Martinique's 3rd constituency

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 exceptions of the 2002 and 2024, it has returned a member of the Martinican Progressive Party.

3rd constituency of Martinique
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Map of Martinique constituencies
Deputy	Béatrice Bellay FSM
Department	Martinique
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Deputies

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1958	Aimé Césaire	PPM
	1962
	1967
	1968
	1973
	1978
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Aimé Césaire	PPM
	1993	Camille Darsières
	1997
	2002	Pierre-Jean Samot	BPM	election invalidated by the Constitutional Council, February 2003
	2003	Philippe Edmond-Mariette		Substitute for Samot
	2007	Serge Letchimy	PPM
	2012
	2017
	2022	Johnny Hajjar
	2024	Béatrice Bellay	FSM

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Johnny Hajjar	PPM	NFP	6,626	37.28	8,541	45.47
	Béatrice Bellay	FSM		4,489	25.26	10,243	54.53
	Francis Carole	REG		2,617	14.72
	Max Ferraty	RN		1,684	9.47
	Nathalie Jos	Péyi-A		1,010	5.68
	Frédérique Dispagne	DVG		624	3.51
	Mélanie Sulio	LO		363	2.04
	Emmanuel Granier	DVD		361	2.03
Valid votes				17,774	100.00	18,784	100.00
Blank votes				585	3.12	783	3.90
Null votes				417	2.22	488	2.43
Turnout				18,776	31.16	20,055	33.28
Abstentions				41,482	68.84	40,205	66.72
Registered voters				60,258		60,260
Source:
Result				FSM GAIN FROM PPM

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Martinique's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPM	Johnny Hajjar	4,471	37.03	−23.14
	REG	Francis Carole	2,288	18.95	+2.37
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Thierry Renard	1,679	13.90	+11.39
	Péyi-A	Nathalie Jos	684	5.66	+3.04
	DVG	Jean-Michel Jean Baptiste	684	5.66	N/A
	DVG	Daniel Robin	597	4.94	N/A
	LREM (Ensemble)	Audrey Arielle Giraud	420	3.48	−1.86
	RN	Cédric Crampon	413	3.42	+2.36
	LO	Gabriel Jean-Marie	243	2.01	N/A
	Others	N/A	596	4.93	−
Turnout			12,075	21.21	−8.12
2nd round result
	PPM	Johnny Hajjar	7,813	58.74	−15.20
	REG	Francis Carole	5,489	41.26	+15.20
Turnout			13,302	23.84	−9.35
	PPM hold

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2017

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

2012

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%

References

1. l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022" (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-04.
2. "Résultats du 1er tour – 10 juin 2012 dans la 3ème circonscription de la Martinique", Le Monde