	12,347	39.02	−19.41
Turnout			31,643	44.74	−0.74
	LR gain from LREM		Swing	+19.41

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bénédicte Peyrol	REM	13,562	34.44	18,480	58.43
	Gabriel Maquin	LR	7,784	19.77	13,145	41.57
	Jacques de Chabannes	PRG	5,526	14.03
	Jean-Pierre Sigaud	FN	5,226	13.27
	Marie-Thérèse Dupuis	FI	3,311	8.41
	Pascal Devos	ECO	1,982	5.03
	Marie-Laure Becouze	DLF	909	2.31
	Bernard Lebel	EXG	391	0.99
	Annie Demmel	DIV	304	0.77
	Ahmed Ghlamallah	DIV	202	0.51
	Guillaume de Longeville	EXD	176	0.45
Votes			39,373	100.00	31,625	100.00
Valid votes			39,373	97.51	31,625	87.84
Blank votes			714	1.77	2,927	8.13
Null votes			293	0.73	1,450	4.03
Turnout			40,380	51.00	36,002	45.48
Abstentions			38,797	49.00	43,153	54.52
Registered voters			79,177		79,155
					REM Gain from PRG
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Allier's 3rd Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gérard Charasse	Radical Party of the Left	PRG	19,996	42.51%	26,301	57.37%
	Claude Malhuret	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	15,232	32.38%	19,546	42.63%
	Claudine Lopez	National Front	FN	6,415	13.64%
	Pascale Semet	Left Front	FG	2,650	5.63%
	Anne Babian-Lhermet	The Greens	VEC	903	1.92%
	Sylvie Rasile	Democratic Movement	MoDem	593	1.26%
	Pascal Javerliat	Radical Party	PRV	325	0.69%
	Patrice Rucar	Ecologist	ECO	307	0.65%
	Jean-Marc Caecassin	New Centre-Presidential Majority	NCE	273	0.58%
	Monique Roche	Far Left	EXG	207	0.44%
	Renaud Siry	Ecologist	ECO	142	0.30%
Total				47,043	100%	45,847	100%
Registered voters				79,029		78,992
Blank/Void ballots				784	1.64%	1,542	3.25%
Turnout				47,827	60.52%	47,389	59.99%
Abstentions				31,202	39.48%	31,603	40.01%
Result						RDG GAIN

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Allier's 3rd Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean Mallot	Socialist Party	PS	10,568	23.41%	23,560	50.80%
	Yves Simon	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	18,000	39.87%	22,822	49.20%
	Dominique Bidet	Communist	COM	8,299	18.38%
	Claude Joly	Democratic Movement	MoDem	2,548	5.64%
	Jean-Louis Baudriller	National Front	FN	1,677	3.71%
	Marc Boyer	Movement for France	MPF	1,162	2.57%
	Anne-Marie Chambeau	The Greens	VEC	719	1.59%
	Françoise Gaillardon	Far Left	EXG	659	1.46%
	Bernard Lebel	Far Left	EXG	482	1.07%
	Gérard-Pierre Guillaumin	Ecologist	ECO	433	0.96%
	Véronique Deris-Targon	Ecologist	ECO	330	0.73%
	Mireille Marnay	Divers	DIV	272	0.60%
	Charles Castanier	Divers	DIV	0	0.00%
Total				45,149	100%	46,382	100%
Registered voters				70,737		70,733
Blank/Void ballots				1,244	2.68%	1,657	3.45%
Turnout				46,393	65.59%	48,039	67.92%
Abstentions				24,344	34.41%	22,694	32.08%
Result						PS GAIN

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Allier's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Yves Simon	17,025	36.73
	PCF	Jean-Claude Mairal	10,614	22.90
	PS	Jean Mallot	9,058	19.54
	FN	Jean-Louis Baudriller	3,403	7.34
	LV	Nicole Rouaire	1,423	3.07
	MPF	Arnaud de Veauce	1,239	2.67
	CPNT	Olivier Bourrel	1,122	2.42
	Others	N/A	2,470
Turnout			47,750	68.07
2nd round result
	UMP	Yves Simon	23,202	50.72
	PCF	Jean-Claude Mairal	22,546	49.28
Turnout			47,627	67.90
	UMP gain from PCF

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Allier's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	André Lajoinie	15,882	32.58
	UDF	Bernard Coulon	15,599	32.00
	PS	Jean Mallot	7,804	16.01
	FN	Alain Compagnon	4,559	9.35
	LV	Danièle Moury	2,135	4.38
	MPF	François de Vaulx	1,637	3.36
	GE	Jacques Bernard	1,136	2.33
Turnout			51,494	73.43
2nd round result
	PCF	André Lajoinie	28,308	54.37
	UDF	Bernard Coulon	23,758	45.63
Turnout			55,012	78.44
	PCF gain from UDF

Sources

1. "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
2. "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. "Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024". Le Monde. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.